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BBC Alba is a Scottish Gaelic-language free-to-air public broadcast television channel jointly owned by the BBC and MG Alba. The channel was launched on 19 September 2008 and is on-air for up to seven hours a day. The name Alba is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. The station is unique in that it is the first channel to be delivered under a BBC license by a partnership and was also the first multi-genre channel to come entirely from Scotland with almost all of its programs made in Scotland.
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
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 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
The Scottish BBC is producing a documentary on the human cell. Part of the filming takes place on the Dutch University of Delft. For a historical flash back in the documentary an old wooden rowing boats is needed. For this documentary production Featurez did research… Read More
We import 40% of what we eat. If supplies were to be suddenly cut off, we’d run out of fresh imported food in just two days. So how does it all get to our supermarket shelves – at the precise moment it’s ready to eat?… Read More
The Dutch Taskforce Management Floods organises the ‘Water Test’, a national flood simulation exercise. The participants of the ‘Water Test’ are administrators, national-, regional- and local emergency services and the water board districts On the basis of the worst imaginable floods the involved departments and… Read More
The Scottish BBC is producing a reportage about assisted dying and are planning interviews, pieces to camera and general views in the Netherlands. The BBC Investigations Unit is looking for a Dutch lighting cameraman for the filming.
Since November 2007 it is known that the far right wing politician Geert Wilders has a plan for an anti-Koran film. The film with the name Fitna will probably be launched on the internet before the first of April 2008. The Freedom Party (PVV) leader… Read More
An epic landscape experiment is underway in the Netherlands. Its aim is to make the Netherlands, the most developed country of all European states, wild again. Its method is to establish a vast network of natural habitats and wildlife corridors. Frans Vera, one of the… Read More
After the implementation of the new Dutch naturalisation law around 250 thousand migrants, who often already live in The Netherlands for years, are obliged to do a naturalisation course, including an exam. The costs for the course and the exams have to be partly paid… Read More
Five years ago the Dutch city The Hague started with a special dentist visiting hour for homeless people. The formula turns out to be a huge success. Getting rid of the homeless cliché, namely bad teeth, helps homeless to take the next steps to a… Read More
A background reportage for the Scottish BBC program Eòrpa about the problems long term asylum seekers face in the Netherlands. Caused by the very strict Dutch immigration legislation, many asylum seekers that are already waiting for a residence permit for more than five years are… Read More