The Dutch organisation Social Consultation on Payments advises to implement nationwide rounding off cash payments at 5 euro cents. This advice follows the results of the Eurocent Rounding Trial, which took place in the city Woerden from 26 April to 6 June 2004. Woerden is… Read More

On the 15th of June the Dutch will play the Germans on the European Championships in Portugal. This year it is exactly 30 years ago that the Dutch played against Germany in the World Cup Final in 1974. Dutch writer Auke Kok publishes a book… Read More

Live transmission of and background reportages about the wedding of Prince Friso and Mabel Wisse Smit for the reportage program Tagesthemen and the tabloid program Brisant from the German first public TV broadcaster ARD After it came out that Mabel Wisse Smit had an affair… Read More

After the Dutch ex-Queen Juliana died the Dutch are in mourning. Shortly after the funeral of Prince Claus now a new member of the Dutch Royal family is buried in the historical city of Delft For the news program Tagesschau, the reportage program Europamaqgazin and… Read More

While the Gay wedding is constantly in the news in the United States and gays are waiting in line to marry before it is too late, the Netherlands already introduced the legal gay marriage on the first of April 2001. For the documentary program Weltjournal… Read More

Liveable Rotterdam, the new populist party in Rotterdam, lately came up with a plan to forbid migrants to settle in some of the poorer districts in the city. Since it is not allowed to judge on skin colour, origin or religion, some are against the… Read More

The end of 2003 the Dutch organisation Central Jewish Consultation organises a demonstration against the increasing anti-Semitism in The Netherlands. Because of the cruel politics of Ariel Sharon in Israel and the second Golf War in Iraq, the Dutch Jews say they are confronted with… Read More

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

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

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

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