On August 15, 2018, Ambassador Hoekstra laid a wreath on behalf of the United States at remembrance ceremony to commemorate the Japanese surrender and to remember the Dutch victims of World War II in Asia. Wreaths were laid at the Indisch Monument in The Hague by dignitaries including Prime Minister Rutte, survivors, and people with ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 16 August, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Ambassador Hoekstra, Indisch Monument
On August 6, 2018, Laura and Trudy Roosevelt, granddaughter and great-granddaughter of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, unveiled a bronze bust of Laura’s grandmother Eleanor Roosevelt in the Abbey of Middelburg to mark the seventieth anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights. The province of Zeeland wanted the bust to be placed in the ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 7 August, 2018 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Culture, Events, Featured Event, History, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Middelburg, Roosevelt, Zeeland
Around 50 staff members and their families from the U.S. Embassy in The Hague and the U.S. Consulate in Amsterdam participated in the Amsterdam Pride Walk on July 28, 2018. The U.S. Mission in the Netherlands loves joining the people of Amsterdam in celebrating Pride and we reaffirm the United States’ commitment to protecting and ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 1 August, 2018 | Topics:
Amsterdam, Deputy Chief of Mission, Events, Featured Event, Gender Issues, Human Rights, News, Public Affairs, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: LGBTI
The 10th
European Square Dance Convention is taking place in Amsterdam July 20-22. The weekend is a gathering of members of the European Association of American Square Dancing Clubs ( EAASDC). Three Dutch clubs (the Tulip Twirlers, Rainbow Strollers, and the Motiveters) organized the event along with Maarten and Wil Weijers. This is the first time the event has been ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 21 July, 2018 | Topics:
Amsterdam, Art & Culture, Culture, Events, Featured Event, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
MEDIA NOTE – July 20, 2018 Ambassador Deborah L. Birx Travel to Amsterdam Ambassador Deborah L. Birx, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and U.S. Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy, is on travel to Amsterdam, The Netherlands from July 20-27, leading the U.S. delegation to the 22nd International AIDS Conference. While in Amsterdam, Ambassador Birx will provide ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 21 July, 2018 | Topics:
Amsterdam, Events, Featured Event, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR
Ambassador Pete Hoekstra visited the Dutch-Caribbean islands of Curacao, Aruba, and Sint Maarten July 14 to July 19. Through meetings with officials and exploration of local cultural and educational sites, his visit underscored the strength of the shared values between the United States and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. U.S. Consulate General Curaçao helped to ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 20 July, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Economic Affairs, Economic Issues, Events, Featured Event, News, Peace and Security, Trade, Travel & Tourism
| Tags: Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten
On July 17, 2018, the Netherlands signed a contract with the United States to purchase four MQ-9 Reapers, as well as associated ground stations, sensors, and operational support. During a ceremony at the Farnborough International Airshow in the UK, Vice Admiral Jan de Waard, the director of the Netherlands’ Defense Materiel Organization, and Lt. General Charles Hooper, head of ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 19 July, 2018 | Topics:
Business, Events, Featured Event, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Defense, MQ-9
Heather Nauert Spokesperson Department Press Briefing Washington, DC July 18, 2018 EXCERPT FROM TRANSCRIPT: QUESTION: … Does the U.S. Government still stand by its previous statements and positions that – in support of the Dutch investigation team that held that Russia was responsible for downing it? MS NAUERT: We certainly do. The United States Government has long ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 19 July, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, News, Press Releases, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: MH17
Kay Bailey Hutchison U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO NATO Press Briefing July 10, 2018 Ambassador Hutchison gave remarks at a press engagement on July 10 in Brussels ahead of the NATO summit to highlight NATO priorities. Here is an excerpt: “I am very encouraged by the work that’s been done not only over ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 12 July, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, News
| Tags: Ambassador Hutchison
U.S. Dried Fruits and Tree Nuts Recipe Book (In Dutch and English) (PDF 1 MB) The popularity of nuts and dried fruits in the Netherlands is rising. One of the largest exporters of almonds, pistachios and walnuts to the Dutch market are the United States. Besides that, the U.S. is the largest supplier of cranberries and (dried) plums to the Netherlands. On ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 10 July, 2018 | Topics:
Agriculture, Business, Events, Featured Event, News, Trade, U.S. & the Netherlands, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: almonds, cranberries, Foreign Agricultural Service, Hidde de Brabander, pistachios, plums, walnuts
U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra hosted the celebration of the 242nd year of America’s independence at the John Adams Park in Wassenaar, the new location of the U.S. Embassy in The Hague. The reception celebrated the American road trip, by displaying a selection of classic American cars and a Route 66 theme. We thank all of ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 4 July, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Events, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Independence Day Reception, Wassenaar
