Fighting has been going on for four decades in the South American nation of Colombia. Bombings, fighting and kidnappings are regular occurrences in many parts of the country. Over the […]
In the weekly programme about the Netherlands, “Dutch Horizons”, a report by Chris Chambers on the historic first official marriage of homosexuals in Amsterdam’s Town Hall, and Howard Shannon meets […]
Dr. Alan Whiteside teaches at the University of Natal in Durban, South Africa and has been studying the socio-economic impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic for the past decade. This coming […]
The Black Death or Great Plague was one of the most devastating waves of disease and death in human history. Modern historians of the Middle Ages estimate that up to […]
There are very good reasons for calling “the most excellent and great sovereign prince Pyotr Alekseyevich, leader of all the Russias” Czar Peter the Great. It is impossible to exaggerate […]
Earth Beat, a.k.a. “clean green radio”, was a weekly programme about our impact on the planet and its impact on us. There’s probably no human activity more destructive to […]
When one thinks of prison islands many names spring to mind – Devil’s Island, Robben Island, Alcatraz Island, to name a few. Gaza may not be an island or a […]
This edition of The State We’re, a weekly programme on “human rights, human wrongs and how we treat each other”, features human rights defenders from across the globe, including Umida […]
This edition of The State We’re, a weekly programme on “human rights, human wrongs and how we treat each other”, features the right to silence, the right to sex and […]
For many years, well into the 21st century, Radio Netherlands surveyed the pop music charts of 18 European countries every week and compiled one-hour programmes for rebroadcasting around the world […]
Felix Meritis is one of the Netherlands most remarkable and important historical buildings. Lying on one of the grandest canals in Amsterdam, it has been the centre of the […]
“Feelings without Frontiers” Nilgun Yerli is a Dutch writer and cabaret artist, born in Turkey in 1969 and who has been living in the Netherlands since the age of 10. […]
Language is the greatest tool of communication we have and it brings people together. So why is it that such a precious and essential tool is often at the heart […]