In Purmerend, a small town north of Amsterdam, an aggressive eagle owl is attacking residents for weeks. Often the bird of prey hides out in a complex for mental handicapped. The owl has attacked dozens of times, usually at the start of the evening. It… Read More

In Switzerland it is decided to seriously start reducing the use of antibiotics on pig farms. The Dutch are famous for the extensive cattle breeding but lately also for the reduction of antibiotics use. Since a few years they are even trying to achieve the… Read More

One day before the English conductor Simon Rattle celebrates his 60th birthday on the 19th of January, Swiss TV broadcasts the Rachmaninov and Strawinksky concert Rattle conducted at the Lucerne Festival in the summer of 2014. Additional to the concert the Swiss public TV program… Read More

Norway has more convicted prisoners than prison cells, and the Netherlands has more prison guards than prisoners. For a while Belgium is already using a Dutch jail to lock up Belgian inmates in the city Tilburg, and now the Norwegian and Dutch prison departments made… Read More

Three dimensional printing starts to play a role in the future of architecture. In Switzerland a university is investing in new innovative construction techniques, while in Amsterdam a canal house is constructed with a huge homemade 3d printer. It seems 3d printing will change architecture… Read More

After European Commission published the latest report on human trafficking, the Euronews debate program On The Front line will produce a program on the subject. Since the largest group of victims of human trafficking is women working in the prostitution branch a reportage with a… Read More

The football teams of Kazakhstan and the Netherlands meet in the Amsterdam Arena stadium for the second qualification match for the European Championships in France in 2016. Kazakh TV wants a report to find out what Kazakh and Dutch supporters expect from the game and… Read More

Besides fishing and selling fish and oysters on Dutch organic markets and to restaurants, durable Dutch fisherman and fish dealer Jan Geertsema also sells Wadden Sea oysters on European food fairs. On the ‘Markt des Guten Geschmacks’, the Slow Food food fair in Stuttgart in… Read More

For BBC 1 the production company Matchlight produces a documentary about the famous actress Audrey Hepburn. As a young woman she lived in Arnhem, in the far east of the Netherlands. Former English dancer Darcey Bussel presents the documentary. Behind Audrey Hepburn’s dazzling image, Bussell… Read More

The children’s BBC program All Over The Place travels through Europe and also visits the Netherlands. Presenters Ed and Iain visit several iconic Dutch locations like the windmills on the Zaanse Schans, the cheese market in Alkmaar, the witches weigh house in Oudewater, the cat… Read More

One month after the MH17 plane crash the Japanese public broadcaster NHK broadcasts two special programs about the tragic disaster. NHK correspondent Koji Gondaira visits the Netherlands to find out how the identification of the victims is doing and if there is already something to… Read More

Crash Flight MH17: When grief turns to anger The national mourning in the Netherlands after the downing of flight MH17 is turning towards anger and frustration as the investigation on-site continues to face obstacles. For many in the Netherlands, the repatriation of bodies of the… Read More