
Dutch Parliament: Opposition and coalition fierce statements against Blok ‘this was stupid!’
THE HAGUE - Kingdom Minister Stef Blok of Foreign Affairs is getting a lot of heat in the debate about his controversial statements on multicultural society. "Unworthy of a government official." Alexander Pechtold More...

US Ambassador
The newspapers of Tuesday, July 17, headlined that Pete Hoekstra, the US ambassador in The Hague, had a meeting with mr. Rhuggenaath. We are talking about the same Pete Hoekstra who stated in 2015 that the 'Islamic More...

Prime Minister Rhuggenaath welcomed US ambassador Pete Hoekstra to Curaçao
WILLEMSTAD - The US ambassador, based in The Hague, was appointed US ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands in December 2017. It was a very positive conversation during which topics as the bilateral relations More...

Ghana to open consulate in Curaçao
WILLEMSTAD - Ghana’s Ambassador to The Netherlands, Sophia Horner Sam, is reportedly exploring the possibility of opening an Honorary Consulate of Ghana in Curaçao. She is also taking steps to establish trade More...

Search for new Representative of the Netherlands
THE HAGUE, WILLEMSTAD - For a while there is no Representative of the Netherlands and now a vacancy has been posted. If previous Representatives were appointed through an internal procedure, the vacancy is now public. More...

What is the value of CARICOM to Curaçao and Sint Maarten?
GEORGETOWN, WILLEMSTAD - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was officially assessing the application of Curaçao and Sint Maarten for associate membership. These two islands are separated by 900 km of water but they More...

US Consul-General: The Americas should defend Venezuela’s democracy with diplomacy
The diverse family of nations in the Americas and the Caribbean recognizes democracy is a part of our collective DNA. Sixteen years ago in Peru, we underscored this principle with the adoption of the Inter-American More...

Dutch Kingdom signs MoU with the Dominican Republic
SANTO DOMINGO – The Minister of Economic Development Eugene Rhuggenaath signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Dominican Republic that will be materialized over several areas of cooperation, including More...

Austria opens consulate in Curaçao
WILLEMSTAD – Now Austria has also a consulate in Curaçao. Last Monday the official representation of Austria in Curaçao opened its doors in Jan Thiel. The opening was performed by (see picture, from left to More...

Prime Minister meets with Consular Corps
WILLEMSTAD – Recently the Prime Minister of Curaçao, Ivar Asjes met with the new board of the Consular Corps in Curaçao. The objective of the meeting was to deliberate on a program of activities for the coming More...