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1. Government working to boost resilience to military and hybrid threats

   The international security situation has deteriorated rapidly in recent years. The Netherlands is already the target of hybrid ...

   News item | 17-12-2024 | 14:00

2. State Secretary Struycken enhances access to justice

   State Secretary Struycken enhances access to justice through better information and improved procedures for obtaining advice, ...

   News item | 13-12-2024 | 15:30

3. Winner of the Human Rights Tulip for 2024: Community Peacemaker Teams

   This year’s Human Rights Tulip has been awarded to Community Peacemaker Teams in the autonomous Kurdistan Region in Iraq. ...

   News item | 12-12-2024 | 19:14

4. Mixtec skull from Wereldmuseum Leiden collection returned to Mexico

   In response to a request by the Mexican government, Minister of Education, Culture and Science Eppo Bruins has decided to return ...

   News item | 12-12-2024 | 16:30

5. The Netherlands submits its National Implementation Plan for the European Pact on Migration and Asylum to the European Commission

   The Netherlands has submitted its National Implementation Plan for the European Pact on Migration and Asylum to the European ...

   News item | 12-12-2024 | 15:00

6. War in Ukraine: €8 million for UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission

   Three years of Russian aggression have taken a heavy toll on the people of Ukraine. Ukrainian civilians have been killed, ...

   News item | 11-12-2024 | 10:49

7. Reduction in tax avoidance via the Netherlands thanks to new measures

   The measures that the Netherlands is taking to combat tax avoidance are producing good results.  A recent set of measures, the ...

   News item | 11-12-2024 | 10:32

8. Experimental phase of the Closed Coffee Shop Chain Experiment (weed experiment) to begin in April

   As from 7 April 2025, coffee shops in municipalities participating in the weed experiment will only be allowed to sell regulated ...

   News item | 10-12-2024 | 10:00

9. Statement with regard to last week's event 'Wars and Prospects for Building the New State in Sudan: Challenges and Opportunities'

   On December 6, 2024, The Hague Peace Projects, in collaboration with the Institute of Social Studies and the Phanaar ...

   News item | 09-12-2024 | 19:10

10. Government invests in fight against corruption

    Justice and Security Minister David van Weel visited the National Police Internal Investigations Department in The Hague today on ...

    News item | 09-12-2024 | 18:28