Blok leaves Venezuelan consul on Aruba untouched
THE HAGUE - Kingdom Minister of Foreign Affairs Stef Blok sees 'currently' no reason to disagree to the appointment by Venezuela of former General Carlos Mata Figueroa to return as Consul General in Aruba. The minister More...
Blok: Curaçao economic positioning abroad
THE HAGUE - The Curaçao Minister for Economic Development Steven Martina is on a working visit in the Netherlands. Among other things, he held talks with Chairman Hans de Boer of the employers' organization VNO-NCW More...
Fear of chaos around Venezuela elections
THE HAGUE, WILLEMSTAD - The rising tension surrounding the upcoming presidential elections in Venezuela may lead to an additional influx of refugees to Curacao and Aruba. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs takes into More...
Official Press Release: Visit Blok ends border closure Venezuela
CARACAS, WILLEMSTAD - After his visits to Sint Maarten, Aruba, Curaçao and Colombia, Minister Blok traveled to Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. There, together with vice-presidents El Aissami and Soteldo, he More...
St. Maarten Prime Minister travels to Curacao for Foreign Affairs meeting
WILLEMSTAD - Prime Minister Leona Romeo-Marlin traveled to Curacao to attend a meeting on foreign affairs. Also attending the meeting are Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Stephanus Blok and the Prime Ministers of More...
The Netherlands warns Curaçao and Aruba against foreign interference
THE HAGUE - The governments of Curaçao, Aruba and Sint Maarten must be alert to secret interference by foreign investors who want to have political influence on the islands through takeovers of companies. This More...
New Minister of Foreign Affairs to visit Curaçao and Aruba
THE HAGUE - The recently appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Stef Blok will be visiting Curaçao, Aruba and Sint Maarten in early April. The minister announced this in a meeting with the Dutch Parliamentary Committee More...
The Kingdom has new Minister of Foreign Affairs
THE HAGUE - Stef Blok becomes the new Kingdom Minister of Foreign Affairs. He follows Halbe Zijlstra who stepped down two weeks ago after he had to admit to lying about a visit to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Foreign More...
Lying Dutch top diplomat endangers international affairs
The Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Halbe Zijlstra, recently admitted that a lie he had told in 2016 “was not a smart move”. Mind you that he didn’t lie about winning big in a poker game or catching More...
Dutch foreign minister resigns after lying about Putin meeting
THE HAGUE - Dutch foreign minister Halbe Zijlstra has resigned after admitting he lied about being in Russian president Vladimir’s dacha in 2006 and hearing Putin talk about his plans for a greater Russia. Zijlstra More...
