‘Border controls, exciting phone calls and tropical days. In the week of Drenthe we look back on the most important news events in our province.
For the second evening in a row, a group of burgers gathered on Sunday evening on the border between Ter Apel and the German Rütenbrock. The group again wanted to perform so -called border controls by looking in cars if there are asylum seekers in it. But both the German and Dutch stopped this. The inhabitants say they carry out border control due to frustration around the reception of asylum seekers.
After more than 28 years of service, the director of the Safety Care Drenthe Foundation has been put up for more than 28 years due to suspicions of fraud. It is a 65-year-old resident of Emmen. Spokesperson Peter Grondsma says that the director has recently been at home. In addition to the director, two other employees have left the body in the past period. It would be about the son of the director and a coordinator.
According to spokesperson Peter Grondsma of Security Care Drenthe, two employees have indeed left. “They were not fired, but they decided to say goodbye in the same period. On the reason for departure, Grondsma said that these two are not suspected of criminal offenses.” Furthermore, we cannot make any statements about this. “
There was also attention for femicide this week. That is the deliberate killing of women or girls, often by men or ex-partner. Curious people were able to use the Psychological Thriller on the Koopsmansplein in Assen It’s up to me View, in a truck cinema. The goal is to find out more about the subject and to learn to recognize early signals. The special cinema is an initiative of Wim Hertgers. Together with his wife Monique, he fights against femicide, after the murder of their daughter Sanne in 2023.
Thursday was an exciting day for thousands of final exam students in Drenthe. After weeks of waiting, the phone call from school brings clarity. Did they succeed after hard struggle or not? A liberating message for one, but a bitter disappointment for others.
Extra water, dispensers for sunscreen and large tents for the shade. Events in Drenthe are well prepared for the warmth that awaits us. “We continue to draw people to it all day.” For Jeroen Velema, organizer of football tournament Huys Talent Cup in Hoogeveen, the situation is not new. “The previous two years we also had to deal with these temperatures.” And so the tournament tomorrow for up -and -coming football talents, where, among other things, the Ajax girls’ team comes to visit, is thoroughly prepared.
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