Dutch media services
The Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) is Austria’s public service broadcaster with its headquarters in Vienna. In addition, the ORF operates a regional studio in each of the nine federal states and, since 1975, a further studio in Bolzano (South Tyrol). As the largest media provider in the country, it produces four television programs as well as three nationwide and nine regional radio programs. It is also the largest shareholder of the Austria Press Agency (APA) and holds a stake in Austrian Lotteries and is organised as a foundation under public law.
26% of the Netherlands is located below sea level and 59% of the Netherlands is at risk of flooding from water from the sea or rivers. Some parts of the west of the country is so wet that roads are constantly sink that these road… Read More
After the government with the populist party List Pim Fortuyn resigned, the Dutch are organising the second national elections within a year. After the rise and fall of the new politician Pim Fortuyn the Dutch are openly discussing the sensitive issues in their society. Preceding… Read More
After the oil spill disaster at the Spanish coast caused by the oil tanker Prestige, senior reporter Alexander Steinbach from the documentary Weltjournal from the Austrian public broadcaster ORF, wants to find out what the safety situation of oil tankers is in general and what… Read More
After the huge success of the List Pim Fortuyn, the party of the assassinated populist gay politician the Dutch society is shocked. To find out how the major change in the Dutch political landscape could happen reporter Heidi Frank from the Austrian public TV background… Read More
The war crimes trial of the former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević has a restart and the Austrian public TV channel ORF needs a camera crew and equipment for a quick news stand-up in front of the International Criminal Tribunal for… Read More
After the Belgian Marc Dutroux was arrested and ended up in jail waiting for his sentence, again a new paedophile case is in the news. A paedophile network abusing many children. This time in the North of France. To complete the reportage about the network… Read More
After the September 11 in New York attacks senior reporter Alexander Steinbach travels to the Netherlands to film for a reportage for the background program Weltjournal about the threat of terror in Europe and in the Netherlands, and about the existence of sleeping terror cells…. Read More
In The Netherlands not only the authorities organise naturalisation courses for migrants. In the age of privatisation now also companies give the Dutch culture and language course, often in combination with a job. All the migrant newcomers doing the course get a native employee as… Read More
On the 19th of January 2000 the Dutch brothel ban was abolished, making the Dutch prostitution branch completely legal. The explanatory memorandum to the law lists several reasons: protection of the position of prostitutes; combating the exploitation of involuntary prostitution; controlling and regulating the exploitation… Read More
After a Dutch girl gets wounded in a train crash during a vacation in Austria, she is flown back to the Netherlands. The news program Tagesschau from the Austrian public TV broadcaster ORF wants to broadcast an interview with the girl and with her doctor…. Read More
On 12 April 2001, the Dutch Euthanasia Act, fully named the Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide Act, was passed by a parliamentary majority in the Lower House. The law applies to life termination on request (also called euthanasia) and assisted suicide, both… Read More
After England, France and The Netherlands, Germany is the fourth country in Europe that is struck by the devastating foot & mouth disease. The Dutch Agriculture Minister declared strict measures to prevent the highly contagious livestock virus foot-and-mouth disease from spreading around the Netherlands and… Read More