Curaçao’s recipients with Governor Lucille George-Wout 31 royal decorations for Dutch Caribbean
THE HAGUE - A total of 31 persons in the Dutch Caribbean received a royal decoration on Wednesday: three in St. Maarten, ten in Curaçao, thirteen in Aruba and five in Bonaire. There were no royal decorations in More...
Silver King Willem-Alexander Commemorative Coin
WILLEMSTAD - The first commemorative coin of the year 2017 has a royal theme. On the occasion of the 50th birthday of HM King Willem-Alexander the Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten (CBCS) has issued a More...
King calls for return to reason in annual Christmas message
THE HAGUE - King Willem-Alexander has called on the Dutch nation to return to reason in his annual Christmas speech. “Christmas 2016 evokes conflicting emotions,” the King said. In the uncertain times in which More...
Netherlands cannot determine who will be Governor
THE HAGUE – Minister Ronald Plasterk of Kingdom Relations won’t explain why the Netherlands had so much haste to swear in Alfonso Boekhoudt as the new Governor of Aruba. Although he will start his tenure as More...
The Hague spends 291.8M on Kingdom Relations in 2017
THE HAGUE -The 2017 Kingdom Relations budget of the Dutch Ministry of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations shows an expenditure of 291.8 million euros, an increase compared to the 257.4 million euros of the 2016 budget. An More...
Dutch King: “Netherlands is a strong country in an unstable world”
THE HAGUE - While the Netherlands is facing many challenges at this time, the financial crisis is behind us and the country is doing better, King Willem-Alexander said in his fourth Budget Day speech from the throne More...
Royal decorations for outstanding citizens
WILLEMSTAD - The Governor of Curaçao, Her Excellency Lucille George-Wout, on behalf of His Majesty the King Willem-Alexander decorated 16 citizens with the Royal Honor for their years of special merits in favor More...
King Willem-Alexander is preparing for historic speech at UN
NEW YORK - King Willem-Alexander is experiencing a scoop today. The first Dutch Head of State to address the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN). The Netherlands wants to get a seat next year in the UN Security More...
Speech from the Throne 2015
Members of the States General, The Dutch have always had the ability to set a new course if circumstances require. During the crisis of the past few years that strength has once again come to the fore. And it has More...
Refugee crisis is causing tensions within Europe, says King in budget speech
THE HAGUE, WILLEMSTAD - King Willem-Alexander focused on economic recovery in his speech to parliament on Tuesday, but also spoke of the ‘integrated approach’ needed to tackle the refugee crisis which is ‘creating More...
