The Nigerian youngster that tried to blow up a Flight 253 with explosives in his underwear while landing in Detroit, took the plane from the Amsterdam airport Schiphol. The Dutch Minister of Internal Affairs gives a press conference to bring across what they know about… Read More

After the Swiss decided for a minaret ban by referendum, the Swiss TV-program ’10 vor 10′ wants to have a closer look at anti-Islam legislation in the rest of Europe. Besides France now also Belgium has decided to ban head-scarfs on schools. In Antwerp the… Read More

A drug commonly used to treat high blood pressure may help people erase bad memories and even treat phobias, a team of Dutch scientists say. Lead researcher Dr Merel Kindt, a psychologist at the University of Amsterdam, says the generic drug propranolol, a beta-blocker, significantly… Read More

The Smith and Jones clinic in Amsterdam treats gaming addicts from all over the world. The gaming addicts get the therapy partly together with drug addicts. The director of the clinic fears that gaming addiction will become the largest addiction in the world. The program… Read More

The federal initiative “against the construction of minarets” from a a group of right wing politicians, mainly from the Swiss People’s Party, the Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland and the Egerkinger Komittee (“Egerkingen Committee”), was a successful populist referendum initiative in Switzerland to prevent the… Read More

Like many other European states Austria is getting ready for the vaccination of all its inhabitants against Swine fever. The Dutch seems to have a different approach. They only want to vaccinate people that run extra risks to become infected. The background reportage program Weltjournal… Read More

For an investigative reportage about the Dutch military presence in Afghanistan program Monitor from the German public TV channel ARD needs extra information about the purchase of military equipment and wants advice about specialists to be interviewed.

BBC Radio Scotland produce a background reportage about a possible new football league in the north of Europe. For this radio production advice and research is needed in the Netherlands to find Dutch football specialists to interview.

A right wing party has officially requested a referendum to see if a majority of the Swiss are in favour of a new law to ban minarets. Since the Netherlands is known to house a large number of mosques of which some have minarets, the… Read More

In 2000 the Dutch city of Utrecht started with a new approach to deal with large number of homeless people and the problems it causes. The Utrecht city hall stimulated cooperation between all the different departments and organisations that are involved in helping and handling… Read More

Cablecom, a sister company of provider UPC, is the company with the worst reputation in Switzerland. A journalist from the economic program ECO from the Swiss public TV channel Schweizer Fernsehen visits the Netherlands to talk to officials at the headquarters of UPC Europe. Besides… Read More

The Swiss are discussing to introduce a logo so consumers can see if a food product is healthy or not. In the Netherlands a consumer logo to indicate that food is health with the name ‘choose consciously’ is already implemented a while ago. The background… Read More