For a background reportage about the innovative Dutch food branch Japanese public TV channel NHK sends journalist Ryusuke Kimura to the Netherlands. He reports about the modern and durable Dutch greenhouse sector, visits the Restaurant of the Future at the Agricultural University Wageningen in the… Read More

In the Netherlands unemployment is relatively low compared to the rest of Europe. In Rotterdam politicians even claim to end employment by forcing people to take a job or do a course. In Switzerland there are also plans to force young people to work. For… Read More

In the Netherlands, Denmark and in Cameroon NHK Sports journalists Yuki Ohba produces a series of portraits of the teams that the national football team of Japan will face in the first round of the World Cup in South Africa. The NHK crew films at… Read More

To cover the Dutch local elections Europe correspondent Christof Nufer from the Swiss public TV channel Schweizer Fernsehen travels to the Netherlands for a reportage for the news program Tagesschau. Christof attends a political radio debate in the Hague and interviews a local politician from… Read More

The collapse of the Dutch government has presented the Dutch electorate with a problem to which no easy solution seems obvious. The government has split over the question of troops in Afghanistan, but this can be seen as merely the explosive element that has blown… Read More

Who Do You Think You Are? is a British genealogy documentary series that has aired on the BBC since 2004. The series is produced by Wall to Wall. In each episode, a celebrity goes on a journey to trace his or her family tree. The… Read More

In Switzerland a new chef of the Swiss Post is taken on to modernise the system. The Swiss were too late with privatising and the Dutch postal company TNT Express is portrayed for the Swiss public TV program Rundschau as an example of successful innovation… Read More

After the failed attack on flight 253 landing in Detroit, the Dutch decided to use body scanners to scan all passengers leaving for the US. Besides the body scanners that were already tested, the Dutch authorities orders 20 extra high tech scanners. The background reportage… Read More

The Nigerian youngster that tried to blow up a Flight 253 with explosives in his underwear while landing in Detroit, took the plane from the Amsterdam airport Schiphol. The Dutch Minister of Internal Affairs gives a press conference to bring across what they know about… Read More

After the Swiss decided for a minaret ban by referendum, the Swiss TV-program ’10 vor 10′ wants to have a closer look at anti-Islam legislation in the rest of Europe. Besides France now also Belgium has decided to ban head-scarfs on schools. In Antwerp the… Read More

A drug commonly used to treat high blood pressure may help people erase bad memories and even treat phobias, a team of Dutch scientists say. Lead researcher Dr Merel Kindt, a psychologist at the University of Amsterdam, says the generic drug propranolol, a beta-blocker, significantly… Read More

The Smith and Jones clinic in Amsterdam treats gaming addicts from all over the world. The gaming addicts get the therapy partly together with drug addicts. The director of the clinic fears that gaming addiction will become the largest addiction in the world. The program… Read More