Following the re-election of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in March 2003, violence continued unabated. Victims could not submit complaints because the rule of law had collapsed. Throughout Zimbabwe, there was […]
Monthly Archives: May 2002
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The 2002 Arctic Science Summit Week was held recently at the University of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. The main focus of the summit: the interaction between the […]
Wide Angle looks back over the week in which Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn was shot dead. There are reactions from politicians, ordinary people, journalists and analysts. How will the dead […]
This is the first in an occasional series of programmes in which leading figures in Dutch society are interviewed before a live audience about politics, social issues, the arts and […]
Ariana Nozeman (1628-1661) was the first actress on the Dutch stage. Although she came from a family of thespians, this was a daring career choice for a woman in Calvinist […]
Radio Netherlands’French correspondent Thijs Berman examines what lies behind the rise of the extreme rightwing Jean-Marie Le Pen who made it through to the final round of the presidential elections. […]
David Swatling meets American writer Edmund White, who spent 16 years living in Paris, roaming its streets and neighbourhoods and basking in its rich cultural life. His observations are recorded […]
A group of international broadcasters exchanges documentaries with a common theme. This five-part series examines the way in which global forces are challenging business and industry, changing our lives. The […]