Culture Minister Ronald Plasterk has granted two new companies, one of which is backed by populist broadsheet De Telegraaf, licence to broadcast and incorporated them into the Dutch public broadcasting system.

Several papers print photographs of jubilant media personalities hugging the culture minister and while De Telegraaf celebrates, de Volkskrant doesn't seem to share the joy. "Right-wingers take over in Hilversum" headlines the paper, which asks: "does this mean that the right-wing conservative message will dominate the new TV season?

De Telegraaf readers definitely think so. "Finally, something different" says one, while another says that much of the current programming is, "far too left-wing".

The new broadcasting organisations have enough supporters, and five years to prove themselves; if they don't get enough viewers their licences will not be renewed. One can only hope.

Resistant variant of H1N1 appears in the Netherlands
Trouw reports that the first case of Tamiflu-resistant pandemic influenza H1N1 has been diagnosed in the Netherlands and the patient is currently in hospital. De Volkskrant says the Dutch national is the 40th person in the world to be diagnosed with the resistant variant. The paper reports that the World Health Organisation says that so far all the resistant H1N1 viruses have had the same genetic mutation.

In the Netherlands,  flu fear appears to have finally set in and AD’s front page has a photo of an immense queue leading out of a GPs office; it goes down the block, round the corner and disappears into the distance.

GPs are holding their vaccination days for seasonal flu at the moment and the Dutch Association of General Practitioners says that many practices are "ordering more vaccines" as the response to the flu shot summons has been "overwhelming". A 68-year-old pensioner tells the paper, "this year I'm getting everything, a seasonal flu shot and two Mexican flu shots".

Amsterdam sex show 'theatre' finally wins licence
NRC Handelsblad and its sister paper NRC.next both report that Casa Rosso, a sex show 'theatre' that has been a fixture in Amsterdam's red light district for decades, has finally won its battle with the city and has been granted a licence to operate.

NRC.next writes that it was world news when the city announced in 2006 that it was closing down Casa Rosso, along with four other sex-related businesses owned by Jan Otten, due to "connections with the underworld and money-laundering operations".

Mr Otten was suspected of helping to launder "the lost Heineken ransom money, about 3.6 million euros that was never found by the police". However, a long investigation failed to either prove or disprove the accusation, and Amsterdam has been forced to grant Mr Otten operating licences for his various businesses.

Amsterdam has been attempting to cleanup the red light district and improves the city's image but the red lights are shining as bright as ever.

Hacking government sites easy as pie
Trouw has a very worrying article about the security of government websites; under the heading "1, 2, 3 - hacked," Trouw journalists watch as Henk, a software developer and website security analyst, gains access to sensitive information on a government site in just a few minutes using very simple techniques. Hacker Henk says “I find between 40 and 100 leaks per week". Trouw writes that sensitive personal information is extremely easy to come by, and that ICT security "isn't very high on the list of government priorities".

According to the most recent report by Govcert, which advises and supports the government in preventing and dealing with ICT-related security incidents, "the chances that government information and personal data will be misused is increasing".

According to an Amsterdam ICT company, most government sites don't have a digital lock known as an SSL certificate, which makes it very easy to crack the link between the server and a computer. The director of another ICT company says that while an SSL certificate is important, "it's just one small part of a far larger picture".

Trouw writes that cyber crime is increasing and Deputy Interior Minister Ank Bijleveld tells the paper, "The loss of personal data to cyber criminals is a structural problem".

AZ's champions league hopes still alive despite 4-1 drubbing
Many football fans in the Netherlands were disappointed by AZ Alkmaar's woeful performance against Arsenal in last night's Champions League match. De Telegraaf writes "Arsenal trounces Ronald Koeman's team," adding: "It was sadly symbolic that AZ's Champions League aspirations were dashed on the same day that the three letters of Dirk Scheringa's bankrupt DSB bank disappeared from AZ's shirts."

De Volkskrant writes "Superior Arsenal puts AZ in its place", noting that the team from Alkmaar had "absolutely no chance against the Gunners". Although AD starts its coverage with the headline "A drubbing," the populist tabloid writes that AZ still has a theoretical chance of staying in the Champions League; they just have to beat Greece's Olympiakos. As the paper notes, it's a slender chance, but it remains to be seen if it is a realistic one.