Since the murder on film director Theo van Gogh suddenly a new wave of Dutch citizens that want to emigrate to countries like Canada and Australia occurs. The motives: the Netherlands becomes to full, there is too much tension in society and a better economical… Read More

Since years the Dutch have problems with so called body packers, mainly from the Dutch Antilles that smuggle cocaine into Europe in or on their body. After controls on the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol so many individual smugglers are arrested that the Dutch juridical system gets… 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

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 long talks and a lot of research the Netherlands will finally start a small experiment in giving free heroine to problematic drug addicts. Apart from this the cities Rotterdam and The Hague habe set up so called living rooms for hard drugs addicts, where… Read More

With increases in technology and tools that allow people to work remotely, teleworking has become common in different industries. Telework is a way for companies to save money on infrastructure costs while allowing their employees to work from a place convenient for them. The Netherlands… Read More

For years The Netherlands is known to be the turn table in the world wide XTC production and trade. Apart from a lot of production also the export of the synthetic pills is organised from the Dutch low lands. Apart from the possibility to bring… Read More

Although homosexuality is very accepted in Holland and Amsterdam is seen as the gay capital of Europe, it is still a taboo in old people’s homes. Elderly homosexuals fear the moment they will need care. An ordinary nursing home in Amsterdam established the L.A. Ries… Read More

When Erna and Henk found out that they had bought a fake painting of Matisse in a well-respected gallery in Amsterdam, they decided they might as well start focusing on collecting fake paintings. In the former city hall of the village Fledder, Erna and Henk… Read More

Water is often called the new oil of the future. While the world population is growing, the quantity of drinking water is decreasing. During the World Water Forum in The Hague 5700 participants deliberate over the use and the distribution of drinking water. The event… Read More

While ten orange Dutch fans from the east of The Netherlands take their crazy orange bus to see the test match Holland-Germany in the Amsterdam Arena stadium, the Dutch and German police is preparing a test to see if all measures work and equipment is… Read More

When he saw Elton John singing at the funeral of Lady Di, he thought: ‘I am not a top-singer, but I can communicate feelings.’ For years Maurice from the Dutch city the Hague tried to become famous as a model and as a Chippendale. Now… Read More