Timmermans meets Arab ambassadors
On Tuesday 14 May foreign minister Frans Timmermans received 16 Arab ambassadors and official representatives, with whom he ...
Tighter control needed for robust 112 emergency number
Tighter control and management of the entire 1-1-2 chain is needed to ensure the effectiveness of the national emergency number ...
Opportunities for developing relations with Western China
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Lilianne Ploumen wants to intensify existing trade and investment relations ...
Dijksma takes action to increase baby milk supplies to supermarkets
Minister for Agriculture Sharon Dijksma is joining forces with the sector to tackle the illegal import to China of baby formula. ...
Decreasing deficit in spite of disappointing economy
The year 2012 was largely eclipsed by disappointing developments, such as economic downturn, increasing unemployment and ...
Netherlands asked to build powdered milk plants in China
Powdered milk shortages in the Netherlands was one of the issues discussed in a meeting between foreign trade minister Lilianne ...
Dutch companies awarded contracts during trade mission to China
A trade mission to China representing 50 Dutch companies has met with enthusiastic interest from Chinese business people and ...
Ploumen: shouldering responsibility after textile tragedy in Bangladesh
Lilianne Ploumen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, has said in a meeting with China’s textile industry that ...
The Netherlands signs agreement with Hong Kong
In the presence of Dutch waste treatment companies, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Lilianne Ploumen signed ...
Rutte responds to murder of Wiels
Prime minister Mark Rutte has expressed the government's condemnation of the murder of Helmin Wiels, the leader of ...