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How to smuggle an explosive device into a royal palace? The TV show Undercover Nederland was able to drive a fake bomb into the grounds of Queen Beatrix's working-palace Noordeinde in The Hague through the...
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Article: Dutch royals to sell controversial holiday villa

Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and his wife Princess Máxima are abandoning their project to build a holiday villa for themselves in Mozambique. The move follows criticism in parliament about the handling of the affair by Prime Minist...

Article: Unknown duo chosen as new faces of Europe

Two virtual unknowns have been chosen as the new faces of Europe: the Belgian Prime Minister and a British Commissioner clinched the prized two top jobs in the European Union.

Radio Show: Europe, please meet your new President

Newsline 20 November 2009: The EU picks two virtual unknowns as the new faces of Europe; how the Netherlands is partly responsible for illegal immigrants washing up on Greek and Italian shores and shopping with a conscience in a s...

Radio Show: Gruesome police killings in Mozambique

This week on Bridges With Africa we investigate the gruesome story of police killings in Mozambique. We find out why local football in Uganda is suffering. We visit a multiracial marathon in South Africa. And there's a music treat, Malian s...

Article: Press Review Friday 20 November 2009

After months of speculation, the announcement that Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy is to become the European Union’s first president is not a surprise. The question is how much has the speculation damaged the Dutch Prime Mini...

Article: Using fashion to fight child labour

Dutch fashion houses and business leaders have come together to launch a shop that only stocks clothes manufactured without the use of child labour in developing countries. The opening coincides with the 20th anniversary today of the intern...

Video: The Week in Africa: Millions threatened by malnutrition in CAR

In this edition: Malnutrition threatens millions of children in the Central Africa Republic ; FDLR rebels suffer a blow in Rwanda; and focus on a the High life music festival in Ghana.   [media:video] The week in Africa is a France 2...

Radio Show: Songs of freedom, shots to thrill

Network Europe Extra - 15 November 2009: Songs of freedom – The underground sounds of when the wall went down in Berlin Childhood Heroes – France’s much loved cartoon characters celebrate their 50th birthday Shoot to thri...

Article: Zimbabwean refugees flee xenophobic persecution

Up to 2,500 Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa have fled another possible wave of xenophobic violence over claims that they are working for less than the local South African community. Human rights lawyer Gabriel Shumba told Radio Netherl...

Article: Belgian prime minister becomes first EU president

Herman van Rompuy, who has just been chosen as the EU's first President, was a virtual unknown outside of Belgium until a few weeks ago, when his name began to do the rounds in Brussels as a possible candidate for the newly created post of...

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This week in the Netherlands
How to smuggle an explosive device into a royal palace? The TV show...
The Week in Africa: Millions threatened by malnutrition in CAR
In this edition: Malnutrition threatens millions of children in the Central...
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