It seems that the high Swiss taxes for foreign cheese will be lowered. The morning program from the Swiss public TV broadcaster Schweizer Fernsehen invites Swiss cheesemakers, -tasters and -experts to talk about and to taste domestic and foreign Emmentaler-like cheeses. Since the cheese specialists… Read More

Continuation of the non-vaccination policy against Foot-and-mouth disease in the European Union is, according to the Dutch agriculture and horticulture organisation LTO Nederland, no longer justified. During a press conference in the Hague LTO-president Gerard Doornbos explains why his organisation is against the continuation. Looking… Read More

On 12 April 2001, the Dutch Euthanasia Act, fully named the Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide Act, was passed by a parliamentary majority in the Lower House. The law applies to life termination on request (also called euthanasia) and assisted suicide, both… Read More

War criminal Dirk Hoogendam alias ‘The Boxer’ was sentenced to death by the court in the Dutch town Assen after World War II for several violent assaults and batteries and participating in foreign military service. The sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment. However, Dirk… Read More

Although homosexuality is very accepted in Holland and Amsterdam is seen as the gay capital of Europe, it is still a taboo in old people’s homes. Elderly homosexuals fear the moment they will need care. An ordinary nursing home in Amsterdam established the L.A. Ries… Read More

On the morning that the Dutch Senate is approving a new law, full title Control of Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide Act, that is legalising euthanasia in the Netherlands the program Morgenmagazin from the German first public broadcaster ARD broadcasts live from… Read More

A fire is reported at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol at about quarter to six on Sunday afternoon in the Plaza shopping centre. The fire reportedly started at fast food restaurant Burger King. According to the fire brigade, an explosion may have occurred. Flames beat out of… Read More

After England, France and The Netherlands, Germany is the fourth country in Europe that is struck by the devastating foot & mouth disease. The Dutch Agriculture Minister declared strict measures to prevent the highly contagious livestock virus foot-and-mouth disease from spreading around the Netherlands and… Read More

In January 2001, the Serbian authorities placed Slobodan Milošević under round-the-clock police surveillance in Belgrade, and began investigating allegations that he had misused state funds and abused his office. When it comes out that Milošević is put in a Serbian prison and that he is… Read More

After England and France, the Netherlands is the third European country that is struck by the devastating foot & mouth disease. The Netherlands is a small country, but is the world’s second largest exporter of agricultural products, with hyper-intensive livestock farming. Pig density is spectacular:… Read More

After it becomes clear that the Dutch heir of the throne prince Willem Alexander is engaged to the Argentinian blonde Maxima Zorreguieta, it also came out that her father Jorge Zorreguieta has been an important Minister during the dictatorship of the Jorge Rafael Videla regime…. Read More

Help, the elderly are coming! The steadily swelling army of elderly people threatens to undermine the financial stability of the European Union in the coming decades. Already, four working Europeans together have to provide the pension of one other European. In 30 years, if nothing… Read More