The Netherlands hopes new St. Maarten government works in ‘spirit of fighting corruption’
PHILIPSBURG - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Monday that the Dutch Government has “trust” that St. Maarten Prime Minister Leona Romeo-Marlin and her incoming cabinet will do two things – “work More...
Rutte and Knops pay working visit to Statia
ORANJESTAD - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Dutch State Secretary for Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Raymond Knops paid a working visit to St. Eustatius on Sunday. The visitors were met at F.D. Roosevelt More...
Packed program during Rutte’s visit
PHILIPSBURG - Rutte and Knops, accompanied by a delegation of civil servants, will start their visit in St. Eustatius early Sunday afternoon. Right after their arrival, a meeting is scheduled with National Government More...
Curaçao decor for celebration 190 years of diplomatic relations with Mexico
THE HAGUE - Curaçao is the setting for the celebration of 190 years of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Mexico. According to Rene Zwart of ABC Online Media, that was agreed today More...
Rutte III can begin: cabinet was sworn in by King Willem-Alexander
THE HAGUE - The new Dutch government can finally start working now. Al Ministers and Undersecretaries were sworn in before King Willem-Alexander today. The longest government formation process has come to an end. At More...
New Dutch coalition wants closer cooperation with the Caribbean islands in the kingdom
THE HAGUE - The government agreement between the Dutch political parties VVD, CDA, D66 and Christian Union was presented to the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament yesterday after seven months of negotiations. Among More...
Rutte, Hennis and Rhuggenaath to visit St. Maarten
THE HAGUE - Dutch caretaker Minister of Defence Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert will visit St. Maarten early October and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will follow suit early November. This was announced by the Dutch More...
Two bodies wash ashore in St. Maarten
Long-term recovery plan to be drafted, THE HAGUE - Two bodies have washed ashore in Pointe Pirouette, St. Maarten, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte confirmed on Sunday. The nationality and identity of the victims More...
Mark Rutte: A lot of uncertainty about the situation in Sint Maarten
THE HAGUE - Hurrican Irma has not left any fatalities in Saba and Sint Eustatius. Whether there are deaths in St. Maarten is still unclear, said the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte. The material damage More...
Curaçao Prime Minister wants to do business with the Netherlands
WILLEMSTAD, THE HAGUE - The new government of Curaçao wants to work more closely with the Netherlands. That’s the message Prime Minister Eugene Rhuggenaath gave to his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte in a meeting More...
