Radiolympia has received the Honorary Silver Reiss Microphone this year, an award for special radio achievements. Jury chairman Vincent Bijlo announced this on Wednesday evening in Along the line on NPO Radio 1. The jury calls the program an example of “how radio can bring the Olympic Games to life in a compelling way.” According […]
A member of the Irish rap group Kneecap has been charged with terrorism. Rapper Mo Chara waved a Hezbollah flag during a concert last November. In the United Kingdom, it is forbidden to openly support that militant organization. The charge is based on a video of a Kneecap concert in London. The 27-year-old Mo Chara,
There was great interest in the free “Op De Ring” festival in Amsterdam on Wednesday, which caused problems when ordering tickets. People who wanted to attend the festival in honor of Amsterdam’s 750th anniversary often had to wait for hours. The festival, which will take place on June 21 on the closed A10 motorway around
Chris Brown has been released on bail by the court in London. The American singer had been detained since last week, as he is accused of serious assault. It appears that his concert on June 8 in Amsterdam can proceed. Brown is suspected of inflicting serious physical injury on someone in a London nightclub in
Lady Gaga has won a Sports Emmy. The singer received the award for her Super Bowl performance earlier this year. She sang the song Hold my hand before the American football game began. Lady Gaga receives the Sports Emmy in the category of Outstanding Music Direction. The singer sang the song, the soundtrack to the
Former PvdA minister and current Telegraph columnist Ronald Plasterk has won the Pim Fortuyn Prize. The jury praises him as a public thinker who speaks out without being influenced by social pressure or ideological movements. Plasterk, who has been a columnist at De Telegraaf since 2020, received the award on Wednesday at press center Nieuwspoort
Hila Noorzai will present a talk show on NPO 1 for four evenings at the beginning of June. The program is called Four evenings in a row (Four Evenings in a Row). The program will be broadcast from Monday, June 2, to Thursday, June 5, at 7:00 PM. The talk show Eva by Eva Jinek
Robbie Williams komt dit najaar met een nieuw album, getiteld Britpop. Dat heeft de Britse zanger aangekondigd op sociale media. Williams heeft metRocket de eerste single van het album uitgebracht. Daarnaast komt hij met een bijbehorende tour. Voor het nummer Rocket werkte de 51-jarige Williams samen met gitarist Tony Iommi van de metalband Black Sabbath.
Eurovisie Songfestival-organisator EBU zegt de zorgen van AVROTROS en de NPO over spanningen tijdens het evenement serieus te nemen. De organisatie blijft in contact met de deelnemende omroepen en wil samen toewerken naar een “bredere discussie”. “Wij blijven voortdurend in contact met alle deelnemende omroepen van het Eurovisie Songfestival en nemen hun bezorgdheid serieus”, laat
The 77-year-old Indian writer, lawyer, and activist Banu Mushtaq has won the International Booker Prize with the story collection Heart Lamp. She is the first Kannada-language author to receive the prestigious prize for fiction translated into English. Mushtaq receives a prize of 50,000 British pounds (59,330 euros), which she shares with her translator, Deepa Bhasthi.