Welcome to our weekly guide to Radio Netherlands Worldwide's English Service - a list of the new programs coming up on Radio Netherlands Worldwide this week, beginning on Saturday.SATURDAY 20 FEBRUARY
*** The State We're In ***
Taking back jihad: Noman Benotman spent five years as a jihadist fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan. Until he realised that the concept of jihad had been perverted - and he told Osama Bin Laden and his followers as much. Now he's waging a war of ideas, and believes that the days of the extremists are numbered.
Fighting words: Noman and other Muslim thinkers have created a 400-page text that attempts to undermine the extremist interpretation of jihad. He hopes it may help change the course of history.
Allah made me funny: While the so-called clash of civilisations between the West and Islam continues around the world, two Muslim comics show Jonathan that laughter and Islam are natural allies.
Aboriginal answers: Last October we aired a controversial segment about how Aboriginal people in Australia were offended by a government-issued card which limits how they can spend their money. Many listeners, mostly in Australia, were angered by that segment. We revisit the issue through two Aboriginal women who support using the card.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.00 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
15.00 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.00 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.00 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
00.30 Europe
05.00 North America
14.00 Europe
23.00 North America and CBC
*** Network Europe Week ***
A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters
A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe. If you missed any editions of Network Europe satisfy your needs with this digest of the program's top stories.
· Killer thriller - Did Mossad order the murder of a senior Hamas militant? · New Catholic cover up - Germany investigates child sex abuse claims. · Ukraine court ruling - The Presidential election results are suspended ... for now.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
19.30 East Africa 12045, West Africa 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
04.00 Africa and Asia
13.00 North America
17.00 Europe
22.00 Asia
*** Network Europe Extra ***
Arts and Culture brought to you each Sunday from Europe's widest partnership of international broadcasters.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0300 North America
1200 North America
1500 Europe
SUNDAY 21 FEBRUARY
*** Network Europe Extra ***
Arts and Culture brought to you each Sunday from Europe's widest partnership of international broadcasters.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia 12065, 6040, East China 9720
1800 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
1900 East Africa 12045, West Africa 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
0500 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1430 Europe
1700 Europe
2200 Asia
*** Radio Books (primary program) ***
'A Journey and Two Declarations of Love' - by Kris Lauwerys
Flemish writer and literary translator Kris Lauwerys teaches at the University of Mons and lectures about the art of translation. His Radio Books story, based on his experience of translating Austrian-Romanian author Gregor von Rezzori's Memoir of an Anti-Semite, is a series of letters from the translator to the deceased author.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.30 East Asia 12065, 6040, East China 9720
14.00 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.30 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
19.30 East Africa 12045, West Africa 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
00.30 Europe
05.30 North America
10.30 Africa and Asia
14.40 Europe
MONDAY 22 FEBRUARY
*** Curious Orange (primary program) ***
Michel Walraven is your guide to modern-day Holland.
*** Curious Orange (primary program) ***
Michel Walraven is your guide to modern-day Holland.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.00 East Asia 12065, 6040, East China 9720
14.30 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.30 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.30 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
00.30 Europe
13.00 North America
14.30 Europe
22.10 Asia
23.10 North America and CBC
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
15.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.04 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.04 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
14.04 Europe
22.00 Asia
23.00 North America and CBC
*** Network Europe ***
A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters
A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
19.04 East Africa 12045, West Africa 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
05.00 North America
17.00 Europe
*** From Way Back When ***
A chance to hear some Radio Netherlands Worldwide programmes from the 1980s, from way back when... 'Fading in a White World - the disappearing peoples of the Arctic'. First broadcast in 1987.
10.00 East Asia 12065, 6040, East China 9720
14.30 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.30 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.30 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
00.30 Europe
13.00 North America
14.30 Europe
22.10 Asia
23.10 North America and CBC
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
15.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.04 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.04 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
14.04 Europe
22.00 Asia
23.00 North America and CBC
*** Network Europe ***
A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters
A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
19.04 East Africa 12045, West Africa 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
05.00 North America
17.00 Europe
*** From Way Back When ***
A chance to hear some Radio Netherlands Worldwide programmes from the 1980s, from way back when... 'Fading in a White World - the disappearing peoples of the Arctic'. First broadcast in 1987.
