A reportage about the need for attention for better accessibility for wheelchair users in public space portraying Dutchman Kees-Jan van der Klooster. He won a gold medal in mono-skiing at the Paralympic Winter Games and is organizing clinics teaching wheelchair users to overcome the many… Read More

For an episode of the Euronews program ‘Witness’, journalist Hans von der Brelie travels to the Netherlands where many farmers are opposing government plans to drastically reduce livestock in order to slash nitrogen emissions, a major source of pollution in the country. He visits and… 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

A shooting game based on humanistic principles: developed with the help of the International Red Cross. The player must distinguish in the crosshairs between fighters and civilians. Anyone shooting at city dwellers or prisoners of war will be punished digitally. The game is developed by… Read More

After Carlos Ghosn, the CEO who created an alliance between Nissan and Renault – that made it effectively the world’s largest carmaker – was arrested in Japan, the Japanese public TV broadcaster NHK needs video footage from the apartment Ghosn is renting in the South… Read More

After the Dutch news satire television show host Arjen Lubach declared that nuclear energy would be an option to fight CO2 discharges in the Netherlands and the party leader of the liberal party Klaas Dijkhof proposed to build a new Dutch nuclear power plant, a… Read More

For a course about freedom of speech, access to information and journalist’s security, l’École supérieure de journalisme de Lille needs two interviews in The Hague. One interview is with Hélène Tigroudja member of the Human Rights Council which plays a central role in promoting and… Read More

In the face of the desertification of the seabed, World Wildlife Fund, the Wageningen Marine Research Centre and other parties are trying to return flat oysters on artificial 3D printed oyster banks in the North Sea. These molluscs would help strengthen the seabed and bring… Read More

In the Netherlands there are six million more bicycles than inhabitants. Nevertheless, many cars clog the densely populated cities. As the problem is likely to worsen over the coming years, the Dutch government now wants employers to pay their employees a kilometre allowance if they… Read More

To fight extreme housing nuisance a Skaeve Huse (Strange Houses) complex, a concept originally developed in Denmark, was built in Rotterdam. The tiny houses are intended for people that cause too much residential nuisance. It is the last resort when no other approach to fight… Read More

The craft of being a Dutch miller has been added to a Unesco cultural heritage list because of the skills involved and the key role millers have in transmitting cultural history. Unesco also points out that the Netherlands has implemented various measures to safeguard the… Read More

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