The French government will unveil the paths of its justice reform with five major projects. One of them focuses on the effectiveness of the jail sentence. There are alternatives to prison, such as community service. France 2 plans a special broadcast about the French jail… Read More

On 28 September the Joint Investigation Team organised a press conference to present the first results of the criminal investigation into the crash of flight MH17. This press conference took place after the meeting of the Joint Investigation Team with the relatives of the victims… Read More

The Swiss parliament will discuss new legislation to make more use of DNA traces in criminal cases. The Netherlands already has less strict rules for the use of DNA material and for DNA research amongst the population. The rape and murder of the Dutch girl… Read More

The Dutch horse meat scandal already shocked Europe in 2013. Now it turned out that the Dutch are still the main player in this criminal network. European investigators have seized an international ring of meat fraudsters and seized a total of 66 suspects. The criminal… Read More

After years of negotiations, Japan and Europe will finally sign a Free Trade Agreement. NHK correspondent Yasushi Kudo visits the Netherlands to see how the Dutch dairy branch is preparing for new trade opportunities with Japan. The sales manager of the Dutch cheese producer Unie… Read More

The Japanese public broadcaster NHK is covering the Dutch national elections profoundly. In a so-called 100 minute program Dutch society and culture is investigated intensively. Besides filming for this program extra reportages are produced about the rise extreme right in the Netherlands, about Wilders voters,… Read More

In the Netherlands, Geert Wilders, one of the toughest opponents of Islam in Europe, will maybe soon be the winner of the Dutch elections. In the polls his party is just behind the Dutch liberal party VVD of prime minister Mark Rutte. Why succeeds this… Read More

After it became clear Donald Trump was elected as the next president of the United States, the American SBG reporter Scott Thuman wants to find out how the populist vote might influence elections in Europe. The Dutch are the first European state that hold national… Read More

After research it turns out that migrant pupils score pretty good in the Dutch education system. For the Euronews program Insider reporter Hans von der Brelie visits the Netherlands to find out what more about the Dutch formula. Hans von der Brelie visits a primary… Read More

After the Dutch government made clear that they intend to come up with new legislation for help with suicide for people that want to die, ORF Weltjournal reporter Alexander Steinbach comes to the Netherlands for new reportage about the current Dutch euthanasia legislation and practice…. Read More

The BBC’s Arts production team is making a new series of art documentaries with the title The Art Lovers Guide. In the series art historians Janina Ramirez and Alastair Sooke visit different cites to explore its cultural and artistic identity. Besides discovering unexpected aspects of… Read More

On April 6 people in The Netherlands are going to decide in a referendum if the Dutch cabinet should support the EU’s treaty of association with Ukraine. The evening before the referendum the Swiss news program Tagesshau broadcasts a reportage about the referendum. One of… Read More