The cabinet gave the green light on Friday for the expansion plans of the Ministry of Defense. The armed forces want to reuse the site in Budel, which currently houses an asylum center, from 2028. There will also be a large ammunition depot in Staphorst. Due to the geopolitical situation, the Ministry of Defense wants […]
The Groningen student association Vindicat is severing ties with the TYR fraternity after ten members sustained first-degree burns during a weekend getaway. The member responsible for the ‘branding’ is also no longer welcome at the association. It became clear on Friday that ten members of the TYR fraternity (a sub-society within Vindicat) sustained first-degree burns
The Harvard University is taking legal action because it is no longer allowed to admit foreign students by the American president Donald Trump. The university calls the decision of Trump’s government “a clear violation of the American constitution.” Harvard received a letter from Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem on Thursday stating that it is
Due to flooding in Southeast Australia, five people have died, and 50,000 people are trapped in their homes. The past few days have seen a record amount of rain in the state of New South Wales. The showers are decreasing, but the flood danger has not yet subsided. Emergency services have accommodated almost seven hundred
There is no decision yet on the ten thousand holiday flights that should depart annually from Lelystad Airport. Minister Barry Madlener (Infrastructure) would like it, as does Flevoland. But it is politically sensitive, and therefore no decision has been made yet. This week, Flevoland was very clear: if no holiday flights are allowed to fly
Steeds meer mensen vragen hulp aan bij schulphulpverleners, bleek vorige week. In 2024 kwamen er 82.000 aanvragen binnen. Hulp bij schulden kan rust bieden, maar daar zitten haken en ogen aan. De 68-jarige Wim doet zijn verhaal. In 2017 belandde Wim* in de schuldsanering, nadat hij scheidde van zijn partner. Onder druk van de bank
The American President Donald Trump wants to introduce an import tax of 50 percent for products from the European Union. The measure should take effect on June 1st. According to Trump, it is difficult to negotiate with the EU. “The European Union, which was primarily established to benefit from the United States in the field
Researchers at the University of Amsterdam have developed a new technique that helps to identify so-called deepfake videos. It looks at the veins and color differences on a person’s face, characteristics that are missing in fake videos. The researchers focused on the expansion and contraction of veins in the face when viewing videos. This causes
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) will investigate how countries solicit votes during the Eurovision Song Contest. The Song Festival organization wants to assess whether online campaigns influence the voting ratios. The reason is the striking result of Israel, which, despite low jury scores in many countries, still received the maximum number of points from the
Vitesse is facing major problems again. The KNVB (Royal Dutch Football Association) wants to withdraw the professional license of the Arnhem club because they do not comply with the rules of the football association. The KNVB licensing committee suspects that the American investor Coley Parry has been involved with Vitesse again since the foreign takeover