On April 1, the 31 year old European milk quota will be lifted. Swiss TV broadcasts a news reportage from the Netherlands, the second largest dairy producer and exporter in the world. Two Dutch dairy farmers give their views about the new situation. A small… 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

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

On Friday 18 April the Dutch Supreme Court decided to prohibit the Martijn Association, because their activities are violating public order. The Supreme Court sentenced that the association trivialises, glorifies and propagates sexual contact with children and that this is a serious infringement of the… Read More

‘We make war so we are war’. That, some would say chilling quotation, came from Abdelkarim Honing, a young man in the Netherlands who has converted to Islam. He has seen many of his friends leave to take up arms in the bloody conflict in… Read More

After years of negotiation a new European rule to ban discarding unwanted fish overboard was agreed upon in May this year. Dutch fisherman and fish dealer Jan Geertsema wants to change the system by promoting fishing in a much more durable way, decreasing the number… Read More

Switzerland is reforming its system to handle asylum seekers and it is using the Dutch system as an example. On the 1 of July 2013 Dutch deputy minister Fred Teeven will present changes to the asylum seekers system. He is forced to do so because… Read More

In May 2013 the European Parliament adopted the European Protection Order and protection certificate. New EU-wide protection measures for victims of stalking, violence, intimidation, soon to be valid in all Member States. In early June 2013 the European Justice Ministers will enforce the new measures…. Read More

The Euronews TV program Reporter produces a series of reportages about youth unemployment in Europe. While youth unemployment rates in Greece and Spain around 60 percent, the figure in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands is below ten percent. How do the Dutch combat youth unemployment?… Read More

The Dutch start the transport of Patriot missiles systems to Turkey for the NATO protection of the cities close to the border of Syria. The Turkish government asked for extra NATO protection because over the last months some missiles have landed in Turkey causing damage… Read More

On the 12th of September, the day of the Dutch national elections, Austrians public TV Europe correspondent Ernst Kernmeyer covers the vote and the outcome itself. Since the Dutch vote with the red pencil, it takes till 3 o’clock at night before it is definite… Read More

On the last weekend before the Dutch national elections the party leaders hit the streets again to campaign, meet the Dutch voters and to show give interviews to national and international media. The leader of the social democrat party PvdA Diederik Samsom visits Utrecht. During… Read More