Week in Review: September 6-13, 2013

The round-up of some of this week’s most noteworthy events and news stories features NS railroad maintenance, price increase of train tickets, the future of Fyra, the continuing developments on Google glass, the stabbing death of a Swedish girl, the concerns around the Oosterschelde storm surge barrier, Netflix entering the Dutch market, concerns about radical Muslims, the Muslim brothers, private policing by Muslims, and the uncertain future of Ibn Ghaldoun. NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen) (Dutch Railroad services). This week, we highlighted several topics regarding the NS. Read the full story:

• Traveling by train more expensive
• Objections to European decision railroad traffic
• NS drive empty Fyra trains
• wounded by train stabbing

Stabbing death Swedish. A group of riot police are looking for traces tonight in Den Bosch, following the death of a 19-year-old Swedish woman who was stabbed in a fire exit leading to the Leonardus van Veghel Street, not far from the center. A neighbor alerted the police. Read the Full Story, Also read the follow-up Stabbing death victim filed report earlier. Technology.

• Five hundredth 'bionic ear' in UMCG
• Google adds new features to glass

Health. How do people get sick. A group of international scientists, led by researchers at the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), have been able to figure out what exactly goes wrong in the body for a hundred diseases, even before people get sick. Read the Full Story

• Trekpleister recalls shower gel
• Research into 'dioxin' eggs

The Muslim community.

• no private policing Muslims in Schilderwijk
• radical Muslims' gathering prevented
• Rotterdam wants to continue with Islamic education
• Ibn Ghaldoun fires teachers

Netflix now also in The Netherlands. The US video provider operates in The Netherlands as of today. Read the Full Story Alarm Rijkswaterstaat on Oosterschelde storm surge barrier. Rijkswaterstaat sounds the alarm on the Oosterschelde storm search barrier in an internal report. Read the Full Story Noordoostpolder declares itself shale gas free. Noordoostpolder declares itself shale gas free on Monday evening. The municipality...Read the Full Story Dutch crisis and cuts.

• Dutchman not afraid, but angry
• expensive day care results in shrinking work force
• municipalities headed for billions in cuts

Check out NL Times for the rest of the news and stories this week