Jan Verlinde, a 45-year-old from Axel in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, will become the new pastor of the Maartenskerk in Hillegom on June 21. He is set to lead the Protestant Congregation in the Dutch town.
Monica Knossenburg hosted a bingo event at a local village hall, reading out combinations generated by an electronic Wingo machine. The game concluded with applause from the participants as the winning numbers were called.
A person was injured in a stabbing incident during a fight in Eindhoven on Monday evening. The incident occurred on Lijmbeekstraat, north of the city center, according to police reports.
A suspect was arrested on Monday evening following acts of vandalism at the town hall in Loosdrecht. A spokesperson for the municipality of Wijdemeren confirmed the incident and the subsequent arrest.
Despite a municipal ban on amplified street music, numerous parties took place across Amsterdam's Jordaan and Negen Straatjes areas. Police were forced to intervene and shut down several events, specifically in the Reestraat, due to overcrowding and noise complaints.
A 52-year-old man named Jay Bryant has pleaded guilty in a New York court for his involvement in the 2002 murder of Jam Master Jay, the DJ for the hip-hop group Run-DMC. Bryant admitted to letting the killers into the building where the musician was fatally shot.