The first French TV channel TF1 produces a series of travel reportages to show that it is possible to visit cities in Europe for a affordable price. In Amsterdam reporter Axel Cariou rents a bike, visits de Rijksmuseum, some traditional cafes and the daily Albert… Read More

For a reportage to be broadcasted on Valentine’s Day, the news program from the first French TV channel TF1 produces a reportage about the Flora Holland flower auction in Aalsmeer. French buyers are portrayed while they check the quality of the flowers. They explain how… Read More

There are signs that human traffickers are active close to refugee centres in the Netherlands attempting to recruit young women to work as prostitutes. In the past dozens of young, unaccompanied asylum seekers disappeared from refugee centres and very probably ended up in the hands… Read More

The Dutch city Utrecht takes a step closer towards paying people a salary whether they work or not by allowing small groups of benefit claimants to be paid €. 660 a month – and keep any earnings they make from work on top of that…. Read More

Donald Trump and the Netherlands, it is not a good combination. The man who turn’s American politics upside down these days did some loss-making business in the Netherlands. All involved investors and companies lost their money. And they never heard from Trump since. For this… Read More

Last year the owl that attacked people in Purmerend became world news. Der Spiegel reporter Ralf Hoppe visits the Netherlands to write an article about what the owl did to the city and its inhabitants. Although many were victim of the owl attacks, there is… Read More