After the public health institute RIVM announced that the first Dutch people tested positive for coronavirus Covid-19, NHK Europe correspondent Yasushi Kudo needs the latest information. The first coronavirus case is a man in a hospital in the Dutch city of Tilburg. The Dutch health… Read More

The Dutch government is planning an experiment with regulated cannabis cultivation, to see if this legal cultivation will decrease organized crime and increase the safety of cannabis use. In the experiment, the government will give ten organisations a government license to grow cannabis, that will… Read More

Over the last years there is an increase of organised heavy crime in the Netherlands. Large shipments of cocaine are intercepted in the harbor of Rotterdam, numerous illegal synthetic drugs laboratories are discovered in the south of the country and many liquidations take place in… Read More

The Netherlands is the second largest exporter of agricultural products in the world, thanks to the enormous greenhouse sector. TF1 Our team visited these spectacular oceans of glass greenhouses even visible from satellites. It is the equivalent of the size of a city like Paris… Read More

A court ruling has forced the Netherlands to promptly deal with its high nitrogen emissions. The Dutch government has decided to cut speed limits on high ways and farmers have rallied in the streets to protest against the plan to reduce livestock numbers. Most of… Read More

Zwarte Piet or Black Pete has been a festive tradition in the Netherlands for generations – which sees thousands of people, who are often white, dress up as the character wearing afro-style wigs, red lipstick and full blackface makeup. There have been attempts to make… Read More

There was a massive police response at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Officials called the incident a ‘suspicious situation’. The incident took place on board Air Europa flight UX1094 to Madrid that had been due to take off this evening. Shortly after 8.30PM, the military police issued… Read More

Artemis Media has devised a new returnable documentary format which is being produced for SBS TV Australia. Presented by much loved and well respected actress Noni Hazlehurst this masterfully crafted observational documentary series follows everyday Australians and sometimes a well-known celebrity, on a life changing… Read More

Amsterdam’s historic city centre and red-light district is a major tourist attraction, but some residents say overcrowding and badly-behaved visitors are making the city unbearable to live in. Tourists numbers are set to soar to around 30 million in the next decade and with fears… Read More

Dutch social housing organisations are private, non-profit enterprises that pursue social goals within a strict framework of national laws and regulations. They involve local government, tenants and other stakeholders in their policies and are accountable to society. The principal target group are low-income households (e.g…. Read More

Because the French hospitals are overwhelmed by patients, the personnel of intensive care departments go on strike. In the Netherlands patients first have to go to family doctor centers or are often even sent to family doctors departments in hospitals to relieve the intensive care… Read More

The British production company Wall to Wall produces ‘Fining My Family: Holocaust’, a two-part series for BBC 1 which will follow the British families of those who experienced the Holocaust re-trace their parents and grandparents’ steps. Watford Grammar schoolgirl Maggie Fleet, 14, accompanied her “opa”,… Read More