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De Facto Live #2

With multimedia journalist Pierre Crom about the Donbas, political analyst Wladimir van Wilgenburg about Kurdistan, designer Irene Stracuzzi about the Arctic and graphic designer Floor Koomen about the South China Sea. Moderation: Jorie Horsthuis.

De Facto | 22 Jan 2020

Past event

De Facto Live on Dutch Public Radio

We visited the Dutch radio show Bureau Buitenland to tell about our passion for stamps, frictional states and curious borders.

De Facto | 14 Jan 2020

Past event

De Facto Live #1

With journalist Koen Greven about Catalonia, artist Vibeke Mascini about the Mont Blanc, photographer Rachel Corner and journalist Jorie Horsthuis about Transnistria and graphic designer Floor Koomen about cinderella stamps. Quiz: Suzanne Hendriks.

De Facto | 15 Nov 2019

In Focus Catalonia

Ode to the Senyera

The new shirt of FC Barcelona is an ode to the Senyera, the flag of Catalonia, thereby making a political statement to support the independence movement.

De Facto | 13 Nov 2019

In focus Transnistria

Composite Coins for Transnistria

In Transnistria, the official currency is the Transnistrian Ruble (PRB). However, this money is not accepted outside the territory. A small introduction into the monetary system of this curious entity.

De Facto | 10 Oct 2019

Review Catalonia

Catalonia Torn Apart

Dutch journalist Koen Greven enters behind the scenes of the strive for independence in Catalonia.

De Facto | 21 Apr 2019

In focus Donetsk People’s Republic

War in Ukraine

In War in Ukraine (Lecturis, 2017), multimedia journalist Pierre Crom has documented the highly explosive situation in the Crimea and the Donbas region between 2014 and 2016, when Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk declared independence. With his pictures, Crom brings us closer to the people who got trapped in the chaos of war.

De Facto | 10 Jan 2018

In focus Luhansk People’s Republic

War in Ukraine

De Facto | 10 Jan 2018

In Focus Spratly Islands

The Conquest of Tomás Cloma

In 1956 the Filipino adventurer and fishing magnate Tomás Cloma took formal possession of the Spratly islands, naming them “Freedomland”. His declaration was met with hostile reactions from several neighboring countries.

De Facto | 1 Jan 2018

In Focus Spratly Islands

Who is Spratly?

Who is the man after whom these islands are named? “… at 9 h. A.M. a low sandy island was discovered from the masthead, bearing S.E.bE. four leagues.”

De Facto | 1 Jan 2018

In focus Baarle

Fireworks are not a crime

‘Fireworks are no crime’, is displayed on the fireworks shops in Baarle-Hertog. But the Dutch citizens who buy their fireworks in the enclave before the 29th of December can expect to get a fine by the Dutch police – if they get caught.

De Facto | 14 Jan 2017

Europe

In focus Baarle

Crazy border stories

On a dark night in Baarle, something strange happened… Stories from the local magazine Baarlezine.

De Facto | 9 Jan 2017