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release July 2, 2018 Oval Office PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, thank you very much. It’s a great honor to have the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. That’s the official title. PRIME MINISTER RUTTE: Absolutely. PRESIDENT TRUMP: Sounds very elegant and beautiful. But ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 2 July, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, News, President Donald Trump, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Prime Minister Rutte
Ambassadors Pete Hoekstra and Henne Schuwer signed a Chapeau Agreement Establishing a Framework for bilateral Defense Cooperation Activities. With this agreement, the Netherlands and the United States strengthen cooperation between the two countries on military equipment and operations. The agreement involves exchanging military personnel, such as pilots, liaison officers, and technicians, as well as exchanging information about new ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 2 July, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Events, Featured Event, Key Documents, News, Peace and Security, U.S. & the Netherlands
STATEMENT BY DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN SULLIVAN AT THE FOURTH SPECIAL SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE STATES PARTIES JUNE 26, 2018 ORGANIZATION FOR THE PROHIBITION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONSTHE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS Director General Űzümcü, Chairperson Bellouki, it is an honor to join you today at this special session to address the current crisis resulting from the appalling ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 26 June, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, Key Documents, News
| Tags: OPCW
More than 65 Blackhawk and Chinook helicopters from
4th Combat Aviation Brigade , 4th Infantry Division, are on their way to Eindhoven after arriving in Rotterdam from Texas on June 20, 2018. The helicopters, from Fort Carson, Colo., will team up with 1,700 troops as part of Atlantic Resolve, an ongoing mission to show the U.S. commitment to the ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 21 June, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, News, Peace and Security, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Atlantic Resolve
Issued on: June 18, 2018 President Donald J. Trump will welcome Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands to the White House on July 2, 2018. President Trump looks forward to reaffirming the strong bonds of friendship between the United States and the Netherlands, which reach back over four hundred years. The President and Prime ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 18 June, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, News, President Donald Trump, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Mark Rutte
Together with Dutch astronaut André Kuipers, Ms. Christine van der Sman, director of
Museon , and former Deputy Mayor of The Hague Karsten Klein, unveiled a special moon rock in the Museon science museum in The Hague. The moon rock was collected by NASA’s Apollo 17 mission in December 1972. The stone is 3.8 billion years old and ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 14 June, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Culture, Events, Featured Event, News, Science & Tech, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Museon
The
U.S. Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos , travelled to the Netherlands for an official program on June 11-12, as the second stop on a three country trip to Switzerland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, to explore the vocational education, decentralized school systems, and apprenticeship programs within Europe. Her visit to the Netherlands, planned by the Dutch Ministry of Education, ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 13 June, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Education, Events, Featured Event, Key Officials, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Anne Frank Huis, Department of Education, IMC Weekend School, Imelda Primary School, Lucia Marthas Institute, ROC Amsterdam, Secretary DeVos
Press Statement Mike Pompeo Secretary of State Washington, DC June 1, 2018 The United States joins people around the world in celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) Pride Month, and reaffirms its commitment to protecting and defending the human rights of all, including LGBTI persons. In many parts of the world, LGBTI individuals ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 2 June, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, Fundamental Freedoms, Human Rights, News, Secretary Mike Pompeo
| Tags: LGBTI, Pride
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 31, 2018 President Trump released two proclamations today adjusting imports of aluminum and steel into the United States. Please read the full text of the Presidential proclamations at the links below. For the full text of the proclamation Adjusting Imports of Aluminum click ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 31 May, 2018 | Topics:
Business, Events, Featured Event, News, President Donald Trump
| Tags: aluminum, steel
Ambassador Pete Hoekstra delivered remarks and handed out awards at the annual Fulbright Award Ceremony in Leiden. Out of a pool of Dutch applicants, nine PhD candidates and eight graduate students were selected to participate in the internationally renowned program. Established in 1946, the Fulbright Scholar program is an American scholarship administered jointly with the ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 31 May, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Education, Events, Featured Event, News, Scholarships and Exchanges, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Fulbright
