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Resignation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs

14-02-2018 | 06:30

On Tuesday 13 February 2018 the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Halbe Zijlstra, requested King Willem-Alexander to discharge him...

2017 Autumn Memorandum: budget surplus of 0.4% and government debt of 57.3%

24-11-2017 | 17:50

The budget surplus for 2017 is estimated at 0.4% of gross domestic product (GDP), while the projected government debt in 2017...

Rutte III government sworn in

26-10-2017 | 11:54

King Willem-Alexander has sworn in the third government headed by Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

Accountability Letter 2016: from budget deficit to surplus

18-05-2017 | 14:37

In 2016 the government budget moved from deficit to a surplus of 0.4%. Unemployment fell by 75,000 to 6% of the working-age...

2016 annual financial report: first budget surplus in years

17-05-2017 | 10:15

Last year central government spent less money than it received for the first time since 2008. This led to a budget surplus of...

Cabinet draws out investments by establishing Invest-NL

20-02-2017 | 17:36

The Dutch cabinet intends to encourage investments in sectors where the Netherlands has not yet seized all opportunities. To...
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