After the implementation of the new Dutch naturalisation law around 250 thousand migrants, who often already live in The Netherlands for years, are obliged to do a naturalisation course, including an exam. The costs for the course and the exams have to be partly paid… Read More

For the Relgion and & Ethics department of BBC 4 professor Diarmaid MacCulloch presents a series on the history of Christianity from the death of Christ to the present day. In Programme 6 he explores the beginnings of doubt from the Enlightenment thinkers through to… Read More

The Smith & Jones mission is to provide multiple treatment options for anyone in the Netherlands and abroad that suffers from addictions or compulsive behaviours. The mission of the foundation is to educate young people about addictions and to equip them to fight the addiction… Read More

The New York based documentary production company Kontentreal produces a series of documentaries called e² design. e² design broadcasted on the American public TV channel PBS. The Economies of Being Environmentally conscious is an original HD multipart series that explores the living vitality of the… Read More

Europe correspondent Christoph Nufer from the Swiss public TV broadcaster Schweizer Fernsehen travels to the Netherlands to produce a reportage for the program ’10 for 10’ about the way the Dutch try to manage the increasing road use on local and national scale. Since a… Read More

A Dutch city in the North of The Netherlands introduced surveillance camera’s equipped with microphones that detect aggression and violence. The camera’s start working when they “hear” people becoming aggressive. The software only detects a change in tone in the human voice, so a fear… Read More

Research shows that the Dutch took over the position of the ‘tallest people in the world’ from the Americans. At the same time the second runners up, the Scandinavian countries, stay behind now. For the program Nightline ABC News correspondent Jim Sciutto travels to the… Read More

Before and during the Dutch national elections Europe correspondent Christoph Nuffer from the Swiss public TV channel Schweizer Fernsehen reports from the Netherlands on the political situation and the issue’s that play a role in the campaigns. Social democrat leader Wouter Bos, is followed during… Read More

Preceding the Dutch national elections, reporter Françoise-Marie Morel from the first French TV channel TF1 travels to the Netherlands to produce a reportage for the news program about what role the strict immigration policy plays in the upcoming elections. Françoise-Marie Morel meets a Dutch Moroccan… Read More

Filming BBC reporter Mike Donkin reports on the rigid Dutch immigration policy, and especially on the situation of the numerous asylum seekers that are waiting for a residence permit for a long time and that still can be thrown out of the Netherlands any moment…. Read More

The European Commission lately warned the European member states that the import of counterfeit goods in Europe is increasing seriously. While China’s production is booming, also the production and export of counterfeit products increases. Some say that factories in China make legal products in the… Read More

A background reportage for the Scottish BBC program Eòrpa about the problems long term asylum seekers face in the Netherlands. Caused by the very strict Dutch immigration legislation, many asylum seekers that are already waiting for a residence permit for more than five years are… Read More