Many concerns have been raised in Europe about the high quantity of Ritalin use in Europe. Ritalin is a medicines that is prescribed for ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) . In the Netherlands ten times more Ritalin is prescribed in comparison with ten years ago…. Read More

The Amsterdam Public Prosecutor summons successful populist Dutch politician Geert Wilders for offending a group of people and inciting to discrimination and hatred. In June 2008, the Public Prosecutor decided that statements from Wilders were not liable to punishment and dropped the case. Those who… Read More

While a new Dutch conservative government is formed, with possible support of the Party of Freedom from populist Geert Wilders, the Austrian background TV-program Weltjournal sends senior reporter Alexander Steinbach to make a reportage about the Wilders phenomena. The reportage is part of a series… Read More

The Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, known for his connection to the disappearance of the American woman Natalee Holloway in Aruba, is arrested in Chili and brought to Peru as a suspect for the murder of Peruvian young woman Stephany Flores Ramirez. After a few… Read More

The Japanese Europe correspondent Susumu Kojima from the public TV channel NHK travels to the Netherlands to cover the world cup football match between the Netherlands and Japan. First he visits Venlo, a town in the south of the country were the Japanese key footballer… Read More

After it turns out that the Dutch national elections will be a fight between the liberal party VVD and the social democrat party PvdA, the Swiss news program Tagesschau covers ‘Het Lagerhuis’ (House of Commons) a very popular life Dutch debate program where a mix… Read More

Political journalist Ingrid Steiner from the Austrian newspaper Kurier travels to the Netherlands for an article about the upcoming Dutch national elections and especially on the popularity of the Party of Freedom (PVV) from Geert Wilders. Ingrid Steiner interviews the Dutch political scientist and writer… Read More

El Asira, the first Muslim company that sells erotic products via internet, is based in the Netherlands. A reporter from the Austrian public TV background program ORF Weltjournal is send to the Netherlands to cover the story. He interviews the owner of the company, an… 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

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

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