King Willem-Alexander, Current Events Part 1 (May 2013 - October 2017)

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King Willem-Alexander received the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain today, February 17:



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Afterwards King Willem-Alexander swore in two new Advocates-Generals of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands.



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[Mbruno]

I think he needs a break. The King looks tired and seems to have acquired weight: picture.

The Opening the Jheronimus Bosch Year in the Cathedral was a very serious but also a beautiful ceremony I must say. I just saw it on the NPO app.

He comes from a family that has a tendency to gain weight. Queen Maxima is said to be conscious about that and is pushing a diet regime for the entire family, including her husband and her daughters.

 

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Yesterday, February 25, King Willem-Alexander attended the commemoration of the February strike 75 years ago in Amsterdam.
The strike was the first large scale protest against the German occupation of the Netherlands and the persecution of Jews in Europe and was held because of the riad of the 420 Jewish men around the Jonas Daniel Meijer square in 1941.



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King Willem-Alexander made a working visit to the care home Fendertshof in Fijnaart today, March 16:



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** koninklijkhuis.nl: Koning in gesprek over thuiszorg in Fijnaart ** translation **

 

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King Willem-Alexander opened the WILDLANDS Adventure Zoo in Emmen today, March 18.



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** refdag.nl: Koning opent Wildlands Adventure Emmen ** translation **

 

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King Willem-Alexander opened the WILDLANDS Adventure Zoo in Emmen today, March 18.



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** refdag.nl: Koning opent Wildlands Adventure Emmen ** translation **

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H.M.King Willem-Alexander receives the Ambassador of Mauritius at the Noordeinde Palace on March 23rd.

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In reference to the attacks in Belgium King Willem-Alexander today also made a working visit to the two multicultural districts Schilderswijk and Transvaal in Den Haag:



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The Ambassadors of France, Algeria and of the Kyrgyz Republic were received by King Willem-Alexander in Den Haag today, March 30:



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Yesterday, March 31, King Willem-Alexander made a working visit to the Joint Sigint Cyber Unit:




** fb gallery ** koninklijkhuis.nl: Koning op werkbezoek bij Joint Sigint Cyber Unit ** translation **

 

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King Willem-Alexander yesterday, April 12, paid a working visit to Utrecht Central Station:



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** koninklijkhuis.nl: Koning met staatssecretaris Dijksma op werkbezoek bij NS en ProRail ** translation **

 

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King Willem-Alexander attended the Dutch premiere of "Roméo et Juliette". The performance took place on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the National Opera in Amsterdam.



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King Willem-Alexander attended the opening of the new ICC Permanent Premises (International Criminal Court) in Den Haag today, April 19:



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** dpp gallery: King Willem-Alexander and Ban Ki-Moon opens ICC **

 

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King Willem-Alexander and Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon were present at a meeting on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in Den Haag today, April 20:



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Later today he opened the new building of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands in Den Haag:



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King Willem-Alexander attended the start of the Giro d'Italia in Apeldoorn today, May 6:


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The ambassadors of Mauretania and China were received by King Willem-Alexander today, May 11:



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King Willem-Alexander visited the Dutch troops in Jordan today, May 12.

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King Willem-Alexander made a visit to the Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research in Utrecht today, May 18. The institute celebrates its 100 year anniversary.


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Together with the Secretary of State for Economic Affairs King Willem-Alexander paid a working visit to the agricultural farm of the family Branderhorst in Eethen today, May 19. The visit was devoted to the topic of the future of the food supply.


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King Willem-Alexander received the BusinessEurope Council of Presidents at Palace Noordeinde today, May 20:



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And later today King Willem-Alexander attended the celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the Society of Dutch Literature at the University of Leiden:



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Several dutch media report that K.W-A will start to learn flying a Boeing 737
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Currently he is licensed to fly a Fokker70 (the current government airplane is a Fokker70, but the article states there's a big chance that that also will be changed to a Boeing 737)

 

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Today, May 25, King Willem-Alexander gave a speech at the European Parliament in Brussels during a plenary session about the Dutch presidency of the European Union.



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On May 27 King Willem-Alexander swore in the Dutch Ambassadors for the Dominican Republic, Australia, South Sudan and Cyprus at Noordeinde Palace.



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On May 27 King Willem-Alexander swore in the Dutch Ambassadors for the Dominican Republic, Australia, South Sudan and Cyprus at Noordeinde Palace.



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That is a lot of engagements with diplomats:
- receive all credentials of all new foreign ambassadors
- say farewell to all foreign ambassadors leaving The Hague
- preside the investiture of new Dutch ambassadors to be deployed
- receive in audience long-serving Dutch ambassadors leaving the Corps Diplomatique
- offering a lunch or diner to the doyen (or doyenne) du Corps Diplomatique
- the annual state banquet of the Corps Diplomatique
- the annual New Year's Reception for the Corps Diplomatique
- offering a farewell lunch for leaving ambassadors accredited more three years in The Hague

 

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On June 3 King Willem-Alexander opened the international contemporary art exhibition SONSBEEK '16: transAction at the Sonsbeek Park in Arnhem:



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Yesterday, June 7, King Willem-Alexander together with the Secretary of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment made a working visit to the Stadsbank East Netherlands and the District Service Center West in Enschede to talk about debt and poverty reduction.


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King Willem-Alexander was present at the start of the World Blood Donor day in Amsterdam today, June 14:



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** dpp: King Willem-Alexander opens World Blood Donor Day **

 

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King Willem-Alexander received the Ambassadors of Kazakhstan, Italy and Bhutan in Den Haag today, June 15:


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** koninklijkhuis.nl: Geloofsbrieven ambassadeurs Kazachstan, Italië en Bhutan ** translation **

 

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HM visited the High Risk Security Squadron of the Royal Constabulary Forces today at Den Haag and Amsterdam.