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The Groundhog Day Is Over Edition - Emergency Resignation Special
A special edition of the DutchNews podcast focuses the collapse of the cabinet, the end of the Rutte era and the upcoming election. Will immigration …
2 years, 11 months ago
The Rutte on a Sticky Wicket Edition - Week 27 - 2023
As we recorded this week's podcast, it was unclear if Mark Rutte was going to a step further than Vladimir Putin and stage a mutiny against his own g…
2 years, 11 months ago
The H'ART and Headscarves Edition - Week 26 - 2023
Justice minister Dilan Yesilgöz lends the far right a veil of respectability by backing a PVV proposal to ban police from wearing headscarves. Farmer…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Megabrothel Roadblock Edition - Week 25 - 2023
In an explosive week for education, schools minister Dennis Wiersma's short fuse detonated for the last time and universities erupted in protest agai…
3 years ago
The Planes, Trains and Tractors Edition - Week 24 - 2023
The king announces he'll be taking regular train services after the decision to retire the royal carriage. He'll be able to travel to with NS, QBuzz …
3 years ago
The Tulips Are Cancelled Edition - Week 23 - 2023
It's a bad week for European connections as the eurozone slips into recession and Eurostar trains to Amsterdam face being suspended for seven months.…
3 years ago
The Pole Star Horse-Trading Edition - Week 22 - 2023
The new Senate is sworn in after the coalition parties emerge as the winners of the three-dimensional game of horse trading for the final seats. But …
3 years ago
The Flemings and Flamingos Edition - Week 21 - 2023
Amsterdam bans smoking joints in public in the latest stage of the capital's 12-step plan to kick its drug tourism dependency. The political agenda i…
3 years ago
The Ninja Accountants Edition - Week 20 - 2023
Brabant is the unlikely setting this week for a tale of industrial espionage running from Greece to Moscow via Paris. The national audit office takes…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Vultures and Vermeers Edition - Week 19 - 2023
Rotterdam's runaway vulture is bound for a Mediterranean island retreat after startling the owner of a house in Leipzig by turning up beside his pond…
3 years, 1 month ago