Since November 2007 it is known that the far right wing politician Geert Wilders has a plan for an anti-Koran film. The film with the name Fitna will probably be launched on the internet before the first of April 2008. The Freedom Party (PVV) leader… Read More

After the local elections in 2006 Ahmed Marcouch became the first Muslim mayor of the Amsterdam district Slotervaart. The Social Democrat is a man of action, resolutely pushing through tough measures – something that doesn’t always win him friends. Most of Slotervaart’s 45,000 inhabitants have… Read More

ABC reporter Chris Cuomo and two colleagues on the island Aruba reconstruct the last hours of Natallee Holloway, the American girl that disappeared on Aruba in 2005, using the secretly taped admissions from the main Dutch suspect Joran van der S. in a Dutch crime… Read More

The New York based documentary production company Kontentreal produces a series of documentaries with the title e² design. The series covers eight different topics – from sustainable architecture to water culture to alternative energy to organic farming, recycled clothing and more – are each presented… Read More

An epic landscape experiment is underway in the Netherlands. Its aim is to make the Netherlands, the most developed country of all European states, wild again. Its method is to establish a vast network of natural habitats and wildlife corridors. Frans Vera, one of the… Read More

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 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

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

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

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