Broadcast times on WRN
05.20 North America
*** Classic Dox ***
'Imagination is the Instrument of Compassion' (Originally Broadcast September 2005)
How soon after a disaster may artists create a work of art out of the ashes? Some critics felt four years was too soon to take on the 11 September terrorist
attacks as a subject. But author Jonathan Safran Foer overcame his own fears to do just that.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.00 East Asia 12065, 6040, East China 9720
Broadcast times on WRN
13.20 North America
*** European Jazz Stage/ World Music ***
Dutch women make jazz. It's Fay Claassen with her album Red Hot & Blue, the Tineke Postma Quartet, Paulien van Schaik and Heleen van den Hombergh, all from the Netherlands.
All of that, on the European Jazz Stage with Daniel Frankl.
*** Live! at the Concertgebouw ***
Live! at the Concertgebouw 2009
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is conducted by Leonard Slatkin, in a Beethoven overture, a Sibelius violin concerto with Christian Tertzlaff as soloist, and Schumann's Symphony No. 3.
The programme is hosted by Hans Haffmans and Cynthia Wilson.
TUESDAY 23 FEBRUARY
*** Network Europe ***
A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
19.04 East Africa 12045, West Africa 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
05.00 North America
17.00 Europe
*** The State We're In - Midweek Edition ***
Taking back jihad: Noman Benotman spent five years as a jihadist fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan. Until he realised that the concept of jihad had been perverted - and he told Osama Bin Laden and his followers as much. Now he's waging a war of ideas, and believes that the days of the extremists are numbered.
Fighting words: Noman and other Muslim thinkers have created a 400-page text that attempts to undermine the extremist interpretation of jihad. He hopes it may help change the course of history.
Allah made me funny: While the so-called clash of civilisations between the West and Islam continues around the world, two Muslim comics show Jonathan that laughter and Islam are natural allies.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.30 East Asia 12065, 6040, East China 9720
14.15 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.15 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.15 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
04.00 Africa and Asia
10.30 Africa and Asia
14.15 Europe
*** Live! at the Concertgebouw ***
Live! at the Concertgebouw 2009
A Russian program, with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra under Valery Gergiev playing works by Stravinsky and Prokofiev. Your hosts are Hans Haffmans and Cynthia Wilson.
*** Commonwealth Story ***
A selection of winning stories chosen from the large number of entries for the 2009 Commonwealth Short Story Competition.
'Hiding in the Cracks' - by Judith Allnatt from the UK. A bullied little boy finds a chrysalis.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.50 East Asia 12065, 6040, East China 9720
Broadcast times on WRN
00.50 Europe
04.25 Africa and Asia
10.50 Africa and Asia
22.50 Asia
23.50 North America and CBC
*** Classic Dox ***
'Adrift in Sri Lanka' (Originally broadcastJan 2004)
Producer Marijke van der Meer was vacationing in Sri Lanka when the south coast of the country was hit by the devastating tsunami in December 2003. Her
personal journey to the area hit hardest by the disaster is the basis for this award-winning documentary.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.30 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
15.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.04 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.04 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
14.04 Europe
22.00 Asia
23.00 North America and CBC
WEDNESDAY 24 FEBRUARY
*** Network Europe ***
A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
19.04 East Africa 12045, West Africa 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
05.00 North America
17.00 Europe
*** Reloaded (primary program) ***
Another selection of this week's programme highlights presented by Mindy Ran.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
18.15 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.15 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
14.15 Europe
22.10 Asia
*** Classic Dox ***
'The Day the World Came to an End' (Originally broadcast October 2004)
On 12 October 1654, an explosion in the city of Delft caused more than 100 deaths. On the 350th anniversary of the disaster, producer Chris Chambers talked with Dutch historians and recreated the tragic event and its aftermath.
