If you want to find out what makes a society tick, study its art - that will tell you much more than any report or analysis.' With these words, Frans Timmermans, Minister for European Affairs, opened the 16th Crossing Border international festival of culture in The Hague on Wednesday evening.
Read moreToday Foreign minister Verhagen met the six young professionals who will accompany him this week on a working visit to Morocco and Algeria.
Read moreThe European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL) is a concrete example of how Europe is contributing to a safer world.
Read moreThe first annual Human Rights Defenders Tulip will be awarded to Justine Masika Bihamba from Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ms Masika runs an organisation devoted to stopping the widespread rape of women in the conflict zone in eastern Congo.
Read moreDuring the 13 November debate on the foreign ministry budget in the House of Representatives, Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Verhagen stated that the Netherlands will actively support the US in shutting down the American detention centre at Guantánamo Bay.
Read moreYesterday, foreign minister Maxime Verhagen reiterated Dutch support for the High Commissioner on National Minorities in a speech celebrating 15 years since the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe established this post.
Read more'The media can play an important role in promoting understanding of other cultures,' said the Minister for European Affairs, Frans Timmermans, in the wake of the conference 'Media and their role in the world of multicultural diversity' at Rotterdam's Erasmus University.
Read moreAs the result of a Dutch initiative, 21 young Israeli and Palestinian diplomats met today at the start of a joint training programme at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael in The Hague.
Read moreYesterday foreign minister Maxime Verhagen expressed his satisfaction at the decision by the EU's General Affairs and External Relations Council to resume talks with Russia on a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement.
Read more'Development cooperation is now more important and topical than ever. In recent years we have achieved a great deal, yet in these turbulent times we must be able to adapt more quickly. That is why modernisation is essential,' development minister Bert Koenders said last Saturday in a lecture at the University of Amsterdam.
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