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Indirect emissions from Rotterdam port 3.5 times higher than all of Netherlands
1 week, 1 day ago

Indirect emissions from Rotterdam port 3.5 times higher than all of Netherlands

NL Times  

Oil, coal, and other fossil raw materials and fuels that are imported and processed in the port of Rotterdam ultimately cause CO2 emissions that are over 3.5 times higher than the emissions of the whole of the Netherlands, the research agency CE Delft estimated in a report. The independent research agency investigated the Rotterdam port’s indirect emissions on behalf of …

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Fire destroys apartment in Delft, two hospitalized
1 week, 2 days ago

Fire destroys apartment in Delft, two hospitalized

NL Times  

A fire severely damaged an apartment in a high-rise building on Bachsingel in Delft’s Buitenhof neighborhood on Saturday evening, rendering the home temporarily uninhabitable, according to the Haaglanden Safety Region. The fire broke out shortly after 7:30 p.m., with flames visibly shooting out of the apartment, officials said. Two individuals were evaluated on-site by ambulance personnel after inhaling smoke and …

Safety According
You can master Dutch with the Delft Method to work in healthcare, like Isabella!
1 week, 4 days ago

You can master Dutch with the Delft Method to work in healthcare, like Isabella!

NL Times  

Everyone told her it would be impossible to master Dutch, but Isabella, a 26-year-old doctor from Colombia proved them all wrong. "I’m engaged to a Dutch man; We met at Schiphol," Isabella begins her story. "It’s definitely a method for people who are serious about learning Dutch," Isabella explains. I’m so grateful I found NedLes and took the step to …

Netherlands Learning Work Colombia Start Method Isabella
Traditional kruidnoten popular again in the Netherlands due to high cocoa prices
1 month ago

Traditional kruidnoten popular again in the Netherlands due to high cocoa prices

NL Times  

The traditional Dutch sweet kruidnoten which is usually only available in the winter months is experiencing a revival due to the rapidly rising cocoa price. But the 'regular' chocolate segment is struggling and will continue to do so next year due to the still high cocoa price," says Zandbergen. Very large packages do a little less well, the smaller ones …

Price Chocolate Cocoa De Lange Van Delft Bolletje
Delft man sentenced to 30 months in prison for organizing gang rapes of underage girl
1 month, 1 week ago

Delft man sentenced to 30 months in prison for organizing gang rapes of underage girl

NL Times  

The court in The Hague has sentenced 68-year-old Paul P. from Delft to 30 months in prison for sexual exploitation of an underage girl. The man organized gang rapes on two occasions in his flat, with several men paying to rape the girl. “The suspect only had an eye for his own financial gain and used the insecurity and vulnerability …

Rape Gang Rapes 30 Months
Delft apartment building to be constructed from wood pallets, reclaimed materials
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Delft apartment building to be constructed from wood pallets, reclaimed materials

NL Times  

Construction recently started on a very special residential tower in Delft. The building will be constructed with wooden pallets and reclaimed materials as much as possible. Where reclaimed materials are impossible, the developers - The Urban Woods - will use wood from a sustainable forest in Austria, where a tree is immediately planted for every one cut down, co-founder Tim …

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Submitting dimensions of carry-on luggage before flight prevents chaos: TU Delft
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Submitting dimensions of carry-on luggage before flight prevents chaos: TU Delft

NL Times  

Airlines can reduce the chaos with travelers’ hand baggage by asking them to submit the dimensions of the suitcase before the flight, De Telegraaf reports based on a successful test by Professor Peter Vink of TU Delft. That allowed the airline to figure out where to stow the hand luggage before the plane filled with travelers trying to do so …

Luggage Travelers Tu Delft
Pope Defrocks Bishop Who Admitted Sexually Abusing Nephew
9 months ago

Pope Defrocks Bishop Who Admitted Sexually Abusing Nephew

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING ROME — Pope Francis on Thursday defrocked a notorious Belgian bishop who admitted 14 years ago that he sexually abused his nephew but faced no Vatican punishment. The Vatican embassy in Belgium said in a statement Thursday that in recent months “grave new elements” had been reported to the Holy See’s sex abuse office that justified reopening …

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Belgian bishop defrocked 14 years after admitting to abusing nephew
9 months ago

Belgian bishop defrocked 14 years after admitting to abusing nephew

Associated Press  

ROME — Pope Francis on Thursday defrocked a notorious Belgian bishop who admitted 14 years ago that he sexually abused his nephew but faced no Vatican punishment. The Vatican embassy in Belgium said in a statement Thursday that in recent months “grave new elements” had been reported to the Holy See’s sex abuse office that justified reopening the case. Lieve …

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Three killed after car crashes into Delft waterway
1 year ago

Three killed after car crashes into Delft waterway

NL Times  

The bodies of two women were found in a waterway near a fatal car accident in Delft in which one man was killed and another seriously injured, the police reported. Shortly after, a diving team from the fire department pulled two people out of the car. Even after the vehicle had been lifted out of the water with a crane …

Water Car Delft
Major forest fire hinders solar race participants on first day
1 year, 2 months ago

Major forest fire hinders solar race participants on first day

NL Times  

Participants of the World Solar Challenge, the world championship in solar energy racing, had to deal with a large forest fire along the course on the first official day of racing. The 3,000-kilometer World Solar Challenge runs from Darwin in northern Australia to Adelaide in the south. Student teams from around the world compete with homemade solar cars to promote …

World Car Solar Darwin Delft
Delft is highest ranked Dutch university in new Times Ed list
1 year, 2 months ago

Delft is highest ranked Dutch university in new Times Ed list

Dutch News  

Delft University of Technology has become the first Dutch university to reach the top 50 of the Times Higher Education rankings since 2016 while Utrecht is boycotting the listing. Delft rose from 70th to 48th place in the latest Times Higher Education list of the best universities in the world. Utrecht University, which was in 66th place last year, is …

