Presentation destruction plan chemical weapons Syria On November 15, the The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Executive Council approves a detailed plan of destruction to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile. In the plan, Syrian chemical weapons will be transported for destruction outside… Read More

It suddenly turns out that not the Pakistani Malala Yousafzai will receive the Nobel peace prize 2013, but the OPCW, the Organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons, which has its headquarters in The Hague, the Netherlands. At a press conference the Nobel committee states… Read More

The Yong Sheng is the first ever container-transporting vessel sailing transit along the Northern Sea Route. When arriving in the port of Rotterdam the 19,000-ton vessel Yong Sheng will get its place in the history books as the first container-transporting vessel which made it transit… Read More

Japan’s Economic Revitalization Minister Akira Amari visits the Netherlands and Denmark. He is hoping to find out how those countries boosted their economies. Revitalizing the agricultural and medical industries is a key part of the growth strategy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. While in the… Read More

NHK Europe correspondent Takashi Ichinose wants to be well prepared and well positioned to cover the abdication of the Dutch Queen and the investiture of the new King. For a news reportage he wants to find out how popular the monarchy is in the Netherlands… Read More

For a news report on the on-going crisis in Cyprus Europe correspondent Takashi Ichinose needs data to get in touch with the team around Eurogroup chairman, and Dutch finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem.

The Dutch national baseball team is the all-time leader in European Championship titles, winning 20 titles out of 32 tournaments including 5 of the last 7, and finishing as runner-up in the two most recent years (2010, 2012). Their win in 2007 qualified them for… Read More

The NHK European correspondent will have to cover the abdication of the Dutch queen on 30 April 2013 and needs help to get accreditation.

For quite some time it is known that David Cameron, the prime minster of the United Kingdom, will give a speech to make clear how the English see their future in Europe. Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher gave her famous Europe speech in Bruges, Belgium,… Read More

Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem has been elected as the new head of the Eurogroup, replacing the outgoing Jean-Claude Juncker. The 46 year-old Dijsselbloem, who has been head of the Dutch Finance Ministry for two months, is expected to take over. He said he hoped… Read More

The Dutch start the transport of Patriot missiles systems to Turkey for the NATO protection of the cities close to the border of Syria. The Turkish government asked for extra NATO protection because over the last months some missiles have landed in Turkey causing damage… Read More

Nato has approved the deployment of Patriot anti-missile batteries along Turkey’s border with Syria. The long-expected move emerged from a meeting of Nato foreign ministers in Brussels, and amid growing fears that Syria could use chemical weapons. Nato’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said “The… Read More