Supermarkets are faced with empty shelves due to blockades by angry farmers. Vegetables, fruit, meat and dairy are no longer available in some places. There are also blockades at the bridge over the Van Starkenborgh Canal in Gaarkeuken: 50 skippers were trapped there. And the province of Drenthe throws the nitrogen map in the trash. Here’s the news you (possibly) missed today.
Empty shelves due to farmer’s protest
Supermarkets are left with empty shelves due to blockages from angry farmers. For the second day in a row, food distribution has been disrupted, leaving gaps in the shelves. Vegetables, fruit, meat and dairy are no longer available in some places. Hoarding customers haven’t been spotted yet, but that could change soon.
Farmers break up blockades at distribution centers in Drenthe
For a while it seemed that the protest would last for days, but it did not come to that: on Tuesday morning at nine o’clock, protesting farmers and sympathizers ended the blockade at the Jumbo distribution center in Beilen and that of Coop in Gieten. After 29 hours the tractors are gone, but the men are not satisfied. “Why did we break up? That had to be yes.”
Farmers block bridge at Gaarkeuken: 50 skippers are stuck
Where blockades at the distribution centers of Coop in Gieten and Jumbo in Beilen have ended, Farmers and sympathizers at Gaarkeuken occupy the bridge over the Van Starkenborgh Canal all day long † According to Rijkswaterstaat, about 50 skippers were stuck on the entire route between Friesland and Germany. Mayor Ard van der Tuuk issued an ultimatum to the farmers: they had to release the bridge again at 6 p.m. The farmers complied with this and departed punctually with their vehicles towards Boerakker.
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Drenthe throws nitrogen map in the trash
The province of Drenthe is not going to work with the infamous map of the Ministry of Agriculture that states per nature area by what percentage the nitrogen emissions will be reduced. According to deputy Henk Jumelet (CDA), it has become apparent that this map causes more problems than it solves. “Farmers see that card. If there are ten of them in a certain area and need to reduce emissions by 70 percent, they conclude that seven of them should stop.”
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Violating compulsory education law is not without risk
Sun, sea, beach, or rather to the campsite: there are parents who, for all sorts of reasons, leave for the summer holidays before their children’s last day of school. But violating the Compulsory Education Act is not without risk, warns judge Nynke Vlietstra of the Northern Netherlands District Court.
Hard message for the number of players FC Groningen
The fun splashes from time to time during FC Groningen’s training camp in Barsinghausen, but that does not apply to five players who have stayed behind at home. Trainer Frank Wormuth came with a hard message.
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Merel van Vroonhoven, Top Woman of the Year 2012, became a teacher
Merel van Vroonhoven was named Top Woman of the Year in 2012. Ten years later, she is a special education primary school teacher. In the past she wanted to mean something from the boardroom, now it is the other way around: it wants to be meaningful to the individual. “My students are not a citoscore.”
More in the news
- Regional supermarket Telintel from Oldehove will close its doors on 1 September. Kor Veldsema’s mobile shop, which is supplied by Telintel, will be on its last ride next Friday.
- An arrest team arrested an eighteen-year-old boy from Groningen on Tuesday because of possible involvement in the shooting in Radiumstraat on 9 October last year. No one was injured then.
- You usually don’t get a salary increase from your boss. So you really have to ask for it yourself. These are the top six reasons to ask for a higher salary †
- Iris de Graaf, Russia correspondent for the NOS, has been elected alumnus of the year 2022 by the University of Groningen (RUG). According to the RUG, it shows ‘how important it is that independent journalists know the facts’.
- Geertje Dijkstra-Jacobi stops as alderman and says goodbye in the last council meeting before the summer holidays. VZ Westerkwartier has to look for a replacement for the installation of a new council.
- According to the Public Prosecution Service (OM), a 57-year-old man from Emmen tried to rape a 16-year-old girl at the beginning of this year. He was sentenced to two years in prison, of which eight months were suspended.
- A man who was working with an aerial platform near a tree on the Korreweg in Groningen, threatened to fall from the container on Tuesday morning, because the container almost came loose. The fire brigade rescued him from his predicament.
The municipality of Assen has collected bicycles for refugees from Ukraine, who are currently staying in a reception location in the municipality. Some of the bicycles also go to the refugees in the Expo at the TT circuit. “They tinker all day long and get great satisfaction from it,” says alderman Jan Broekema.
Editor’s tip
The mowing season is in full swing. Young roe deer that take refuge in the tall grass are in danger of being crushed in the big machines. Mark Walinga from Oudega in Friesland tracks them down with the help of a drone. Can he find the deer before the farmer mows?