The Dutch is Cabinet working on regulation of life termination for children up to 12 years of age who are suffering unbearably and hopelessly. The current Dutch Late Termination of Pregnancy and Life Termination of Newborns regulation will be amended and expanded to include life… Read More

The Dutch cabinet is pushing forward with a new regulation to enable euthanasia for terminally ill children aged 1-12 who experience unbearable and hopeless suffering. Health Minister Ernst Kuipers announced in a press release that he expects the regulation to be implemented within the year…. 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 Netherlands are Europe’s main producer of synthetic drugs. All the Ecstasy, the MDMA, the Amphetamines and met-amphetamines are mostly synthesized in Brabant, a southern region of the Netherlands, generating high profits after the substances are exported worldwide. Worse of all, the synthetic drugs production… Read More

The Scottish production company MacTV is producing a documentary series about peat. The Netherlands was exploiting peat’s industrial potential from the 13th Century. Without any large seams of coal, the country’s huge sugar and salt refining industries depended on peat to fuel them. Centuries of… Read More

Despite skyrocketing energy prices and a shortage of natural gas supply in the European Union, the Dutch government has taken the decision to proceed with the closure of natural gas wells in the northern province Groningen region. The field is one of the biggest in… Read More

The Dutch are world champions and coastal protection. They have to be, because large parts of their country lie below sea level. Now they are upgrading their dikes. English silt grass, which takes energy from the floods, is supposed to help. Climate change is already… Read More

From restrictions on Airbnb and listings to outright bans on certain activities, Amsterdam is having to adapt in order to deal with mass tourism. According to current estimates, Amsterdam attracts over 15 million visitors per year. This massive influx of tourists impacts daily life in… Read More

The Ukraine Accountability Conference is organized by the Netherlands, the International Criminal Court (ICC), and the European Commission. The conference aims to ensure that those committing war crimes in Ukraine are brought to justice. The Dutch military police is just back from a mission in… Read More

This week, two the suspected gunman and the getaway driver involved in last year’s murder of the best-known Dutch investigative journalist Peter R. de Vries were arrested. Next week the verdict against the actual “hit squad” is to be pronounced. The ARD program Europamagazin summarises… Read More

After Russia invaded Ukraine, the Netherlands wants to become less dependent on gas from Russia. The Dutch government is taking measures to end the import. Governments, households and companies can do their bit by using less energy and extra LNG terminals are purchased and transported… Read More

Although insiders say that the situation in the Netherlands is not like it is in Mexico, it is dealing with a parallel industry through which hundreds of millions of drug money pass. A police representative stated that the Dutch police is not totally powerless in… Read More