Almost every week there are updates in the investigation into the art robbery from the Drents Museum at the end of January, including this week. The police reported new arrests on Thursday. But we also saw royal awards, the future of care and a new (or old?) Station in Hoogeveen in the news broadcasts on TV Drenthe.
The death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday was the opening of many journals and talk shows worldwide. The Hoogeveense diocese leader Peter Wellen recalled memories of the Argentinian. Years ago he had a short meeting with the Pope, shaking the pope’s hand made a deep impression on Wellen. “I will never forget that, but I think nobody will ever forget him.”
Hoogeveen announces on Tuesday that it has planning to renovate the train station. The current station dates from 1984. The municipality plays with the idea of restoring it in its old glory. After the renovation, it must look like a century earlier, when Vincent van Gogh got out of the train in Hoogeveen.
There is a threat of a large staff shortage in healthcare. In ten years, thousands of treatments and recordings in Drenthe cannot take place, concludes Zorgpleinnoord after research. Technological developments, among other things, can offer solutions.
Two new suspects were arrested in the investigation into the artok of the Drents Museum in January. One is the man who was shown on images in a hardware store in Assen. The two were arrested in Heerhugowaard in Noord-Holland, there buildings were searched the day earlier. Earlier, suspects from Heerhugowaard and Alkmaar have been arrested. The stolen golden helmet and bracelets are not yet justified.
A hundred Drenten were royal on Friday during the ribbon rain. It pleased the King, among other things, to appoint Harm Dijkstra from Sleen as a knight in the Order of Oranje-Nassau. Dijkstra is a presenter of the Radio Drenthe program Hemmeltied and was completely overwhelmed by the award.