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  1. A stronger approach to threats from other countries

    Minister Yeşilgöz-Zegerius (Justice and Security), acting on behalf of eight ministers, today sent a letter to Parliament ...

    News item | 28-11-2022 | 11:52

  2. Legislative proposal: maximum sentence for participation in a terrorist organisation from 15 to 20 years

    Terrorism poses a significant threat to the democratic rule of law and hence to the Netherlands. Over the past decades, ...

    News item | 28-11-2022 | 11:47

  3. Human Rights Tulip 2022: top three candidates

    There are three candidates left in the running for the Human Rights Tulip 2022, the prize awarded by the Ministry of Foreign ...

    News item | 28-11-2022 | 09:36

  4. Ed Nijpels appointed as climate table quartermaster Bonaire

    Climate change has global effects, but certainly in the Caribbean Netherlands the impact of climate change is large and directly ...

    News item | 23-11-2022 | 14:02

  5. Minister expands free legal representation

    From next year, parents in legal proceedings initiated by the State to intervene in families and remove children from parental ...

    News item | 21-11-2022 | 12:17

  6. Feminist foreign policy explained

    The Netherlands is keen to reduce inequality and to achieve gender and LBGTIQ+ equality all over the world, so the Ministry of ...

    News item | 18-11-2022 | 13:13

  7. Solar energy in Nigeria: necessary for the climate, an opportunity for business

    Working for a pharmaceutical company in the 1980s, pharmacist Bolade Soremekun went in search of a source of energy to keep ...

    News item | 18-11-2022 | 09:00

  8. COP27: United States and Ukraine become signatories to agreement to increase numbers of zero-emission heavy road transport vehicles

    Ten more countries have given their support to a Dutch initiative for cleaner heavy road transport vehicles like buses and ...

    News item | 17-11-2022 | 17:00

  9. Government takes measures against possible oil shortages caused by sanctions against Russia

    The government has a strategic oil stock that will provide 90 days of domestic consumption. That means that the stock of oil is ...

    News item | 17-11-2022 | 10:12

  10. Dutch COP initiative for more cycling worldwide

    The Netherlands hopes to see 10,000 cycling experts trained and deployed in countries worldwide over the next decade. This will ...

    News item | 17-11-2022 | 08:30