*** Newsline ***
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
15.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.04 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.04 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
14.04 Europe
22.00 Asia
23.00 North America and CBC
THURSDAY 25 FEBRUARY
*** Network Europe ***
A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters
A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
19.04 East Africa 12045, West Africa 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
05.00 North America
17.00 Europe
*** Earth Beat (primary program) ***
We find out how an organic garden in a Nairobi slum has helped improve both the soil and people lives. We meet a visionary who wants to turn Detroit into the world's largest farm. And given all the recent bad press that has dented the reputation of climate science, we pick the brains of the people actually producing climate research.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.00 East Asia 12065, 6040, East China 9720
14.30 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.35 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.15 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
04.00 Africa and Asia
05.10 North America
10.00 Africa and Asia
13.00 North America
14.00 Europe
17.30 Europe
22.10 Asia
23.10 North America and CBC
*** Classic Dox ***
'Zeeland '53' (Originally broadcast January 2003)
In February 1953, the worst flood in centuries surprised residents of the southern province of Zeeland in the middle of the night. Houses were swept out to sea and more than 1800 people lost their lives. The disaster is recreated with RNW archive recordings and eye-witness accounts of survivors.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
15.15 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
15.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.04 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.04 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
14.04 Europe
22.00 Asia
23.00 North America and CBC
FRIDAY 26 FEBRUARY
*** Network Europe ***
A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters
A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
19.04 East Africa 12045, West Africa 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
05.00 North America
17.00 Europe
*** Bridges with Africa (primary program) ***
We're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and are linking up with stations in Africa. The show goes beyond the clichés of starving children and war-ridden countries and seeks to bring you genuine voices from a vibrant continent.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.00 East Asia 12065, 6040, East China 9720
14.30 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.15 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.15 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
05.10 North America
10.00 Africa and Asia
13.00 North America
17.30 Europe
22.10 Asia
23.10 North America and CBC
*** Classic Dox ***
Chernobyl: After the Accident (Originally broadcast April 2001)
Fifteen years after the disaster with the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in April 1986, producer Liesbeth de Bakker visited the Ukraine to find out what had happened to the some five million people who were exposed to radiation.
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
15.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.04 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.04 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
14.04 Europe
22.00 Asia
23.00 North America and CBC
(R Netherlands)
05.20 North America
*** Classic Dox ***
'Imagination is the Instrument of Compassion' (Originally Broadcast September 2005)
How soon after a disaster may artists create a work of art out of the ashes? Some critics felt four years was too soon to take on the 11 September terrorist
attacks as a subject. But author Jonathan Safran Foer overcame his own fears to do just that.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.00 East Asia 12065, 6040, East China 9720
Broadcast times on WRN
13.20 North America
*** European Jazz Stage/ World Music ***
Dutch women make jazz. It's Fay Claassen with her album Red Hot & Blue, the Tineke Postma Quartet, Paulien van Schaik and Heleen van den Hombergh, all from the Netherlands.
All of that, on the European Jazz Stage with Daniel Frankl.
*** Live! at the Concertgebouw ***
Live! at the Concertgebouw 2009
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is conducted by Leonard Slatkin, in a Beethoven overture, a Sibelius violin concerto with Christian Tertzlaff as soloist, and Schumann's Symphony No. 3.
The programme is hosted by Hans Haffmans and Cynthia Wilson.
TUESDAY 23 FEBRUARY
*** Network Europe ***
A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
19.04 East Africa 12045, West Africa 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
05.00 North America
17.00 Europe
*** The State We're In - Midweek Edition ***
Taking back jihad: Noman Benotman spent five years as a jihadist fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan. Until he realised that the concept of jihad had been perverted - and he told Osama Bin Laden and his followers as much. Now he's waging a war of ideas, and believes that the days of the extremists are numbered.
Fighting words: Noman and other Muslim thinkers have created a 400-page text that attempts to undermine the extremist interpretation of jihad. He hopes it may help change the course of history.
Allah made me funny: While the so-called clash of civilisations between the West and Islam continues around the world, two Muslim comics show Jonathan that laughter and Islam are natural allies.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.30 East Asia 12065, 6040, East China 9720
14.15 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.15 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.15 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
04.00 Africa and Asia
10.30 Africa and Asia
14.15 Europe
*** Live! at the Concertgebouw ***
Live! at the Concertgebouw 2009
A Russian program, with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra under Valery Gergiev playing works by Stravinsky and Prokofiev. Your hosts are Hans Haffmans and Cynthia Wilson.
