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The Pick On An Empress Your Own Size Edition - Week 25 - 2026
The Japanese emperor visits the national war memorial to commemorate the victims of his country's occupation of Indonesia. Over at the World Cup, Ora…
13 hours ago
The Book Arrest and Organ Joke Edition - Week 24 - 2026
New European rules on asylum come into force, but the Dutch immigration service warns it will take a year to clear the backlog. An extradition treaty…
1 week, 1 day ago
The Vitesse Arnhem of Cabinets Edition - Week 23 - 2026
In the wake of the recent asylum riots, we unpick the Dutch far-right landscape with the help of Leiden university professor Sarah de Lange. Voters' …
2 weeks, 2 days ago
The Herding Cats and Chasing Cheeses Edition - Week 22 - 2026
Social affairs minister Hans Vijlbrief cans the cabinet’s plans to extend the retirement age in the hope of avoiding a summer of strikes. Accusations…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
The Fishermen's Final Day Derby Dogfight Edition - Week 21 - 2026
As the atmosphere outside asylum centres grows heated and the debate becomes increasingly poisonous, Rob Jetten sends in a crack team of civil servan…
4 weeks, 2 days ago
The Keep Calm And Sail To Tenerife Edition - Week 19 - 2026
An outbreak of a rat-borne virus on a cruise ship triggers mass anxiety as phrases like "self-isolation" and "test and trace" re-enter the lexicon. L…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Ready... Aim... Wildfire Edition - Week 18 - 2026
The army is feeling the heat after several wildfires break out during training excercises in tinderbox conditions. The king gets his skates on and st…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Marjolein Faber's Legacy of Chaos Edition - Week 17 - 2026
Vaudevillian scenes in the Senate as the PVV block their own asylum bill before blaming D66 for not wanting to soil their hands with it. The cabinet …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Women Take Over The Podcast (Again) Edition - Week 16 - 2026
Those who can, plan; those who can't, plan scenarios. At any rate, that seems to be how the Dutch government is preparing for the impending crisis tr…
2 months ago
The Crazy World of Arthur Brand Edition - Week 15 - 2026
The Netherlands promises to help keep the Strait of Hormuz open, but only once the hellfire has died down. Continuing the theme of negotiating with s…
2 months, 1 week ago