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TU Delft ranks in top 50 on 2024 Times Higher Education list; Six Dutch unis in top 100
1 year, 2 months ago

TU Delft ranks in top 50 on 2024 Times Higher Education list; Six Dutch unis in top 100

NL Times  

The Delft University of Technology tops the list of Dutch universities in the Times Higher Education 2024 ranking, with the 48th position globally. Six Dutch universities have made it to the top 100 in this annual world ranking by the British magazine. Other Dutch universities in the top 100 include Leiden University, the University of Groningen, and Erasmus University Rotterdam. …

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Six hurt in 8 car pileup on A4 near Delft; Highway closed toward The Hague
1 year, 3 months ago

Six hurt in 8 car pileup on A4 near Delft; Highway closed toward The Hague

NL Times  

The A4 highway from Rotterdam to The Hague is closed due to a severe accident just north of the Ketheltunnel in Delft. Eight cars were involved in the accident, and emergency services took six injured people to nearby hospitals. Many cars were stuck behind the accident on the highway for nearly an hour before the emergency services guided them around …

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Almost all government-purchased prefab flexible homes still in storage
1 year, 4 months ago

Almost all government-purchased prefab flexible homes still in storage

NL Times  

Last year, Housing Minister Hugo de Jonge pushed 200 million euros into building over 2,000 prefabricated, flexible homes. He aimed to quickly create homes that municipalities could place as soon as they had a location available to start swiftly filling gaps in the housing shortage. When the first 100 flexible homes were placed in Delft in May, it was already …

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Ousted Caritas chief denounces Vatican ‘power grab’
1 year, 7 months ago

Ousted Caritas chief denounces Vatican ‘power grab’

Associated Press  

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s main charitable organization, Caritas Internationalis, is hoping to open a new chapter this week after Pope Francis fired top managers over bullying complaints. In an extraordinary display of papal power, Francis last November fired the Caritas secretary general, Aloysius John; the Caritas president, Filipino Cardinal Antonio Tagle; and Tagle’s vice presidents, the treasurer and ecclesiastic …

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Vermeer in Delft: His hometown highlights the story behind the story
1 year, 10 months ago

Vermeer in Delft: His hometown highlights the story behind the story

Dutch News  

While all the attention is on the new Johannes Vermeer exhibition in Amsterdam, the 17th-century painter’s hometown of Delft has an exhibition of its own, focusing on the life and background of one the world’s most famous artists. ‘If you want to see Vermeer’s paintings, you must go to Amsterdam,’ says Janelle Moerman, director of the Prinsenhof Museum in Delft. …

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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum hosts blockbuster Vermeer exhibition
1 year, 10 months ago

Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum hosts blockbuster Vermeer exhibition

Associated Press  

AMSTERDAM — Some art lovers make it a mission to visit and view as many works as possible by 17th-century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. Rijksmuseum General Director Taco Dibbits believes the exhibition provides a chance for visitors to immerse themselves in the exquisite interior scenes for which Vermeer is best known including “Girl with a Pearl Earring” and “The Milkmaid,” …

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Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum hosts blockbuster Vermeer exhibition
1 year, 10 months ago

Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum hosts blockbuster Vermeer exhibition

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Rijksmuseum General Director Taco Dibbits believes the exhibition provides …

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Delft students present world's "most efficient" hydrogen car
1 year, 10 months ago

Delft students present world's "most efficient" hydrogen car

NL Times  

The students of Eco-Runner Team Delft presented the design of the latest hydrogen-powered city car on Thursday. They hope to set the world record for driving the longest distance on hydrogen without refueling with the Eco-Runner XII, thereby showing off hydrogen’s potential as an efficient and sustainable fuel. Green energy is difficult to get hold of in the Netherlands, and …

Hydrogen Team Delft
Delft Care home cuts back on dementia patients’ meals, angering many
1 year, 11 months ago

Delft Care home cuts back on dementia patients’ meals, angering many

NL Times  

The local political party Hart voor Delft is angry about the adjustment of the provision of meals for residents of the nursing home Die Buytenweye in the city. The care home said this was necessary due to food waste and because the budget had to be kept in mind, according to a letter from the facility to its residents, which …

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Video: Laughing gas-using driver arrested after wild police chase through Delft
2 years, 2 months ago

Video: Laughing gas-using driver arrested after wild police chase through Delft

NL Times  

The police arrested a 26-year-old man for driving under the influence of laughing gas in Delft on Sunday after a wild chase through the city. The police responded to a report of someone using laughing gas in a white car in a parking lot on Voorhofdreef at around 3:30 p.m. on Sunday. “Because the driver of the white car exhibited …

Man Chase Laughing Gas
Delft University solar car team wins solar challenge in South Africa
2 years, 3 months ago

Delft University solar car team wins solar challenge in South Africa

NL Times  

Delft University's solar car team have again won the week-long Sasol Solar Challenge, making them four-time champions of the event, according to a press release. The Brunel Solar Team sealed its victory by coming in second on the seventh day of the challenge, in which nine solar car teams from South Africa, Belgium and the Netherlands compete. Team leader Sanne …

South Africa Solar Challenge Team Wins Solar Challenge
Asylum seeker hotel deal reached, with 150 set to reside in Albergen; Delft to house 220
2 years, 3 months ago

Asylum seeker hotel deal reached, with 150 set to reside in Albergen; Delft to house 220

NL Times  

The municipality of Tubbergen, the national government and the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers have reached agreement on the reception of asylum seekers at the Hotel 't Elshuys in the village of Albergen. The COA bought the hotel without the municipality's knowledge to accommodate up to 300 asylum seekers. It was the first time the government intended …

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