Since a few years the seize of Dutch pig-, chicken- and cow farms is seriously increasing. Although it is not clear what the size of a mega farm exactly is it usually farms with around 12.500 pigs or for example 120.000 chickens. Since these kind… Read More

On the day of the verdict in the former Croatian general Ante Gotovina trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, the Swiss public broadcaster Schweizer Fernsehen needs an interview with the former Swiss public prosecutor Stefan Waespi for a… Read More

After arriving on Amsterdam Airport Schiphol it turns out the airliner lost the tripod of a BBC Panorama crew that has an interview at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. The BBC needs a replacement tripod within an hour, the interview at the… Read More

The BBC documentary series History of the World covers the story of the tulip trade in Amsterdam, on the first stock market of the world. Also the famous Tulip Mania is covered in the documentary. Tulip mania was a period during the Dutch Golden Age… Read More

Professor Merel Kindt from the University in Amsterdam (UvA) managed to reduce fear. By administering the Beta-blocker Propranolol, the UvA research team managed to weaken the memories of fear of testees. A very interesting research result is the fact that the fear response does not… Read More

The Provincial Elections are especially important because the Dutch have a minority government with the support of the Party of the Freedom from Geert Wilders. Although the delegates from the provinces only vote for the Senate at the end of May, it is exciting to… Read More

The Netherlands has offered life benefits to Bosnians who settled in the country in the wake of the 1992-1995 war, if they decide to return home. The Dutch government would pay travelling expenses to returnees of up to 1,500 euros and life benefits to persons… Read More

Many concerns have been raised in Europe about the high quantity of Ritalin use in Europe. Ritalin is a medicines that is prescribed for ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) . In the Netherlands ten times more Ritalin is prescribed in comparison with ten years ago…. Read More

For a few live weather forecasts in Amsterdam by the ABC weatherman Sam Champion from the American TV channel ABC program Good Morning America , filming licences and cooperation of a local café owner and a chocolate maker and some boats that need to sail… Read More

Because of huge problems with rioting football supporters in Switzerland, resulting in serious vandalism in trains, a team from the Swiss Federal Railways visits the Netherlands to see how the Dutch transport supporters by train. For many years the Dutch have the so-called ‘Combi-arrangement’. In… Read More

In two days both princess Maxima and Queen Beatrix open and visit two exhibitions in the Netherlands. Princess Maxima opens ‘The treasures from the forbidden city’, an exhibition of 18th century musical clocks, of which many have been restored by restorers from the Dutch Musical… Read More

The Amsterdam Public Prosecutor summons successful populist Dutch politician Geert Wilders for offending a group of people and inciting to discrimination and hatred. In June 2008, the Public Prosecutor decided that statements from Wilders were not liable to punishment and dropped the case. Those who… Read More