News - Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1. State of Migration: global migration influx in 2022

   The year 2022 marked a global migration surge compared to 2021. This also holds true for the Netherlands: 403,108 individuals ...

   News item | 06-10-2023 | 15:45

2. Pre-announcement of the Tender for the Operation of the Netherlands Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka

   It is expected that the tendering process for the operation of the Netherlands Pavilion during the World  Expo 2025 Osaka, ...

   News item | 25-09-2023 | 09:36

3. Canada and the Netherlands launch the Global Declaration on Information Integrity Online

   Information integrity is essential to help ensure the strength of democratic processes and to protect fundamental rights. The ...

   News item | 20-09-2023 | 17:05

4. Budget Day 2023: a changing world order requires unity

   Every year, on Budget Day, King Willem-Alexander delivers the Speech from the Throne, which lays out the government’s plans for ...

   News item | 19-09-2023 | 15:39

5. Foreign minister Hanke Bruins Slot spoke with Ukrainian children abducted by Russia

   Russia has abducted thousands of children from occupied areas in Ukraine. On 14 September Hanke Bruins Slot, Minister of Foreign ...

   News item | 18-09-2023 | 09:30

6. Hanke Bruins Slot to be Minister of Foreign Affairs

   Hanke Bruins Slot (CDA) will become the new Minister of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday 5 September 2023. This was announced today by ...

   News item | 04-09-2023 | 17:34

7. Wopke Hoekstra resigns as foreign minister of the Netherlands

   Wopke Hoekstra has submitted his resignation as Minister of Foreign Affairs to King Willem-Alexander. The Minister for Foreign ...

   News item | 01-09-2023 | 12:00

8. Coup in Gabon: liveblog closed

   Since the evening of August 29, the Gabon army has seized power. On this page you can find news and updates on the situation in ...

   News item | 31-08-2023 | 13:14

9. Independence Day in Ukraine: the Netherlands flies the Ukrainian flag

   On 24 August Ukraine celebrates its Independence Day. Since the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the large-scale invasion of the ...

   News item | 24-08-2023 | 17:03

10. The Netherlands suspends direct cooperation with Nigerien government

    Following the coup in Niger, the Dutch government has suspended direct cooperation with the country’s central government until ...

    News item | 04-08-2023 | 14:59