For the program Eòrpa from the Scottisch BBC produce a background reportage about financial problems at football lcubs in the smaller football leagues in Europe. Vitesse is a Dutch club near the German border in the city Arnhem. They play their matches in an ultramodern… Read More

While a crew from the German French broadcaster Arte arrives for filming for a news reportage on the art exhibition Revolutions in the Air in the Amsterdam Modern Art Museum (Stedelijk Museum), it turns out they lost all the camera batteries while traveling to the… Read More

2003 is the year of the farm in The Netherlands. The Dutch country side is changing rapidly and since 1940 100.000 from the 192.000 Dutch farms has been demolished. The 2003 Year of the Farm Foundation farm especially wants to promote and stimulate innovation in… Read More

Amsterdam police chief J. Kuiper warned his 6,000 officers in a letter that they should not use ‘party drugs’ in their spare time. Use of tolerated drugs is ‘dereliction of duty’ for officers and can lead to dismissal. Last year, nine Amsterdam cops were caught… Read More

Since the 1 of January of 2003 imams with a temporary permit of stay in the Netherlands are obliged to do a special naturalisation course for newcomers. One of the foreign imams became the talk of the town because he offended homosexuals. The naturalisation course… Read More

A majority of the Dutch lower house wants to lift the ban on the adoption of foreign children by gay-couples. This is the result of the discussion that arose after the Dutch gay TV-producer and personality Paul de Leeuw and his friend adopted an American… Read More

GHB (gamma hydroxy butyrate) is an anaesthetic formerly used in surgery and it has been used in the medical setting as treatment for cataplexy, narcolepsy, and alcoholism. But these days GHB is also sold as a recreational drug. A colourless drink and sometimes also as… Read More

In the former Dutch fishery town of Volendam ten people died and about 130 are injured after fire swept through a cafe packed with teenagers. Several other youngsters suffered severe burns or smoke inhalations, and about 20 of these victims had to be taken to… Read More

The release a few arrested ‘body packers’ (couriers that swallow packets of cocaine) by the Dutch authorities because of capacity problems caused a political outrage. The result is more Dutch drug controls, more personnel in jails, extra temporary jails more juridical capacity and a new… Read More

Like all businesses also coffeeshops must comply with the Dutch Tobacco Act, which entitles employees to a smoke-free workplace from the first of January. For a reportage about the effect of the new Dutch antismoking laws for coffee shops the BBC wants to work with… Read More

Assistance is needed for a news reportage for the French German TV channel Arte about the 10 year anniversary of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). The tribunal was established by Security Council resolution 827 of the United Nations that was passed… Read More

The city of Rotterdam is planning to get rid of the “disgraceful” street prostitution of often addicted women by closing the zone for sex workers in the Rotterdam district Katendrecht. The approach from the Rotterdam municipality is called a new concept. The addicted sex workers… Read More