The French documentary production company Les Films d’Ici is asked by ARTE to produce a series of nature documentaries about how humans and human behaviour are influencing nature and animals. One of the episodes is Quand passant les oiseaux (When the birds go by), a… Read More

A court ruling has forced the Netherlands to promptly deal with its high nitrogen emissions. The Dutch government has decided to cut speed limits on high ways and farmers have rallied in the streets to protest against the plan to reduce livestock numbers. Most of… Read More

Zwarte Piet or Black Pete has been a festive tradition in the Netherlands for generations – which sees thousands of people, who are often white, dress up as the character wearing afro-style wigs, red lipstick and full blackface makeup. There have been attempts to make… Read More

Artemis Media has devised a new returnable documentary format which is being produced for SBS TV Australia. Presented by much loved and well respected actress Noni Hazlehurst this masterfully crafted observational documentary series follows everyday Australians and sometimes a well-known celebrity, on a life changing… Read More

The British production company Wall to Wall produces ‘Fining My Family: Holocaust’, a two-part series for BBC 1 which will follow the British families of those who experienced the Holocaust re-trace their parents and grandparents’ steps. Watford Grammar schoolgirl Maggie Fleet, 14, accompanied her “opa”,… Read More

CNN news anchor Richard Quest explores our ‘World of Wonder’ in a new CNN series. ‘Quest’s World of Wonder can be summed up in one sentence: We’re going to interesting places to meet fascinating people,’ says Richard Quest, host of the new immersive travel series… Read More

Scottish ministers have been urged to heavily increase funding for hard drugs addicts after Scotland recorded the highest level of drugs deaths in Europe last year. The latest figures showed a record number of 934 people died in Scotland as a direct result of drug… Read More

Nissan Motor’s CEO meets the deputy CEO of auto manufacturer partner Renault one-on-one in Amsterdam the discuss tensions over the future of the alliance after Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s arrest last month. The is the first face-to-face interaction between Nissan’s Hiroto Saikawa and Renault’s Thierry Bollore… Read More

The Nashville Declaration, a text strongly condemning homosexuality, is scandalized the Netherlands, the first country in the world to have opened marriage to same-sex couples. But it is signed by about 200 Dutch Protestant leaders. In response, dozens of Protestant churches have announced they want… Read More

Nissan Motor’s CEO meets the deputy CEO of auto manufacturer partner Renault one-on-one in Amsterdam the discuss tensions over the future of the alliance after Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s arrest last month. This is the first face-to-face interaction between Nissan’s Hiroto Saikawa and Renault’s Thierry Bollore,… Read More

After Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co.’s influential chairman Carlos Ghosn was fired and arrested after an internal probe found he underreported his salary and for other financial violations, delegates of the Nissan Renault Mitsubishi alliance gather in Amsterdam. NHK crews and other Japanese media gather… Read More

Ikigai is a Japanese term for ‘a reason for being’. The word ‘Ikigai’ usually refers to the source of value in one’s life or the things that make one’s life worthwhile. The word roughly translates to the ‘thing that you live for’ but it also… Read More