On the 1st of October 2000 the Dutch Brothel ban was lifted. Dutch brothels became legal business and prostitutes entrepreneurs. The big question is: does it work? Reporter Angelica Fell from the German second broadcaster ZDF program Mona Lisa travels to the Netherlands for the… Read More

In 1975 and 1977 Dutch Moluccans hijacked trains and a school many people were taken hostage. At the time the hijackers were fighting for their own state. The hijackings ended with shelling by the a special assistance unit, followed by a violent assault by the… Read More

The Enschede fireworks disaster took place on Saturday 13 May 2000 in the Dutch city of Enschede. A warehouse containing fireworks from the company S.E. Fireworks caught fire and eventually exploded. There were 23 deaths, including four firefighters, about 950 people were injured and 200… Read More

For ages the Amsterdam Taxi Service (TCA) had the monopoly of exploiting the cabs in Amsterdam. It was only the TCA that could give out the hyper expensive licences for cab drivers in Amsterdam. After a change in law new taxi companies appear on the… Read More

On the 4th of October 2002 an ELAL Cargo plane crashed on an apartment block complex in the Amsterdam neighbourhood of Bijlmermeer. Apart from mistakes in the handling of the aftermath of the catastrophe, it also came out that the plane was carrying military goods… Read More

After months of research the prarlementarian inquiry commission publishes the report on the 1992 ELAL plane crash in the Amsterdam Bijlmermeer. The press, privat researchers and the head of the commisison gather early in the morning around the piles of fresh reports. The expectations, the… Read More