Total: 14 nieuwsberichten

Maxime Verhagen takes over portfolios of ex-ministers Koenders and Timmermans

The Queen has accepted the resignations of the Labour Party (PvdA) ministers and state secretaries and has asked the caretaker government to help ensure that the House of Representatives is dissolved soon so that a general election can be held on 9 June 2010.

24 February 2010

The Netherlands fully behind its people in Uruzgan

The Netherlands is fully behind the service personnel, diplomats and development staff who are doing such difficult work in Uruzgan. This message was conveyed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Verhagen in a telephone conversation with the most senior Dutch diplomat in the Afghan province, Civil Representative Jennes de Mol.

22 February 2010

Verhagen confers with allies about Afghanistan

Yesterday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Verhagen had telephone talks with members of the Afghan government and the Netherlands’ allies in the southern part of Afghanistan. He spoke with colleagues from several countries, including Australia, Germany, Denmark and Slovakia, about the situation arising from the Netherlands’ inability to take a decision about further involvement in Afghanistan after this August.

22 February 2010

New honorary consul in Lapland
28 October 2009

Eindhoven and Helsinki compete on the World Design Capital 2012 title
27 October 2009

Dutch art popular worldwide

15 Jan 2009 | Culture minister Ronald Plasterk and European affairs minister Frans Timmermans are determined to put Dutch art and culture on the map. In their letter to the House of Representatives entitled ‘Art without Borders’, they describe art and culture policy up to 2012.

22 April 2009

Dutch flavour at the Finland Ice Marathon in Kuopio
25 February 2009

Professor in Finland receives prestigious Dutch Spinoza Prize
26 January 2009

Chronicle of Dutchmen in Finland
29 October 2007

New Dutch book for kids about Finland
24 October 2007

New Dutch book about Finland
17 september 2007

The Story of the Dutch balloons
14 May 2007

Queen's Hayfield Lodge - Call for Co-operation
14 May 2007

New email address for the Embassy
22 March 2007