A month before the Dutch national elections the parties are kicking off their campaigns. The Socialist Party gathers in the Open-air Museum in Arnhem. On an extremely hot Sunday party leader Roemer gives his campaign speech. The party is the runner up in the polls,… Read More

A European directive, officially entitled ‘on the right of information in criminal proceedings’, was adopted by the Council last in April, after the European Parliament approved it last December. It will enter into force upon publication, but will give European member States a two-year period… Read More

The economic and financial crisis has overthrown governments all-over Europe. In the Netherlands, the political parties have clashed over austerity measures. And while the outgoing government increases the retirement age and VAT, the Dutch are becoming ever more disillusioned. The TV-program Euronews Reporter sends reporter… Read More

On Monday April 2, 2012, it was exactly 10 years ago that the Dutch where the first in the world to pass a law that legalised euthanasia. On this historic day the Russian private TV channel Ren TV broadcasts a background reportage about the law,… Read More

During the French presidential elections Euronews broadcasts a special elections program. Ome of the main issues is the renewed popularity of the extreme right party Front National. A background reportage looks at the reasons behind the increase of populism in France and Europe. Why became… Read More

Also the representatives of the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands abused many young boys and girls over the last decades. And also in the Netherlands a special commission is appointed to research the cases of abuse. Now it also becomes clear that besides the… Read More

After the critics and commotion caused by the PVV website to report annoyance by East European immigrant workers, the Euronews legal TV program Right On comes to the Netherlands to make a reportage about Polish immigrant workers. In a greenhouse Polish workers explain why they… Read More

As it is widely known for many years the Netherlands had a policy of tolerance towards soft drug use. This is not a laissez-faire policy, however, since the sales of cannabis and hashish to the public in so called coffeeshops is strictly regulated. A common… Read More

In the Netherlands a majority of the MPs is supporting a law proposal to ban Kosher and Halal slaughter methods. The Dutch Senate needs to votes on this law proposal from the unique Dutch Party for the Animals. Just before the vote a crew from… Read More

As a measure to fight soft drugs tourism the Dutch government presented a series of proposals aimed at transforming coffeeshops into closed clubs. These clubs should have a maximum amount of members, all of whom have to reside in the Netherlands. To get entrance the… Read More

While the Japanese society is recovering from the last earthquake, the tsunami and the disaster with the Fukushima nuclear power plants, reporter Ryusuke Kimura from the Japanese public TV channel NHK is send on a trip through Europe to investigate the actual situation in the… Read More

The Netherlands has offered life benefits to Bosnians who settled in the country in the wake of the 1992-1995 war, if they decide to return home. The Dutch government would pay travelling expenses to returnees of up to 1,500 euros and life benefits to persons… Read More