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MH17: The Netherlands and Australia hold Russia responsible
The Netherlands and Australia hold Russia responsible for its part in the downing of flight MH17. The government took a...
UN Security Council votes unanimously on Dutch initiative to ban starvation as a weapon of war
On 24 May the UN Security Council voted in favour of a resolution to ban the use of starvation as a weapon of war. The...
Trade mission led by the Netherlands Minister for Infrastructure & Water Management opens a door in Maharashtra for the Dutch water, ports & infrastructure sector
Today, on the first day of one of the biggest Dutch trade missions to India, Dutch Minister for Infrastructure and Water...
Broad government delegation on trade mission to India
Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Carola Schouten, Minister for Foreign Trade and...
Minister Sigrid Kaag: Prevention the priority in foreign trade and development cooperation policy document
Prevention by investing now and giving people opportunities; that is how violent conflict, poverty, inequality, climate change...
2017 financial annual report: budget surplus for the second year running
The economy is showing strong growth and public finances are in good shape. The 2017 Budget Memorandum assumed a budget deficit...
Galileo Reference Centre monitors quality of satellite data
On Wednesday, 16 May Minister Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (Infrastructure and Water Management) opened the Galileo Reference Centre...
Foreign minister Blok to travel to US for talks with Pompeo
This Thursday and Friday (17 – 18 May) foreign minister Stef Blok will be in the United States, where he will meet with both...
New European privacy regulations come a step closer
The Senate has today adopted a law put forward by Minister for Legal Protection Sander Dekker which implements the EU’s new...
Foreign minister Stef Blok meets Egyptian counterpart
Foreign minister Stef Blok has visited Cairo to meet his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry, and hold the first bilateral...