Welcome to our weekly guide to Radio Netherlands' English Service - a list of the new programmes coming up on Radio Netherlands this week, beginning on Saturday.
SATURDAY 11 NOVEMBER
*** Weekend Connection ***
Every Saturday, the Newsline team brings you Weekend Connection, with thought-provoking reports on the issues making headlines in the Netherlands, Europe and beyond. It's a lively mix of local colour and "the big picture". One week you might hear how Dutch farmers are doing their part to combat bird flu, the next week it's about the worldwide attempt to punish crimes
against humanity. Big or small, Weekend Connection covers it all! Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1200 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0500 (Western N America)
*** Vox Humana ***
"Russian Dreams, Dutch lives"
Nadja and Lusja were both born in Russian villages and during the Second World War; they were amongst the millions of Russians who were taken to Germany to become forced labourers. There they met the Dutch men who brought them back to an unwelcoming Holland as post-war brides and here they would live for decades, caught between two worlds and rejected by both.
And you can hear the story of two Russian Dutch women in Vox Humana this week. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1027 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1227 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1827 & 2000 (Africa), 0027 (Eastern N America), 0127 (Central N America), 0527 (Western N America)Repeated: Sun 1400 (South Asia), Sun 1900 (N America, Africa)
SUNDAY 12 NOVEMBER
*** Amsterdam Forum ***
A common western stereotype of Muslim women is that they are oppressed in terms of dress and general rights. Take the ongoing debate in Europe about the wearing of the veil by Muslim women. Critics say it hinders integration, while others view is as a symbol of oppression. But is this true? Does the religious choice of Muslim women really hinder integration? Or it is time to stop seeing Muslim women as 'victims' of their religion? Have your say on the topic at www.radionetherlands.nl/features/amsterdamforum/. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1004 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1204 (Eastern N America), 1504 (South Asia), 1804 & 2004 (Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0500 (Western N America)
MONDAY 13 NOVEMBER
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 Asia/Far /East/Pacific), 1200 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0400 (Western N America)
*** The Research File ***
This week, we have an interview on a very special protein, abundant in cow milk, that could prevent the AIDS-virus from entering the human body. We talk to a Dutch professor who claims that catastrophic floods are still the biggest risk for the Netherlands, despite our impressive defences against the sea. And how about a special weather report to warn for toxic green-blue algae? With the aid of satellite imagery it can be done!
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1027 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1227 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1827 & 2000 (Africa), 0027 (Eastern N America), 0127 (Central N America), 0527 (Western N America)Repeated: Thurs 1500 (South Asia), Thurs 1900 (Africa)
TUESDAY 14 NOVEMBER
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1200 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0500 (Western N America)
*** EuroQuest ***
"Holocaust survivors"
Berte is a holocaust survivor. In 1943, in Nazi occupied Holland, she, her sister, mother and father were rounded up by the Nazis and sent to Camp Westerbork in the Netherlands and then onto Bergen Belsen in Germany where she would spend the rest of the war. When the Russian Army freed her in 1945, she was just seven years old. Berte tells her story. It is the story of the horrors of the holocaust, told through the eyes of child. Next week, Berte, along with 70 other survivors, return to Belsen for the first time in 61 years, to inaugurate a new Dutch memorial. And the University of Vilnius's Yiddish Institute was the first Yiddish centre of higher learning to be established in post-Holocaust Eastern Europe. It is working to preserve and further the East European Jewish language and culture. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1027 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1227 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1827 & 2000 (Africa), 0027 (Eastern N America), 0127 (Central N America), 0527 (Western N America)Repeated: Mon 1500 (South Asia), Mon 1900 (Africa)
WEDNESDAY 15 NOVEMBER
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1200 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0500 (Western N America)
*** The Weekly Documentary ***
In the great swathes of the Western Australian wheatbelt something has been awakened. A generation ago, 1000 acres of land was cleared a day making the region the country's breadbasket. Today patches of land are balding, agriculture is suffering, and inland lakes are turning to salt. The agriculture practiced here is industrialized and modern but farmers are facing a range of problems. And one of the most serious of them is the salination of the land. Taming the Salt Monster - our documentary of the week. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1027 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1227 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1827 & 2000 (Africa), 0027 (Eastern N America), 0127 (Central N America), 0527 (Western N America)Repeated: Fri 1500 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1900 (Africa), Sun 14:30 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), Sun 1930
(Africa, N America)
THURSDAY 16 NOVEMBER
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1200 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0400 (Western N America)
*** Dutch Horizons ***
Dutch Horizons looks at trends in religion. Two Dutch scientists have recently published a book on religious trends in Europe and they've found that it's hip to believe. You'll also hear about a dance event for youngsters that's being organised to increase awareness of AIDS and HIV. And we're going for a ride on a cheerfully decorated bicycle, because it puts a smile on your face and on that of other people. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1027 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1227 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1827 & 2000 (Africa), 0027 (Eastern N America), 0127 (Central N America), 0527 (Western N America)Repeated: Wed 1500 (South Asia), Wed 1900 (Africa)
FRIDAY 17 NOVEMBER
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1200 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0400 (Western N America)
*** A Good Life ***
The people of Sierra Leone are trying to knit their lives back together after too many years of civil war. In the next two editions of A Good Life, Hélène Michaud speaks with six remarkable people in the capital Freetown. Each in their own ways has been working to secure peace and make it lasting. In part I, she meets a radio manager, a pop star and a former minister. Their stories give perspective on a country trying hard to reconstruct itself. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1027 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1227 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1827 & 2000 (Africa), 0027 (Eastern N America), 0127 (Central N America), 0527 (Western N America)Repeated: Tues 1500 (South Asia), Tues 1900 (Africa)
(Source: R Netherlands)