Staphorst

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Electric cars charging on the street
BusinessTech
Number of plug-in cars in the Netherlands surpasses a million for the first time
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Badger
PoliticsTechNature
Defense Ministry munitions plan hits legal hurdle over badger burrow in Staphorst
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A fatbike rider in Amsterdam
Crime
Five minors arrested for hitting, squeezing people in the buttocks while on fatbikes
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Close up of a tire on a fatbike
Crime
Police investigating reports of fat bike riders assaulting people in Meppel
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Woman stocking shelves in a supermarket
BusinessLifestyle
Nearly half of Dutch supermarkets open on Christmas Day
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Sign at the entrance of the Ter Apel registration center.
Politics
Dozens of municipalities fed up with Dutch gov't could open their own asylum reception
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Lijsterstraat in Kerkrade
Business
Pricier homes don't automatically mean better living environment
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Farmers protest on the A12 near Veenendaal - protesters set a fire next to the highway and blocked the road with tractors, 5 February 2024
Crime
Police arrest first suspects from today's farmer protests
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Sad teenager indoors
Health
Record number of people in youth care in the Netherlands
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A photo taken by Zwarte Piet protestors from inside a car that was attacked by counter-protestors, including some in blackface, who attempted to stop the scheduled protest at the Sinterklaas arrival in Staphorst. 19 November 2022
Crime
Police failed to protect anti-blackface protesters in Staphorst riots: Inspectorate
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A photo taken by Zwarte Piet protestors from inside a car that was attacked by counter-protestors, including some in blackface, who attempted to stop the scheduled protest at the Sinterklaas arrival in Staphorst. 19 November 2022
PoliticsCulture
Staphorst cancels Sinterklaas parade due to last year's violence
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A photo taken by Zwarte Piet protestors from inside a car that was attacked by counter-protestors, including some in blackface, who attempted to stop the scheduled protest at the Sinterklaas arrival in Staphorst. 19 November 2022
Crime
Four to be prosecuted for abusing anti-Blackface protestors at Sinterklaas arrival
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Men in blackface makeup who harassed anti-blackface demonstrators on the A28 offramp to Staphorst, 19 November 2022
Crime
Police hunting down 3 blackface suspects in Zwarte Piet riot
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Police at the A28 offramp to Staphorst where people in blackface surrounded Kick Out Zwarte Piet cars to harass the protesters and stop them reaching their demonstration at the Sinterklaas arrival party, 19 November 2022
Crime
Tractors blocked cops from protecting anti-blackface protesters near Staphorst: Police
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A sign calling for an end to the use of blackface to portray Zwarte Piet. 16 November 2019
CrimePolitics
Staphorst city council denounces violent blocking of anti-blackface protest
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Politie patch on a Dutch police officer's uniform
CrimePolitics
Not enough cops at Staphorst anti-blackface protest, despite threats: Amnesty Intl.
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Handcuffs
CrimePolitics
Still no arrests for violence against Kick Out Zwarte Piet protestors
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Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius in 2018
Crime
No excuse: Justice Min. on attack on anti-blackface protesters; Amnesty pressing charges
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A group of young men, some dressed in blackface as Zwarte Piet, try to prevent Kick Out Zwarte Piet protestors from arriving in Staphorst. 19 November 2022
Crime1-1-2Politics
Men in blackface aggressively block Zwarte Piet demonstrators; Staphorst mayor bans protest
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Boy jumping into a lake
TechNature
Low water level causing accidents in recreational lakes
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A neighborhood on the island of Schiermonnikoog. 12 June 2020
Business
Wealthy people buying up coastal homes as vacation properties, short-stay rentals
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A woman protesting against 2G coronavirus access passes in Amsterdam. 20 Nov. 2021
HealthPolitics
Amsterdam will not ban new protests against coronavirus measures
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Vials of Covid-19 vaccines produced by Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca. March 21, 2021
Health
Mayors of Christian municipalities plead with residents to get vaccinated
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The Comirnaty Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech. 8 April 2021
Health
Some Staphorst residents choose to receive Covid-19 vaccine in secret, GP says