Outrage as Driver receives Community Service for Severely Injuring 6-Year-Old on Zebra Crossing

Outrage as Driver receives Community Service for Severely Injuring 6-Year-Old on Zebra Crossing

THE HAGUE – With a broken neck, the badly damaged Naoufel was kept in a coma. The then 6-year-old victim was hit by Mohammed G. on a zebra crossing on a rainy October evening in 2022. Just over a year later, the driver involved gets off with community service. ‘We are furious. It is incomprehensible … Read more

6 Exciting Music Releases: Arca’s “Fire,” Sampha’s Steve Lacy Cover, Khruangbin’s Live Album Preview, and More!

6 Exciting Music Releases: Arca’s “Fire,” Sampha’s Steve Lacy Cover, Khruangbin’s Live Album Preview, and More!

This Wednesday’s musical selection comes with the video Fire of Arcaa cover of Steve Lacy made by Samphaand a preview of the next live album by Khruangbin. In addition, we will listen to a live performance of silence, the first single from the next album serpentwithfeetZac Farro of Paramore brings us his most recent single … Read more

Entrepreneur Stuck with Non-Recyclable Trays Amid New Measure in 2024

Entrepreneur Stuck with Non-Recyclable Trays Amid New Measure in 2024

The snack bar owner also bought extra plastic containers for the whole year before he knew about the measure. ‘Yes, you are an entrepreneur after all and at the beginning of this year I didn’t know anything about this measure. So I thought: that’s a good offer, I can make a lot of profit with … Read more

Different Approaches to Coalition Building: PvdA and GroenLinks Reluctant, VVD, D66, and CDA Eager

Different Approaches to Coalition Building: PvdA and GroenLinks Reluctant, VVD, D66, and CDA Eager

But PvdA and GroenLinks did not want to enter into negotiations with Hart voor Den Haag because they did not want to help a right-wing coalition get a majority, they said. Reluctantly, the parties agreed to enter into talks with Hart van Den Haag. ‘About better cooperation between the coalition and Hart van Den Haag’, … Read more

Part of the Nelson Mandela Bridge has been removed, watch live here

According to Dura Vermeer, the company leading the project, very little can go wrong during the lifting of the bridge section. ‘In itself nothing can go wrong with the operation. Of course there are always things that can happen unexpectedly, for example time is a factor. But it is precisely because we are working on … Read more

“Really classy”, is what the director of HTM calls the new trams that will operate from 2026

THE HAGUE – It will be a beautiful, spacious, accessible to all, modern, economical and beautiful thing. This is what HTM director Jaap Bierman says about the new trams that will run in The Hague from 2026. On Friday he signed the contract with the Swiss tram manufacturer Stadler for the delivery of 56 trams … Read more

Officer injured in riots in Schilderswijk after World Cup match in Morocco

THE HAGUE – The atmosphere at Schilderswijk in The Hague was grim for some time on Thursday night following Morocco’s World Cup victory. Hundreds of people stood and heavy fireworks were set off. The police, present en masse, arrested six people. Calm was restored around 8pm. One officer was injured in the riots.