Damages for brothers who were arrested during the tram attack in Utrecht NOW

Two men who were wrongfully arrested on suspicion of involvement in the tram attack in Utrecht last year, receive compensation, the Public Prosecution Service said on Wednesday. The two men, who are brothers, were arrested after a scent dog led the police to their home in Utrecht. Not long afterwards, it turned out that the … Read more

Suspicious package in Utrecht turns out to be harmless, staff are allowed to enter the building again NOW

As a precautionary measure, a company on Eendrachtlaan in Utrecht was temporarily evacuated on Tuesday afternoon after a suspicious postal package was found here. After investigation it appears that there were no explosives in the mail. The Explosives Clearance Service Defense (EOD) came to the scene to investigate the suspicious package. The evacuation, which was … Read more

Parents of children with epilepsy donate 2 million euros to UMC | NOW

Parents of two children with epilepsy have donated 2 million euros to the University Medical Center (UMC) in Utrecht for research into a more individual treatment of patients with epilepsy, the UMC reports Monday. The research program financed with the money will start on Monday. The treatment of epilepsy has long been the same for … Read more

Virologists from Utrecht University: ‘coronavirus comes through bats’

Monday, January 27, 2020, 7:33 PM – – – – UTRECHT – Virologists from Utrecht University think that the corona virus that has now broken out in China is caused by bats. In international media the rumor has appeared that it is because of snakes. According to the Utrecht experts Berend-Jan Bosch and Raoul de … Read more