The "alternative" Eurovision Song Contest was staged on Saturday night, open only to entries in tongues which few people understand. Funding, of course, came from the public purse. Although they might ...

When this discussion focuses on the Netherlands and Belgium we easily tend to forget the other official language spoken in the Northern section of The Netherlands: Frysk (or 'Frisian' in English), ...

The Frisian language will be spoken in the European Parliament for the first time on Monday as part of a session dedicated to Europe’s minority languages. Jan Huitema, an MEP from Makkinga for the VVD ...

You will also hear the language spoken on the islands of Sylt, Föhr, Amrum, Helgoland, and the Halligen islands. Sater Frisian is spoken in the northwestern region of Lower Saxony. Frisian dialects ...

In the Netherlands language is not a bone of contention as in many other countries. But what languages are spoken are worth protecting. The Volkskrant interviewed former VVD politician Marieke Sanders ...