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Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis Assen opens ‘speed-square’ for emergency help

Farmers park tractors in protest actions across Province of Groningen

No passengers, but Eelde Airport has busiest month in years (behind the scenes)

Dutch football season to start without away fans, but FC Emmen hopes for a full house eventually

Court sides with Groninger Mayor to uphold tractor protest ban

Low visitor numbers may cause one fifth of all shops in Groningen to close

Thousands of stunted marine animals to tell the story of the MSC Zoe

Family doctor shortage in Friesland set to rise with more and more doctors heading for retirement

Students graduate via Google hangout in Groningen
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Special Terschelling edition off-road car up for sale, for the ‘real island lover’

Young people want to live in villages like Makkinga (Ooststellingwerf), but there’s nowhere for them to live

Survey reveals that half of young people in Drenthe want more summer activities in the province

IKEA Groningen’s restaurant part of national experiment

Drenthe wants children to eat healthier, more locally

Gastronomic pub crawl hopes to support Groninger businesses

Gemeente Groningen approves huge pub terrace on Vismarkt

Gemeente Groningen rolls back Noorderplantsoen alcohol-ban

‘Village dinners’ try to bring neighbours together
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Culture
Major Drents cultural institutions receive emergency support

“It’s great, and exciting!”, but not all churches are re-opening their doors

Music returns to Het Bolwerk in Sneek: “we’re finally back”

Frisian Skûtsje sailing championship added to Dutch list of ‘Intangible Culture of the Netherlands’

Dutch PM Mark Rutte says that apologies for Dutch history as slave owners and traders are “not wise”

Winners and losers in the Frisian cultural sector as province announces new subsidies

Young people ‘take leading role’ in discussions over the future of the Frisian language

After Coronavirus ‘pause’, artists back on stage at De Harmonie in Leeuwarden

Fluffageddon and the great unknown: Dr8888 museum in Drachten announces two exhibitions
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King visits Drenthe, ignored by window cleaner

The freshest of threads: send in your designs and become the next sustainable fashion sensation

“We were hoping to start making friends in the summer”

Party at home like a King with Temple this weekend

Heads in copper clouds: a Portuguese wanderer in Friesland

Vlieland football team suffers from serial prankster

Leeuwarden: an enchanted city

Bat shelter Groningen winds up: influx too large for “bat-woman” Anja Sjoerdsma

“Apples from Oranges”: vote for your favourite social project now!
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Cabin fever? University of Groningen re-opens library

No physical events? No problem! Digital career event comes to the North

More school leavers turn to Universities thanks to Coronavirus uncertainty

BMTEC from Emmen goes worldwide

Students in Groningen call for library re-opening

Drents company hopes to move the world by rail

New report suggests that up to a quarter of International Students have been put off coming to the Netherlands due to the COVID-19 outbreak

Have your say! How have you kept informed about the Coronavirus outbreak?

Vice governor of Friesland calls on expats for community initiatives
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Groningen, Hamburg want to become premiere green hydrogen region in Europe

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August 29, 2019

The municipality of Groningen and the German city of Hamburg are eager to move forward with green hydrogen by working ...

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Arriva trains in Friesland and Groningen going blue

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August 15, 2019

The brick red Arriva trains in Friesland and Groningen will be getting a new paint job, and the company will ...

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Two million kilos from MSC Zoe salvaged from North Sea

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So far, the ongoing clean-up effort following the MSC Zoe container spill in January has salvaged around 2 million kilos ...

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Municipality of Oldambt refuses heavy transport of wind turbine on local roads

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The mayor and alderpeople of the municipality of Oldambt in Groningen do not want heavy wind turbine components to be ...

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MSC Zoe container carrying hazardous materials located in German waters

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A container that fell overboard from the MSC Zoe in January carrying bags of a chemical called dibenzoyl peroxide has ...

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German tourism booming in Drenthe

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A campaign launched by Marketing Drenthe in 2018 to attract more Germans to the province has been a resounding success, ...

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Interview with University of Groningen president Jouke de Vries: “We never use the word ‘stop’”

In October, professor Jouke de Vries became the new president of the University of Groningen, leaving his position as the ...

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The Groningen bloc at the Climate March: hundreds heading to Amsterdam on Sunday

During the Climate March in Amsterdam on 10 March, Groningen will be making its voice heard: as many as 1,000 ...

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Missing: 10,000 yellow ducks bound for Germany

by The Northern Times

January 28, 2019

On 12 May, the German city of Kiel is planning to host its annual charitable Duck Race. But there is ...

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More Germans coming to the north for fishing trips

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December 4, 2018

More and more Germans living near the border are travelling to the northern Netherlands to go on fishing trips. Translation ...

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