To fight overpopulation in French jails, prime minister Michel Barnier wants to introduce short prison sentences and to make greater use of community service, administrative fines and fixed penalties for criminal offences. The Netherlands has a lot of experience with short and alternative community sentences… Read More

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

Over the past 40 years, much has been cut back in the field of ageing and elderly care in the Netherlands: the ‘old people’s homes’ and care homes are no more and elderly can only go to a nursing home when they are very sick…. Read More

‘Inside the global cocaine industry, where profits are counted up in millions and losses are measured out in murders.’ This new eight-part investigative podcast series from The Times, Sunday Times and NewsCorp Australia reveals that the world’s legitimate business empires, trading floors and boardrooms have… Read More

Although selling cannabis has been tolerated in the Netherlands for decades, growing cannabis is still illegal. Soon, this might change because the government is experimenting with legal weed production. In 2019, the Dutch government launched a cannabis experiment in which entrepreneurs can start growing cannabis… Read More

European elections in the Netherlands On Thursday 6 June, the Netherlands was the first of the 27 countries of the European Union to vote. The Dutch alliance between the left and the ecologists came out on top with eight MEP seats out of the 31… Read More

Because of the swing to the right in the last Dutch national elections, NHK Europe correspondent Yasuko Takeda covers the European elections in the Netherlands. The reportage zooms in on the rise of the Freedom Party from Geert Wilders that won the elections and that… Read More

The new EU soil strategy for 2030 is a key deliverable of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030. It will contribute to the objectives of the European Green Deal. Healthy soils are essential for achieving climate neutrality, a clean and circular economy and halting desertification… Read More

Geert Wilders, an anti-Islam firebrand and the leader of the Dutch People’s Party for Freedom (PVV) came first in last November’s parliamentary elections with 23 per cent of the votes. The champion of national preference gained unprecedented support in a climate of deep economic and… Read More

The famous British TV cook and  cookery book writer Nigella Lawson returns for a very special Christmas treat when she travels to Amsterdam to enjoy the festive season in the Venice of the North. With family ties to Amsterdam that go back generations, Nigella has fond… Read More

Automation, algorithms and the need to adapt: How AI is reshaping the world of work This episode of Euronews Real Economy, investigates what AI means for the world of work. Might it make those tricky tedious tasks easier, or is it actually coming for your… Read More

Preceding the Dutch Lower House elections, the war between Hamas and Israel is slowly starting to play more of a role in the campaign. A Dutch political reporter: “It is inevitable that parties will pay attention to it in the campaign; the conflict dominates the… Read More