Netherlands

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan received a phone call from his Dutch counterpart Caspar Veldkamp on Thursday. During the call, the two ministers discussed the crisis in the Gaza Strip and the latest efforts to end the war…
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Substitute Wout Weghorst snatched a late winner for the Netherlands in a 2-1 victory over Poland on Sunday in their opening Euro 2024 clash. The Burnley striker, who burst into life at the 2022 World Cup, once again brought his best game…
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Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir on Sunday received the Netherlands’ ambassador to the Kingdom in Riyadh as she ended her term as envoy. Al-Jubeir praised Janet Alberda’s efforts in strengthening…
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Saudi-Dutch ties in the industrial and mining sector are set to strengthen, as the Kingdom’s industry minister visited some of the leading manufacturing firms in the Netherlands. Bandar Alkhorayef visited the Philips Medical Devices…
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Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Prime Minister Mark Rutte joined around 4,000 people on Saturday for the country’s annual World War Two remembrance ceremony amid restricted public access and heightened security due to the war in Gaza.…
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Far-right Dutch election winner Geert Wilders made a key concession to potential coalition partners on Monday, announcing that he’s withdrawing legislation that he proposed in 2018 that calls for a ban on mosques and the Qur’an. The move…
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Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan discussed the situation in Gaza with his Dutch counterpart Hanke Bruins Slot in Al-Ula on Monday. The two discussed developments in the situation in Gaza and the efforts made to…
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The United Nations named an outgoing Dutch minister its humanitarian coordinator for Gaza on Tuesday following last week’s watered-down Security Council resolution which called for aid to be delivered to the strip “at scale.” Sigrid…
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Dutch firebrand Geert Wilders’ already difficult task of forming a government became even harder on Friday, when the head of the ruling party immediately snubbed a role in his Cabinet. The Netherlands is under scrutiny in Europe and…
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Known as the “Dutch Trump” both for his bouffant dyed hair and firebrand rhetoric, Geert Wilders’ anti-Islam, anti-immigrant and anti-EU message seems to have finally swept him to first place at the polls. From calling Moroccans “scum”…
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