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The city of Groningen has apologized for the role that their municipal government played in the Dutch connection to the salve trade in the past. The apology was presented at city hall to descendants of enslaved people. The University of Groningen and the Groninger Museum conducted research into the municipal government's role in slavery. The findings were presented in February of this year.
The municipality of Groningen confirmed on Wednesday reports from Dagblad van het Noorden suggesting that during FC Groningen matches, security staff might be refraining from intervention due to fear of potential repercussions.
New law to house asylum seekers held up by internal row in VVD
Groningen pays heir of Jewish family €328,000 for house bought by state
Dutch officials on Thursday probed the death of a baby at a vastly overcrowded centre for asylum seekers, as medical charity MSF deployed at the site.  &nb