Zwarte Piet or Black Pete has been a festive tradition in the Netherlands for generations – which sees thousands of people, who are often white, dress up as the character wearing afro-style wigs, red lipstick and full blackface makeup. There have been attempts to make… Read More

Artemis Media has devised a new returnable documentary format which is being produced for SBS TV Australia. Presented by much loved and well respected actress Noni Hazlehurst this masterfully crafted observational documentary series follows everyday Australians and sometimes a well-known celebrity, on a life changing… Read More

Amsterdam’s historic city centre and red-light district is a major tourist attraction, but some residents say overcrowding and badly-behaved visitors are making the city unbearable to live in. Tourists numbers are set to soar to around 30 million in the next decade and with fears… Read More

In the Netherlands old people’s homes have been closed and instead elderly have to live at home as long as possible. This is what is expected, but it is also what people want nowadays. Elderly couples help themselves and if one of the partners gets… Read More

Throughout Europe, old established parties are being challenged by new parties and movements with great climate scepticism demands for fewer migrants and less EU. Italy has Matteo Salvini and his party Lega. France has Marine Le Pen and her party Rassemblement National – the former… Read More

Scottish ministers have been urged to heavily increase funding for hard drugs addicts after Scotland recorded the highest level of drugs deaths in Europe last year. The latest figures showed a record number of 934 people died in Scotland as a direct result of drug… Read More

How will the Dutch flower branch be affected by a possible hard Brexit? NHK correspondent Yasushi Kudo comes to the Netherlands to meet a few insiders and find out how the Dutch are prepared. He visits the immense Aalsmeer flower Auction, a Dutch flower grower,… Read More

A shooting game based on humanistic principles: developed with the help of the International Red Cross. The player must distinguish in the crosshairs between fighters and civilians. Anyone shooting at city dwellers or prisoners of war will be punished digitally. The game is developed by… Read More

After Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co.’s influential chairman Carlos Ghosn was fired and arrested after an internal probe found he underreported his salary and for other financial violations, delegates of the Nissan Renault Mitsubishi alliance gather in Amsterdam. NHK crews and other Japanese media gather… Read More

Ikigai is a Japanese term for ‘a reason for being’. The word ‘Ikigai’ usually refers to the source of value in one’s life or the things that make one’s life worthwhile. The word roughly translates to the ‘thing that you live for’ but it also… Read More

‘Anne Frank is one of the most famous authors and diarists the world has ever seen.’ For the children’s news programme Newsround the BBC Children’s department is producing a documentary that ‘tells the story of a little girl who without knowing changed the world’. The… Read More

On Friday 31 August 2018 a 19-year-old Afghan refugee stabs two American tourists in the Amsterdam central train station. He was shot just nine seconds after he launched his attack, because he was already spotted by police. His lawyer believes the teenager had been acting… Read More