On July 17th 2014 Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine. On board were 283 passengers and 15 crew members. Among the passengers were 196 Dutch nationals. None of the passengers and the crew survived the crash. The Joint Investigation Team (JIT), the Netherlands… Read More

The Netherlands is a tax paradise for many international companies like Ikea, Starbucks and pop stars like The Rolling Stones and U2. They transfer money to the Netherlands in order to hide away from the taxes in the countries where the money was earned. In… Read More

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

Nordisk Film TV produces the crime documentary series Eftersøgt (Wanted), aired by broadcaster Discovery + on the Danish TV channel Kanal 5. The series investigates fugitives wanted by Danish police via Interpol. One of fugitives is an American that supposed to be connected to the… Read More

Over the last years Dutch innovative initiatives in elderly care attracted worldwide attention. The BBC Scotland program Eorpa produces a background reportage about the phenomena and covers three different innovations. An old people’s home from Humanitas in Deventer offers free housing for students in exchange… Read More

The Dutch company CAI Harderwijk received the European Broadband Award in the category Open access and Competition. The European Broadband Awards competition is organized by the European Commission and showcase best practices to many project promoters across Europe. The CAI Harderwijk Project in The Netherlands… Read More

The Finish public broadcaster YLE is producing a series of international reportages about climate change to be broadcasted and published during the Paris Climate Summit 2015. Foreign YLE correspondent Maria Tolsa also visits the Netherlands to see how the Dutch cope with the changing climate…. Read More