Mar 12 Watch 3:29 Far-right candidate calls for Dutch ban on Muslim immigrants By PBS News Hour Tensions between Turkey and the Netherlands continue to rise three days before Dutch voters head to the polls for elections. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who is seeking a third term, faces challenges from a far-right nationalist candidate who wants… Continue watching
Jun 29 Trump gets rock-bottom ratings in international survey By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press A new multi-nation survey finds that confidence in Donald Trump's ability to manage foreign policy should he become U.S. president is rock-bottom in a host of countries in Europe and Asia. Continue reading
May 29 Why this formerly radicalized Muslim is speaking out against extremism By Sam Weber After the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and the start of the war in Iraq in 2003, 30-year-old Amsterdam native Mahmoud Tighadouini fell into an online community that exposed him to radical Islamic ideology for the first time. Continue reading
May 27 The case for starting sex education in kindergarten By Saskia de Melker In the Netherlands, the approach, known as “comprehensive sex education,” starts as early as age 4. You'll never hear an explicit reference to sex in a kindergarten class. The goal is bigger than that. It’s about having open, honest conversations… Continue reading
Apr 15 Fields of flowers bloom, brighten the Netherlands By Lorna Baldwin The world’s second largest flower garden, the Keukenhof park in Lisse, the Netherlands, was awash in a palette of colors today as its seven million bulbs covering 79 acres came into bloom. Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch News Wrap: First MH17 crash victims are returned to the Netherlands By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, two aircrafts ferried the first of the victims from MH17 back to the Netherlands, home country of 193 of the 298 people killed in the crash. Also, a Trans-Asia Airways plane crashed in a storm… Continue watching
May 19 Photo: Beach audience for a World War II bomb detonation By News Desk People on the beach watched the detonation of a World War II-era airplane bomb in Wassenaar, Netherlands Monday. Continue reading
Mar 29 Timeline of marijuana policy in the U.S. and Netherlands By Saskia de Melker, Kristin Miller NewHour’s investigation into how the Netherlands has managed the sale of pot for 40 years illustrated that laws and regulations governing marijuana are often in flux. Use the timeline below to see how both nations have changed their… Continue reading
Nov 10 Watch Sunday, November 10, 2013 By PBS News Hour Dutch pension system, Chinese economy meeting, military children reflect. Continue watching
Nov 10 Watch Justin Fox on ‘why retirement risks are best shared’ Justin Fox on what aspects of the Dutch pension system might work in the U. S. Continue watching