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No King’s Day at Dutch Embassies
Minister of Foreign Affairs Stef Blok has decided to cancel King’s Day at all of the more than 150 Dutch embassies and other ...
Travel advice: only travel abroad if essential
Please note: this news item was published on March 17. Read more about travelling and going on holiday. Many countries are ...
Global conference on press freedom postponed due to COVID-19
In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, in close consultation with UNESCO, has ...
Dutch companies do good business during trade mission to Indonesia
The state visit to Indonesia is beneficial for Dutch businesses. In fact, it will generate an estimated 1.2 billion euros in ...
Government informs UN Security Council on MH17 trial
The criminal trial of four individuals suspected of downing flight MH17 begins on 9 March 2020. This is an important milestone ...
Minister Blok: stop humanitarian catastrophe with a no-fly zone over Idlib
The scale of the humanitarian catastrophe in the Syrian province of Idlib is scarcely imaginable. A million people, most of them ...
18th-century Ethiopian crown returns home after decades
Today the Dutch government returned an important religious crown, the property of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, to Ethiopia. ...
Record number of foreign companies choose the Netherlands
In internationally challenging times, the Netherlands continues to be a place of choice for foreign companies. In 2019, 397 ...
Dutch Ambassador Appointed as Diplomatic Representative of European-led Maritime Mission EMASoH
At its meeting in Brussels today, 17 February 2020, the Political-Military Contact Group (PCG) of the European-led Mission for ...
Facility management and hospitality partners for Dutch Expo 2020 Pavilion announced
Dutch participation in Expo 2020 Dubai is rapidly taking shape. This week the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) issued two ...