Transmission of a ARD documenatry about the future of hydrogen. In future, green hydrogen is to be produced on platforms in the North Sea, where gas and oil are still being extracted today. Will hydrogen get Europe out of the energy crisis? In order to… Read More

For the program Europamagazin the ARD Europe correspondent Michael Grytz produces an update reportage about the research after medicines against the corona virus in both Germany and the Netherlands. An update about both the research after a possible anti body at the Utrecht University as… Read More

The latest analysis by Imperial College London is alarming: only a rapid vaccine has the potential to mitigate the corona pandemic. The race has begun. ARD Europamagzin presents the different EU-wide strategies. For this investigation into the research that is done to find a vaccine… Read More

Synthetic drugs are circulating in ever increasing quantities in the form of amphetamines and ecstasy pills. The compositions are varied in an uncontrolled manner and often prove to be life-threatening. This market has long since overtaken other drug markets. No plantations or greenhouses are required,… Read More

Since orthodox Jews only marry and reproduce in their own community, genetic diseases like Tay-Sachs occur relatively often. In the 1980ties Rabbi Joseph Ekstein, based in Brooklyn New York, started an organisation with the name Dor Yeshorim (‘upright generation’), to fight genetic diseases to appear… 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

The new Dutch austerity measures also include serious spending cuts in the youth care branch. In Rotterdam the company Sagenn lost all its subsidies, and according to the personnel it is not if, but when things will go horribly wrong with some of the youngsters… Read More

After the collapse of the city archive in Cologne caused by the construction of a new underground railway line, the program Europamagzin from the German public TV channel ARD sends a reporter to the Netherlands to interview a specialised engineer and two inhabitants of some… Read More

The Netherlands District Court in The Hague will deliver its verdict on whether the Dutch state and its contingent of United Nations peace-keeping troops can be held responsible for handing over Bosnian refugees that looked for protection against Serb soldiers. In July 1995 Bosnians who… Read More

For the program ‘Europamagazin’ from the first public TV broadcaster ARD, SWR journalist Alexander Stenzel travels to Rotterdam to make a reportage about the so called Rotterdam Law. The Special Measures Metropolitan Problems Act of 22 December 2005 is a Dutch law to regulate the… Read More

The Antilles islands are the last Dutch colonial heritage and located in the Caribbean. In the colonial times the islands where used to sell and transit slaves and in present time the islands are popular tourist destination, but are also used to smuggle cocaine to… Read More

After months of absence caused by death threats, the Dutch Somalian politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali arrives back in the Dutch parliament. A huge media hype arises. For reportages for Europamagazin and Weltspiegel from the first German public TV broadcaster ARD need footage from the arrival… Read More