Synthetic drugs are circulating in ever increasing quantities in the form of amphetamines and ecstasy pills. The compositions are varied in an uncontrolled manner and often prove to be life-threatening. This market has long since overtaken other drug markets. No plantations or greenhouses are required,… Read More

After the United States, The Dutch are the 2nd largest agricultural exporters in the world. TF1 reporter Julien Beaumont wants to find out how this tiny country is feeding the world and what can be learned from the approach to find ways to keep on… Read More

In 2000 the Dutch prostitution branch became fully legal after the brothel ban was lifted. What is the status of the Dutch sex branch that has been fully legalized for almost 20 years and more importantly how is it for a sex worker to run… Read More

The French government will unveil the paths of its justice reform with five major projects. One of them focuses on the effectiveness of the jail sentence. There are alternatives to prison, such as community service. France 2 plans a special broadcast about the French jail… Read More

On 28 September the Joint Investigation Team organised a press conference to present the first results of the criminal investigation into the crash of flight MH17. This press conference took place after the meeting of the Joint Investigation Team with the relatives of the victims… Read More

A gas extraction company and the Dutch government catch sight of the UN human rights commission. It demands measures from the Dutch state to protect the inhabitants of the Northern province Groningen from increasingly frequent earthquakes caused by the intensive extraction of gas. The Dutch… Read More

The Dutch horse meat scandal already shocked Europe in 2013. Now it turned out that the Dutch are still the main player in this criminal network. European investigators have seized an international ring of meat fraudsters and seized a total of 66 suspects. The criminal… Read More

The youth program ARTE Junior broadcast They’re your age 3 minute portraits of children all around the world. How do other children around the world live? What is their breakfast like and what is their favourite food? Where do they go to school? What do… Read More

Over the last years the Dutch partly managed to process the large influx by using former jails to house refugees and immigrants. France3 visits an asylum seekers centre in the former jail the Grittenborgh in the eastern town Hoogeveen. The location manager of the centre,… Read More

After years of negotiations, Japan and Europe will finally sign a Free Trade Agreement. NHK correspondent Yasushi Kudo visits the Netherlands to see how the Dutch dairy branch is preparing for new trade opportunities with Japan. The sales manager of the Dutch cheese producer Unie… Read More

For years the Dutch government has been decreasing the budget for the army. Over the last weeks more and more critics and complaints are passed on to the ministry of defence that there is not enough money anymore to perform the basic military tasks. There… Read More

The Japanese public broadcaster NHK is covering the Dutch national elections profoundly. In a so-called 100 minute program Dutch society and culture is investigated intensively. Besides filming for this program extra reportages are produced about the rise extreme right in the Netherlands, about Wilders voters,… Read More