One Easter fire after the other that is canceled and victims of sexual crimes have to wait a long time in the Northern Netherlands for a lawsuit. You can read this and other important news from Drenthe below.
The international link class (ISK) in Assen has to move again. For the eighth time in eight years, the ISK has to pack the entire household effects for a new accommodation. The School for Refugee Education for 15 to 18-year-olds will be given a place at Noorderstate office park this time. The good news is that this location will remain at least ten years. To the great relief of director Zwiers. “Because moving again, I am really not waiting for that.”
A key role for Coevorden in the largest army exercise of the year. In the Bastion Lion exercise, 4,000 soldiers, 1,800 vehicles and 200 drones are used. “In fact, Coevorden is the spider in the web,” says Colonel Tom Smit. “The (fictional, ed.) Fight takes place in Germany, but everything needed to fight that fight, from ammunition and fuel to food and wounded care, starts here.”
Special visit to the Kamp Westerbork memorial center. Prime Minister Dick Schoof came by to talk to relatives of war victims and students. It was also about the millions of renovation that director Bertien Minco wants, but which the financing is not yet complete. But Schoof does not make any hard commitments.
Lovers of Paasfuren have to look up other entertainment this weekend. The vast majority of the Drenthe Easter fires in Drenthe has been canceled. Most of Drenthe municipalities made this decision because of the drought, so there is an increased risk that the fire will spread to adjacent nature and homes. Only in Emmen do the Easter fires continue so far.
Victims and perpetrators of sexual abuse and other sexual crimes must wait a long time in the Northern Netherlands until a judge deals with their case. There are so many of these matters that the courts in Drenthe, Groningen and Friesland do not belong. As a result, victims must be patient for their case for more than a year.