The Dutch horse meat scandal already shocked Europe in 2013. Now it turned out that the Dutch are still the main player in this criminal network. European investigators have seized an international ring of meat fraudsters and seized a total of 66 suspects. The criminal… Read More

Suddenly it turns out that the kings’ song that is written and performed by various Dutch artists get loads of critics. Tens of thousands of people in the Netherlands have objected to an official King’s Song marking the 30 April investiture of Willem-Alexander. The writer… Read More

Suddenly it becomes clear that Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands will resign in favour of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander this year. In a prerecorded address broadcast on TV, she said she will formally stand down on 30 April this year. The Queen, who is approaching… Read More

In two days both princess Maxima and Queen Beatrix open and visit two exhibitions in the Netherlands. Princess Maxima opens ‘The treasures from the forbidden city’, an exhibition of 18th century musical clocks, of which many have been restored by restorers from the Dutch Musical… Read More

This year the city Apeldoorn is chosen by Queen Beatrix to visit during the celebration of the Dutch traditional Queens Day. The Queen and her family arrive at the Oranje park and walk around to see all the culture, hobbies, sports, and crafts presented by… Read More

King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden visit the Netherlands for a three day state visit. At the start of their visit they are greeted by Queen Beatrix and get a welcoming ceremony in the Hague. During the three days, the Swedish King… Read More

Faktor Giel is a weekly reality based Dutch television show, in which TV host Giel Beelen experiences excruciating experiments. Giel checks out how long he can stay in a freezing chamber, how it is to be buried alive or to be tortured. How does one… Read More

Every year, on April 30, the Dutch Queen and her family visit a region in the Netherlands to celebrate the traditional Queens day, the birthday of her mother, the late Princess Juliana. This year Queen Beatrix visits two towns in the province of Friesland. The… Read More

During the opening of the new exhibition ‘Amsterdam and the House of Orange’ at the Amsterdam Historical Museum, Queen Beatrix saw her life reflected. Although most of the exhibit shows the centuries of often testy relations between Amsterdam and the princely, later royal family, there… Read More

Traditionally on April 30, the Dutch queen Beatrix celebrates her birthday with a huge popular national party day. She prolonged the tradition that was born under her mother’s reign: Queen Juliana’s (Queen of The Netherlands from 1948 till 1980) birthday was on April 30th. This… Read More

A German man that was running around with a gun is shot dead in Amsterdam . It seems that the victim wanted to be shot by the Amsterdam police, so the police may have overreacted by shooting the man immediately. The tabloid program Brisant form… Read More

Live transmission of and background reportages about the wedding of Prince Friso and Mabel Wisse Smit for the reportage program Tagesthemen and the tabloid program Brisant from the German first public TV broadcaster ARD After it came out that Mabel Wisse Smit had an affair… Read More