*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.
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Newsline 4 December 2009: South Africans are getting ready for their World Cup party, NATO pledges more troops to Afghanistan but not every member wants to contribute and can family planning actually save the planet?
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FairTrade chocolate is hot in Holland. With the holiday season in sight, development aid organisation Oxfam Novib is pushing to get rid of ‘unfair’ chocolate from supermarket shelves. And with success: in the past two weeks seve...
Soccer fans around the world are waiting with bated breath to find out who their favourite teams will be playing in the FIFA 2010 World Cup.
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FIFA estimates that around 300 million people will be glued to their television sets...
Programme schedule for 3 - 11 December 2009.
A glance at today's front pages reveals a dazzling array of disparate stories which the papers consider top news. High-profile prosecutions fail, the Afghan mission issue and top police expenses scandal rumble on, tunnels get bogged down in...
Saving the planet isn’t likely to be anyone’s first reason for limiting the size of their family – but a radical new initiative to cut CO2 argues that paying for family planning in the developing world is effective and ach...
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The Dutch lower house wants more pressure put on house owners and housing corporations to make homes energy-efficient.
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