A reportage about the need for attention for better accessibility for wheelchair users in public space portraying Dutchman Kees-Jan van der Klooster. He won a gold medal in mono-skiing at the Paralympic Winter Games and is organizing clinics teaching wheelchair users to overcome the many… Read More

Over the past 40 years, much has been cut back in the field of ageing and elderly care in the Netherlands: the ‘old people’s homes’ and care homes are no more and elderly can only go to a nursing home when they are very sick…. Read More

‘Inside the global cocaine industry, where profits are counted up in millions and losses are measured out in murders.’ This new eight-part investigative podcast series from The Times, Sunday Times and NewsCorp Australia reveals that the world’s legitimate business empires, trading floors and boardrooms have… Read More

Although selling cannabis has been tolerated in the Netherlands for decades, growing cannabis is still illegal. Soon, this might change because the government is experimenting with legal weed production. In 2019, the Dutch government launched a cannabis experiment in which entrepreneurs can start growing cannabis… Read More

Because of the swing to the right in the last Dutch national elections, NHK Europe correspondent Yasuko Takeda covers the European elections in the Netherlands. The reportage zooms in on the rise of the Freedom Party from Geert Wilders that won the elections and that… Read More

Geert Wilders, an anti-Islam firebrand and the leader of the Dutch People’s Party for Freedom (PVV) came first in last November’s parliamentary elections with 23 per cent of the votes. The champion of national preference gained unprecedented support in a climate of deep economic and… Read More

The famous British TV cook and  cookery book writer Nigella Lawson returns for a very special Christmas treat when she travels to Amsterdam to enjoy the festive season in the Venice of the North. With family ties to Amsterdam that go back generations, Nigella has fond… Read More

Preceding the Dutch Lower House elections, the war between Hamas and Israel is slowly starting to play more of a role in the campaign. A Dutch political reporter: “It is inevitable that parties will pay attention to it in the campaign; the conflict dominates the… Read More

The French documentary production company Les Bons Clients is organising worldwide filming for a major documentary film for the public TV channel France 2. It will be a prime time spectacular futuristic film about France in 2100, directed by French director Michael Pitiot. For the… Read More

The Dutch maintained their position as one of the world’s happiest countries in annual United Nations survey in 2023. The report, which is published annually by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, ranks countries based on factors such as GDP per capita, social support,… Read More

The Dutch is Cabinet working on regulation of life termination for children up to 12 years of age who are suffering unbearably and hopelessly. The current Dutch Late Termination of Pregnancy and Life Termination of Newborns regulation will be amended and expanded to include life… Read More

The Dutch cabinet is pushing forward with a new regulation to enable euthanasia for terminally ill children aged 1-12 who experience unbearable and hopeless suffering. Health Minister Ernst Kuipers announced in a press release that he expects the regulation to be implemented within the year…. Read More