*** Commonwealth Story ***
A selection of winning stories chosen from the large number of entries for the 2009 Commonwealth Short Story Competition.
'Hiding in the Cracks' - by Judith Allnatt from the UK. A bullied little boy finds a chrysalis.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.50 East Asia 12065, 6040, East China 9720
Broadcast times on WRN
00.50 Europe
04.25 Africa and Asia
10.50 Africa and Asia
22.50 Asia
23.50 North America and CBC
*** Classic Dox ***
'Adrift in Sri Lanka' (Originally broadcastJan 2004)
Producer Marijke van der Meer was vacationing in Sri Lanka when the south coast of the country was hit by the devastating tsunami in December 2003. Her
personal journey to the area hit hardest by the disaster is the basis for this award-winning documentary.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.30 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
15.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.04 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.04 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
14.04 Europe
22.00 Asia
23.00 North America and CBC
WEDNESDAY 24 FEBRUARY
*** Network Europe ***
A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
19.04 East Africa 12045, West Africa 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
05.00 North America
17.00 Europe
*** Reloaded (primary program) ***
Another selection of this week's programme highlights presented by Mindy Ran.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
18.15 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.15 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
14.15 Europe
22.10 Asia
*** Classic Dox ***
'The Day the World Came to an End' (Originally broadcast October 2004)
On 12 October 1654, an explosion in the city of Delft caused more than 100 deaths. On the 350th anniversary of the disaster, producer Chris Chambers talked with Dutch historians and recreated the tragic event and its aftermath.
*** Newsline ***
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
15.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.04 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.04 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
14.04 Europe
22.00 Asia
23.00 North America and CBC
THURSDAY 25 FEBRUARY
*** Network Europe ***
A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters
A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
19.04 East Africa 12045, West Africa 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
05.00 North America
17.00 Europe
*** Earth Beat (primary program) ***
We find out how an organic garden in a Nairobi slum has helped improve both the soil and people lives. We meet a visionary who wants to turn Detroit into the world's largest farm. And given all the recent bad press that has dented the reputation of climate science, we pick the brains of the people actually producing climate research.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.00 East Asia 12065, 6040, East China 9720
14.30 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.35 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.15 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
04.00 Africa and Asia
05.10 North America
10.00 Africa and Asia
13.00 North America
14.00 Europe
17.30 Europe
22.10 Asia
23.10 North America and CBC
*** Classic Dox ***
'Zeeland '53' (Originally broadcast January 2003)
In February 1953, the worst flood in centuries surprised residents of the southern province of Zeeland in the middle of the night. Houses were swept out to sea and more than 1800 people lost their lives. The disaster is recreated with RNW archive recordings and eye-witness accounts of survivors.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
15.15 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
15.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.04 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.04 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
14.04 Europe
22.00 Asia
23.00 North America and CBC
FRIDAY 26 FEBRUARY
*** Network Europe ***
A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters
A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
19.04 East Africa 12045, West Africa 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
05.00 North America
17.00 Europe
*** Bridges with Africa (primary program) ***
We're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and are linking up with stations in Africa. The show goes beyond the clichés of starving children and war-ridden countries and seeks to bring you genuine voices from a vibrant continent.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.00 East Asia 12065, 6040, East China 9720
14.30 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.15 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.15 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
05.10 North America
10.00 Africa and Asia
13.00 North America
17.30 Europe
22.10 Asia
23.10 North America and CBC
*** Classic Dox ***
Chernobyl: After the Accident (Originally broadcast April 2001)
Fifteen years after the disaster with the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in April 1986, producer Liesbeth de Bakker visited the Ukraine to find out what had happened to the some five million people who were exposed to radiation.
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
15.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.04 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.04 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425
Broadcast times on WRN
14.04 Europe
22.00 Asia
23.00 North America and CBC
(R Netherlands)