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

Waste Management in Ireland is currently undergoing radical change. The passing of the Waste Management Act 1996 and the recent Policy Statement on Waste Management from the Minister for the Environment & Local Government (October 1998) gives legislative and policy impetus to this change. These… 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

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

While millions of Dutch chickens are killed to fight the Avian Influenza virus spreading like wildfire, the first cases of the disease are reported in Germany. For a reportage about the outbreak for the program Morgenmagazin from the German first public TV channel ARD reporter… Read More

During the recordings of the album Let It Be by the British pop band The Beatles, all sessions were filmed. Since the first name for the album initially was ‘Get back’, the tapes were called ‘The Get back tapes’. When the film Let it be… Read More

After the government with the populist party List Pim Fortuyn resigned, the Dutch are organising the second national elections within a year. After the rise and fall of the new politician Pim Fortuyn the Dutch are openly discussing the sensitive issues in their society. Preceding… Read More

After the oil spill disaster at the Spanish coast caused by the oil tanker Prestige, senior reporter Alexander Steinbach from the documentary Weltjournal from the Austrian public broadcaster ORF, wants to find out what the safety situation of oil tankers is in general and what… Read More

On 15 October tens of thousands of people along the route of the funeral procession paid their last respects to Prince Claus, husband of Queen Beatrix, who died on 6 October. The prince’s body was transferred to the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft in a grey… Read More

While the populism of the late Pim Fortuyn is more and more adapted by the Dutch, it seems the natives and migrants do not live so well together anymore in the Netherlands. For the BBC program Eurobrief reporter Flavia Jokic travels to the Netherlands to… Read More

After the huge success of the List Pim Fortuyn, the party of the assassinated populist gay politician the Dutch society is shocked. To find out how the major change in the Dutch political landscape could happen reporter Heidi Frank from the Austrian public TV background… Read More