Daily overview Monday 9 May.
Julianaplein is finally open again, summer temperatures are approaching, Groningen in an English novel and all amateur clubs in the country mapped out. Here’s the most important news today that you (possibly) missed.
Nice drive on Julianaplein in Groningen
Groningen has a new Julianaplein. More than three months of traffic disruption is behind us. Everyone can continue driving through the temporary intersection.
What exactly have they been working on all this time? †
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Why the holiday pay is on the decline in May
May is the traditional month to receive the holiday pay – a statutory allowance of at least 8 percent of the annual salary. But fewer and fewer employees will automatically receive double salary. The personal choice budget – where you determine yourself when you receive your allowance – is on the rise.
Payrollers see that. “With the government, water boards, provinces, municipalities, the judiciary, energy, water, banks and insurers you now have a personal choice budget (PKB)”, sums up Joke van der Velpen, manager of legislation & regulations at HR service provider Visma | Get up.
“And more and more employers are giving their staff freedom of choice when they want to receive the extra salary to which they are simply entitled. That seems like a very good thing to me †
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Lawyer of tenant Ruinerwold farm Josef B. retaliates court in Assen
According to the lawyer, the court is biased. It concerns an earlier question from the judge to Josef B. ‘that the unlawful deprivation of liberty has been manifested by not registering the children’.
Moszkowicz thinks the court has already made her judgment and gave the appearance of complacency.
The whole criminal case is can be followed live and read back in the live blog †
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War volunteer from the Netherlands (55) dies during firefight in Ukraine
For the first time since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, a Dutch war volunteer has been killed. Ron Vogelaar (55) is said to have died in Ukraine on Wednesday 4 May.
Vogelaar had joined the Ukrainian Foreign Legion and was hit by artillery fire near Molodova. A Dutch volunteer who served in the same unit with Vogelaar reported that Vogelaar died immediately after the shelling.
A representative of the family confirms that Vogelaar has passed away and that the family is in deep mourning. His daughter wrote on social media: “He has never regretted his decision. He was happy and he felt he was in the right place. His commander said: ‘ He died a hero †
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Gas price drops by more than 5 percent
The decline followed Russian gas supplier Gazprom’s attempt to reassure buyers that they can continue to pay for gas without violating Western sanctions.
The large stocks of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and the warmer weather in many European countries also resulted in lower gas prices.
The price for gas on the Amsterdam gas exchange, which is a benchmark for European prices, fell by more than 5 percent to 96.50 euros per megawatt hour. In April, the gas price briefly dropped to about 90 euros per megawatt hour. That’s almost the level before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on February 23.
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Wilco Polinder (38) from Harderwijk is so fond of football that he wants to visit all 2900 amateur clubs in the Netherlands. He is currently touring Drenthe.
For Wilco, a football field is much more than a patch of grass with white chalk lines and two goals on it. It’s pure romance, he says. He is supposed to be a ground hopper , the official term for fans who want to visit as many stadiums as possible and soak up club cultures. In the case of Polinder, it concerns the sports parks of Dutch amateur clubs.
When he has no family obligations and is free from his work as a bus driver in Utrecht, he travels into the country with a notepad and photo camera. Usually there is a volunteer present to open the gate. Nothing in Drenthe surprised him as much as VV Weerdinge. † And then suddenly: what the fuck †
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