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Housing costs hiked over 10% in 73 Dutch municipalities

Mar 1 '19 16:00

This coming year the municipal housing costs will increase by an average of 3.4 percent. In 73 municipalities those costs are increasing by more than 10 percent. The waste tax in particular is increasing significantly, according to homeowners association VEH, NU.nl reports.

On average the municipal housing costs, which include waste tax and sewage tax, amount to 774 euros. Homeowners in Bloemendaal face the highest costs. Property owners there have to pay an average of 1,330 euros to their municipality, 200 euros more than last year.

Riot police in Haren during a Project X party on 21 September 2012

Mayor calls on parents to keep their kids away from Project X party

Dec 7 '18 08:07

Crime Top Stories

Mayor Wim Hillenaar of Cuijk called on parents to keep their teenagers away from a Project X party announced in Katwijk, which falls under the municipality of Cuijk, on Friday night. "Convince your children that they can spend Friday evening in a much more fun way than in a Brabant police cell", he said, De Gelderlander reports.

Property tax increasing next year; up 32% in Cuijk

Dec 6 '18 14:10

Business

Property tax for Dutch homeowners is increasing by an average of 2.2 percent in the coming year, according to own home association VEH after surveying 111 municipalities. The outlier is the municipality of Cuijk, where property tax is increasing by 32 percent, from 259 euros to 342 euros. This comes on top of a 12 percent increase implemented last year, NOS reports.

Mayor bans 'Project X' party in Katwijk

Dec 6 '18 08:14

Crime Entertainment

There will be no so-called Project X party in Katwijk, Mayor Wim Hillenaar of Cuijk, which covers Katwijk, announced. Measures will be taken to prevent any irregularities. On social media, thousands of young people said they were going to the party, RTL Nieuws reports.

"Given the circumstances, we can do nothing else but prepare for all scenarios", Hillenaar said. "But there is no party in Katwijk and there will be no party in Katwijk. People from outside Cuijk who come here with bad intentions will be stopped."

Dutch municipalities rushing to join regulated cannabis experiment

Nov 7 '17 15:50

Politics

A total of 25 municipalities have signed up so far to take part in the Rutte III government's experiment with regulated cannabis cultivation, NOS reports. The government wants to start the experiment next year by letting eight to ten municipalities regulate the marijuana cultivation for their regions.

Several people hit by train in Nijmegen

Nov 28 '16 09:47

Police investigate baby's death in Cuijk

Nov 9 '16 08:04

Crime Health

The police are investigating the death of a baby in an apartment on Parallelweg in Cuijk on Tuesday night. The baby became unwell while emergency services were in the home helping the mother. Attempts to resuscitate the child were to no avail, AD reports.

The mother was taken to hospital by ambulance. Exactly why she called for help is unclear. Her condition is also unknown.

Arrest made in violent death at Cuijk house

Oct 18 '16 16:15

Crime

The police arrested a 28-year-old man from Cuijk on Monday in connection with a body found in a home on Parallelweg on Sunday. The victim was violently murdered

Police dig up hair salon looking for couple missing 27 years

Oct 5 '16 15:30

Crime

The police are digging up a hair salon n Haagsestraat in Cuijk looking for the bodies of Jan and Riet Kelders. The couple disappeared in September 1989

Dutch King crosses pontoon bridge in Cuijk with Vierdaagse marchers

Jul 22 '16 16:30

King Willem-Alexander joined Vierdaagse marches in crossing a pontoon bridge over the Maas in Cuijk on the last day of the 100th edition of this four day walking event.

Nutrilon baby formula shortage after warehouse fire

Jun 3 '15 10:34

Business

There has been a shortage of certain types of Nutrilon baby formula in Dutch stores for weeks. This is due to a fire at a Nutricia plant in Cuijk earlier this year. These products will not be available for sale for at least the rest of June.

Stranger danger: Sex abuse of girl, 5, investigated

May 15 '15 12:25

Crime

The police in Oost-Brabant have launched an investigation into a possible case of sexual assault on a 5 year old girl in the De Valuwe neighborhood in Cuijk.

Serial child sex offender: 10 years possible

May 28 '14 14:47

Crime

In the sexual delinquency case against 49-year old Frank R. from Cuijk, the court has demanded a sentence of ten years, as well as involuntary commitment to psychiatric treatment against him, on Wednesday during the hearing in Assen.

20 years jail for burning with three deaths

Mar 27 '14 14:57

Crime

The court in Den Bosch has ordered a prison sentence of 20 years and TBS with involuntary treatment against Dennie J.

23 more child victims linked to Brabant sex offender

Mar 18 '14 12:44

Crime

The 48-year old Frank R. from Cuijk in Brabant is being prosecuted for 23 counts of sexual offense against girls between 10 and 17 years of age, five of whom are Belgian. This announcement comes from the public prosecutor Tuesday morning during a pre-trial review in Assen.

More victims of Cuijk child sex abuser found

Mar 17 '14 15:15

Crime

Police and public prosecutions identified two new victims of a Cuijk child sex abuser, from pictures and images, found in a hidden space in a hallway closet of the suspect's home, announce the prosecution Monday.

Man Abuses Hundreds Of Girls

Oct 9 '13 09:08

Crime

A 48-year-old man from Cuijk in Brabant is a suspect of the abuse of about three hundred girls in the age of 10 to 17 years. Probably eleven girls he met and abused, but the rest he abused over the internet.

The hundreds of victims come mainly from Holland but there are also 30 Belgian victims. The man has been active during eight years. He is now in custody in Noord Holland. If he already confessed was not yet announced by the prosecution.

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