"The death of Peter R. de Vries touches me deeply," Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Twitter
July 16, 2021In his peak days, Robben was one of Europe's most feared forwards. He ends his career with an impressive trophy haul. Robben won eight Bundesliga titles and five German Cups in a decade with Bayern Munich.
July 15, 2021US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said in a statement that "Moscow must ensure that those who charged with murder over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 face justice".
June 20, 2019A 54-year-old Dutch tourist died today after he jumped off a moving train in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district after realising that he had boarded a wrong train, police said. Erik Johannes from the Netherlands and his friend from Britain jumped off the moving New Delhi-bound Jan Shatabdi Express soon after it left the platform after …
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January 2, 2018India recently hosted (5th-9th May) the Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders. As this was not a state visit, it went relatively unnoticed in the mainstream media. This came after a tense visit to New Delhi by Turkish President Recep Erdogan and preceded Mr. Narendra Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka. In June 2015, the Dutch Prime …
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May 17, 2017THE outcome of the Dutch parliamentary elections comes at a critical juncture for Europe, amidst the increasingly distressing tendency to blend populism with nationalism. One can almost hear a collective sigh of relief across the Continent after the Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte’s triumph against the challenge of the anti-Islam, anti-EU, populist Geert Wilders. There …
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March 18, 2017The Dutch government has said that it rejected the executive order by US President Donald Trump banning entry of citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries and asked the United States for clarification. A joint statement on the Dutch foreign ministry website on Sunday by Foreign Minister Bert Koenders and his German counterpart, Sigmar Gabriel, was quoted …
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January 30, 2017