The Dutch city Utrecht takes a step closer towards paying people a salary whether they work or not by allowing small groups of benefit claimants to be paid €. 660 a month – and keep any earnings they make from work on top of that…. Read More

Last year the owl that attacked people in Purmerend became world news. Der Spiegel reporter Ralf Hoppe visits the Netherlands to write an article about what the owl did to the city and its inhabitants. Although many were victim of the owl attacks, there is… Read More

Nordisk Film TV produces the crime documentary series Eftersøgt (Wanted), aired by broadcaster Discovery + on the Danish TV channel Kanal 5. The series investigates fugitives wanted by Danish police via Interpol. One of fugitives is an American that supposed to be connected to the… Read More

Over the last years Dutch innovative initiatives in elderly care attracted worldwide attention. The BBC Scotland program Eorpa produces a background reportage about the phenomena and covers three different innovations. An old people’s home from Humanitas in Deventer offers free housing for students in exchange… Read More

The Finish public broadcaster YLE is producing a series of international reportages about climate change to be broadcasted and published during the Paris Climate Summit 2015. Foreign YLE correspondent Maria Tolsa also visits the Netherlands to see how the Dutch cope with the changing climate…. Read More

Since a few years the Dutch are renting out jails to states like Belgium and Norway. Since there are rumours that Switzerland is also interested, Swiss TV wants to produce a background reportages for the news program Tagesschau and for the reportage program 10 vor… Read More

On the day of the official presentation of the MH17 airplane disaster by the Dutch Safety Board, reporter Henriette Engbersen attends the presentation and does live stand-ups. Silene and Rob Fredriksz, who lost their son and his girlfriend, give their views before and after the… Read More

A day before the report about the MH17 airplane disaster will be presented, for a news report SRF reporter Henriette Engbersen is visiting the Netherlands to check out what people expect. A specialised journalist and people give their views about the crashed airplane that very… Read More

Gordon Watson is recognised as one of the world’s leading authorities of 20th Century design. He says he was always destined to work in antiques having caught the ‘dealer bug’ at a young age. For BBC 2 Gordon is followed while he is in the… Read More

European agricultural ministers are holding emergency talks about the problems European farmers have with the decreasing prices for agricultural products. NHK Europe correspondent Kaori Nagao produces a reportage about a small Belgian dairy farmer that will demonstrate in Brussels to get financial support from the… Read More

Sail Amsterdam is the largest free public event in the world. Its inaugural edition took place in 1975 as part of celebrations marking Amsterdam’s 700th jubilee. At the heart of this internationally renowned event is an immense flotilla of Tall Ships, maritime heritage, naval ships… Read More

From the 16th till the 19th century the Netherlands was world champion in wind power with more than 10,000 windmills. Today the Dutch are stay-behinds because in the use of renewable energies the country is ranked 26th among the 28 EU countries. The Dutch government… Read More