News - Budget
1. Government sends budget package to Brussels
Minister of Finance De Jager today sent the Dutch stability program to the European Commission. The budget package, which was ...
2. European agreements to be embedded in Sustainable Public Finances Act
The Netherlands plans to embed the recent European agreements on budget discipline in a Sustainable Public Finances Act. The Bill ...
3. Foreign policy: for the Dutch people and Dutch interests in the world
Today more than ever, the Netherlands’ foreign policy is putting Dutch interests first, with a stronger commitment to the pillars ...
4. Budget Memorandum 2012: steady course in uncertain times
The unrest in the euro zone, the declining growth of world trade and the lack of confidence on the financial markets result in ...
5. The Netherlands supports Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Between now and 2013, the Netherlands will invest €163.5 million in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. On ...
6. Ministry of Foreign Affairs to fund Radio Netherlands Worldwide from 2013
Starting in 2013, Radio Netherlands Worldwide is to be funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. An annual €14 million will be ...
7. House of Representatives approves reduction plans, but with adjustments
On Monday 6 June, the Permanent Parliamentary Committee for Defence agreed, in broad strokes, to Minister Hillen’s reduction plans ...
8. Spring Memorandum 2011: Considerable setbacks do not lead to additional expenditure
In spite of large financial setbacks, in particular in healthcare, the Cabinet has succeeded in not letting increase the total ...
9. Central Government Annual Financial Report 2010: 2010 year of crisis and modest recovery
In 2010 – just as in 2009 – the worldwide financial and economic crisis took a heavy toll on Dutch government finances, according ...
10. ECOWAS returns stolen money
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has returned the sum of €603,623 to the Netherlands. The money was intended ...