[07:59 AM] Video: Man, 50, shot dead on Venlo parking lot
A 50-year-old man from the municipality of Horst en Maas was shot dead on a parking lot in Venlo on Monday afternoon.
https://nltimes.nl/2025/04/22/video-man-50-shot-dead-venlo-parking-lot
#50_year_old #HorstenMaas #Venlo #Mondayafternoon
[03:20 PM] Dutch murder rate may have fallen with 117 cases so far in 2024; Amsterdam total doubles
A total of 117 individuals were killed by violence in the Netherlands this year as of Monday afternoon, down from 125 for all of 2023, according to data collected by crime tracking website
https://nltimes.nl/2024/12/31/dutch-murder-rate-may-fallen-117-cases-far-2024-amsterdam-total-doubles
#117 #Netherlands #thisyear #Mondayafternoon #125 #2023
A total of 117 individuals were killed by violence in the Netherlands this year as of Monday afternoon, down from 125 for all of 2023, according to data collected by crime tracking website MoordAtlas. The provisional figures about cases of murder or manslaughter suggests that the national homicide rate has improved from roughly 0.70 violent deaths per 100,000 residents in 2023. Through mid-day on December 30, that rate was down to 0.65 based on the population figures from the start of the year.
[21:43] Man (80s) dies following crash in Co Louth on St Stephen’s Day
A man in his 80s died on Monday afternoon from injuries he sustained in a crash in Co Louth on St Stephen’s Day.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/man-80s-dies-following-crash-in-co-louth-on-st-stephens-day/a694645056.html
#80s #Mondayafternoon #CoLouth #StStephen’s
[06:21 PM] New Year's Dive in Scheveningen cancelled due to strong wind
The traditional New Year's dive into the North Sea at Scheveningen Beach has been cancelled, organizers announced on Monday afternoon.
https://nltimes.nl/2024/12/30/new-years-dive-scheveningen-cancelled-due-strong-wind
#NewYear's #theNorthSea #ScheveningenBeach #Mondayafternoon
The traditional New Year's dive into the North Sea at Scheveningen Beach has been cancelled, organizers announced on Monday afternoon. The decision was made due to the predicted powerful winds "in combination with a strong current and high waves." Every year, about 10,000 people participate in the dive in the sea to ring in the New Year.
[10:20 AM] Protest in The Hague against higher education budget cuts; Mayors ask PM to reconsider
Lecturers and students will protest on the Malieveld in The Hague on Monday afternoon against the government’s plans to significantly cut the higher education budgets.
https://nltimes.nl/2024/11/25/protest-hague-higher-education-budget-cuts-mayors-ask-pm-reconsider
#Malieveld #TheHague #Mondayafternoon
Lecturers and students will protest on the Malieveld in The Hague on Monday afternoon against the government’s plans to significantly cut the higher education budgets. Mayors, universities, and universities of applied sciences again appealed to the government to scrap the cuts in an open letter published on Monday.
[01:40 PM] Garbage truck hits American tourist, 69, on Amsterdam canal; Woman killed, driver held
A garbage truck ran over a tourist on Passeerdersgracht in Amsterdam on Monday afternoon. The victim, a 69-year-old woman from the United States, died at the scene.
https://nltimes.nl/2024/10/15/garbage-truck-hits-american-tourist-69-amsterdam-canal-woman-killed-driver-held
#Passeerdersgracht #Amsterdam #Mondayafternoon #69_year_old #theUnitedStates
[18:32] Riot police break up pro-Palestine demo in central Amsterdam
Riot police in central Amsterdam intervened to break up a demonstration on Monday afternoon, after pro-Palestine campaigners refused to leave...
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/10/riot-police-break-up-pro-palestine-demo-in-central-amsterdam/
#Amsterdam #Mondayafternoon #pro_Palestine
Riot police in central Amsterdam intervened to break up a demonstration on Monday afternoon, after pro-Palestine campaigners refused to leave their location close to the city’s main railway station and go home. A number of people were arrested but police have not yet said how many. Demonstranten weggelopen naar Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal, daar ontstaat opnieuw een confrontatie met de MEhttps://t.co/nrOC9mVnNY pic.twitter.com/g6c2GHbqNw — AT5 (@AT5) October 7, 2024 Mayor Femke Halsema orded the demonstration be ended because of public order offences. Some...