It suddenly turns out that not the Pakistani Malala Yousafzai will receive the Nobel peace prize 2013, but the OPCW, the Organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons, which has its headquarters in The Hague, the Netherlands. At a press conference the Nobel committee states… Read More

‘We make war so we are war’. That, some would say chilling quotation, came from Abdelkarim Honing, a young man in the Netherlands who has converted to Islam. He has seen many of his friends leave to take up arms in the bloody conflict in… Read More

The Yong Sheng is the first ever container-transporting vessel sailing transit along the Northern Sea Route. When arriving in the port of Rotterdam the 19,000-ton vessel Yong Sheng will get its place in the history books as the first container-transporting vessel which made it transit… Read More

Japan’s Economic Revitalization Minister Akira Amari visits the Netherlands and Denmark. He is hoping to find out how those countries boosted their economies. Revitalizing the agricultural and medical industries is a key part of the growth strategy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. While in the… Read More

Since the seventies of the last century the fans of the Amsterdam football club Ajax identify themselves with Jews. Although officially Ajax is not a Jewish club, many of the supporters sing and yell ‘Jews, Jews, Jews’ during every match. A Dutch foundation against anti-Semitism… Read More

In November 2012 the MTV UK show Geordie Shore filmed in Amsterdam on the flower market, the Leidseplein and Rembrandtsplein, the Albert Cuyp market, the Red Light District and sex theatre Casa Rosso. Something went wrong with the release forms, and since the video material… Read More

Jack to a King: The Swansea Story is a 2014 British documentary film (directed by Marc Evans) about the Swansea City Football Club’s history from July 2001 to May 2011. It focuses on the club’s rise from almost going out of business at the bottom… Read More

Switzerland is reforming its system to handle asylum seekers and it is using the Dutch system as an example. On the 1 of July 2013 Dutch deputy minister Fred Teeven will present changes to the asylum seekers system. He is forced to do so because… Read More

In May 2013 the European Parliament adopted the European Protection Order and protection certificate. New EU-wide protection measures for victims of stalking, violence, intimidation, soon to be valid in all Member States. In early June 2013 the European Justice Ministers will enforce the new measures…. Read More

On April 30, 2013 the whole world can follow the abdication of Queen Beatrix and the investiture of King Willem Alexander and his wife Queen Maxima. The city of Amsterdam is full of people dressed in orange because on the 30iest of April the Dutch… Read More

On April 30, 2013, the very last Queens Day will take place in the Netherlands. Next year the national celebration day will take place three days earlier, on the birthday of Willem Alexander and it will be called Kings day. Foregoing the coronation, SRF journalist… Read More

The ZDF program Mona Lisa wants to show the preparations for the Dutch coronation. Activities on Dam Square in Amsterdam, shops full of orange t-shits, hats and sun glasses. A German-Dutch family living in Amsterdam explain what the monarchy and the upcoming coronation and Queens… Read More