*Radio Netherlands Worldwide is the Dutch international public broadcasting
service. The radio and television broadcasts and websites provide news,
information and culture to millions of people around the world. Our mission
is to:*
"Make a contribution, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Netherlands,
towards a better informed world by a combination of independent journalism
and other media services."
The mission has three chief purposes:
1. To provide an international audience with information about Dutch society,
opinions, visions and policies, as well as to support the interests of the
Netherlands.
2. To facilitate an international podium for themes which are of importance
to the Netherlands, Europe and the world.
3. To serve as a source of expertise and knowledge to foreign media,
especially in the area of Dutch/European developments, ideas and opinions.
Radio Netherlands broadcasts in Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamentu, Sarnami,
Indonesian, Portuguese and French. It takes into account the information
needs of different target groups and the media situation in various regions.
The Radio Netherlands Training Centre, which is connected to Radio
Netherlands Worldwide, provides media training and offers media and
communications advice to partner organizations in developing countries.
Russia welcomed a report by the European Union which found Georgia responsible for starting last year’s five-day war in which 850 were killed and 100,000 were forced to flee their homes.
The findings will come as little surprise to m...
On Newsline 30 September 2009: Tsunami wrecks havoc in Western and American Samoa; EU report blames Georgia for starting war with Russia; investigation into missing U.S. vice consul intensifies
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Internet video website Youtube has opened an Anne Frank Channel with footage of the young Holocaust victim. The film shows the only existing moving pictures of the Jewish girl, who hid with her family in the secret annex in a house in Amste...
The People’s Republic of China is celebrating its 60th birthday. But China is now a completely different country from the one founded in 1949 with such high ideals. The dream of true equality for all citizens has never been, and never...
The issue of raising retirement age in the Netherlands has proved a divisive issue after both the unions and the employers’ association presented different set of plans on Tuesday evening. The two sides have until the end of the day t...
At about 1.30pm on 26 September 2002, MV Le Joola set sail from Ziguinchor, the regional capital of southern Senegal, bound for Dakar. A reported 2000 passengers, excluding those without tickets, were on board even though the vessel was onl...
The disappearance last Thursday of the US vice consul to Curacao in the Dutch Antilles has prompted a huge search on the island and the waters surrounding it. Local authorities on the island, which lies 40 kilometres off Venezuela’s c...
On Newsline 29 September 2009: The Phillipines braces for further storms; aboriginals take possession of remains held in the Netherlands; Amnesty push Shell to clean up their act in the Niger Delta.
Gay teachers can be dismissed by religious schools if it can be shown that their homosexuality clashes with the ethos of the institution. The Dutch Interior Minister, Guusje Ter Horst, made this statement in a letter to parliament attemptin...
Since 2001, same-sex marriages have been legal in the Netherlands, and thousands of gay and lesbian couples have entered into marriage. This is a summary of the legal situation affecting same-sex couples.
- Since when has same-sex marriage...