Suddenly a discussion arises in England to change the urban design. New theories proof that when cars, bicycle and pedestrians are existing closer together without any guidance, cars slow down and pedestrians are far more aware what happens around them. The future formula seems to… Read More

While the populism of the late Pim Fortuyn is more and more adapted by the Dutch, it seems the natives and migrants do not live so well together anymore in the Netherlands. For the BBC program Eurobrief reporter Flavia Jokic travels to the Netherlands to… Read More

For a reportage BBC Wales reporter Alwen Williams travels along with two Welsh policemen visiting Amsterdam to find out more about the liberal Dutch soft drugs policy. On the police headquarters in Amsterdam Dutch colleagues explain how soft drugs are sold in the coffeeshops, how… Read More

After the huge success of the List Pim Fortuyn, the party of the assassinated populist gay politician the Dutch society is shocked. To find out how the major change in the Dutch political landscape could happen reporter Heidi Frank from the Austrian public TV background… Read More

After the murder on Dutch populist gay politician Pim Fortuyn and the striking win of his party in the 2002 Dutch elections the French German broadcaster Arte makes a series of news reportages on the outcome of the elections, the effects of the murder of… Read More

After the brutal assassination of the gay populist politician Pim Fortuyn and his party List Pim Fortuyn being ahead in the polls the Europe correspondent Hans Peter Stalder from the Swiss public TV channel Schweizer Fernsehen travels to the Netherlands to cover the Dutch national… Read More

What do elderly gays think of the success of the new populist party of the late Pim Fortuyn, his party List Pim Fortuyn, and the tensions that arise in the Dutch society he, especially after the eccentric politician was so brutally assassinated just a few… Read More

On the 8th of May 2002 the UEFA cup final is organised in the football stadium the “Kuip” (the tub) in Rotterdam. The Dutch football club Feyenoord managed to reach the final and is very excited because the club is based in Rotterdam. The opponent… Read More

On 6 May 2002, at age 54, populist gay politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated by gunshot in Hilversum, North Holland, by Volkert van der Graaf. The attack took place in a car park outside a public radio studio where Fortuyn had just given an interview…. Read More

After the assassination of the Dutch politician, founder of the List Pim Fortuyn Party, but also author, civil servant, businessman and sociologist, Pim Fortuyn the Dutch society is in total shock. For different programs for the first German public TV channel ARD reporters Michale Grytz… Read More

Since Dutch politician, columnist, writer and ‘public gay’ Pim Fortuyn won one third of the votes in the city of Rotterdam in the Dutch local elections early March with his party Leefbaar Rotterdam (Liveable Rotterdam), he is one of the mayor players in the Dutch… Read More

The United kingdom wants to reform its public health system. for a news reportage for  BBC News correspondent Neill Dickson visit The Netherlands to find out how the Dutch organise health care. He interviews an English family doctor living and working in the Netherlands and… Read More