The annual Memorial Day ceremony at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten is always emotional. The ceremony is held among the names of 10,023 service men and women buried or honored in the cemetery. Those service members died in World War II during the liberation of Europe. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra spoke at the ceremony of ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 29 May, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Events, Featured Event, History, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Memorial Day, Netherlands American Cemetery, WWII
Remarks of Deputy Chief of Mission Shawn Crowley America-Europe Friendship Association Dinner Saturday, May 26, 2018 Distinguished members of the America-Europe Friendship Association, Captain Louie, Secretary Claes, Arthur and Josie, ladies, and gentlemen: It is wonderful for Sabine and I to be here this evening. Tonight we celebrate the American and Allied servicemen who liberated Europe in ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 29 May, 2018 | Topics:
Chargé D’Affaires, Events, Featured Event, News, Public Affairs, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: America-Europe Friendship Association
Each Memorial Day weekend, thousands of visitors travel to the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten to honor the Americans killed in World War II. On Saturday, American children from the local Boy and Girl Scout troops, as well as other volunteers, spent several hours planting U.S. and Dutch flags on each of the 8,301 graves. ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 26 May, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Events, Featured Event, History, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Margraten, Memorial Day, WWII
Press Statement Heather Nauert Department Spokesperson Washington, DC May 25, 2018 We strongly support the decisions by the Netherlands and Australia to call Russia to account for its role in the July 2014 downing of Malaysia Flight #17 (MH-17) over eastern Ukraine and the horrific deaths of 298 civilians. It is time for Russia to ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 25 May, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, News, Press Releases
| Tags: MH17
May 24, 2018 The United States has complete confidence in the findings of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) as presented today by the Dutch Public Prosecutor: the missile launcher used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 originated from the 53rd Anti-aircraft Brigade of the Russian Federation, stationed in Kursk. Today’s announcement confirms and adds ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 25 May, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, News, Press Releases
| Tags: MH17
Ambassador Hoekstra led a four-person Embassy team to complete the 11 city bike race called the
Fietselfstedentocht on May 21. For more than 100 years the Province of Friesland has hosted the bike race. More than 15,000 participants ride 235 kilometers through the province. This was Ambassador Hoekstra’s third time completing the race. The Embassy team ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 22 May, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Events, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: elfstedentocht
Readout Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC May 18, 2018 The below is attributable to Spokesperson Heather Nauert: Secretary Mike Pompeo met with Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok on May 18, in Washington, DC. During the meeting, Secretary Pompeo thanked Foreign Minister Blok for Dutch support in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Mali, and for the Netherlands’ ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 19 May, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, Key Officials, News, Secretary Mike Pompeo, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Minister Blok
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 15, 2018 With the rising of tonight’s moon, I send my greetings and best wishes to all Muslims observing Ramadan in the United States and around the world. During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims commemorate the revelation of the Quran to the ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 15 May, 2018 | Topics:
Events, News, President Donald Trump
| Tags: Ramadan
Ambassador Pete Hoekstra visited the towns of Gouda and Oudewater on May 7, 2018. In Gouda he first visited the
Driestar College where he met with students and administrators. He then went to Driestar Educatief to speak with administrators about the Dutch educational system and school choice. He was invited to join Mayor Milo Schoenmaker for lunch ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 8 May, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Business, Education, Events, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Driestar College, Gouda, Oudewater
On May 2, 2018, Ambassador Pete Hoekstra visited the
Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten to commemorate the fallen and missing men and women who helped in the liberation of the Netherlands during World War II and to show support for “
The Faces of Margraten ” initiative. He was joined by Theo Bovens, the King’s Commissioner of the Province of Limburg, and Dieudonné Akkermans, ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 3 May, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Events, Featured Event, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Netherlands American Cemetery
Press Statement John J. Sullivan Deputy Secretary of State Washington, DC April 26, 2018 On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I congratulate His Majesty King Willem-Alexander on his fifth celebration of Koningsdag, and extend my best wishes to the people of the Netherlands on this joyous occasion. For more than ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 27 April, 2018 | Topics:
Events, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
On April 26, we concluded a year of programs celebrating the Marshall Plan 70th anniversary with a symposium in Rotterdam at the Hotel New York. On April 26, 1948, the MS Noordam arrived in the city of Rotterdam with the first load of Marshall Plan aid. Our symposium featured remarks by Rotterdam Mayor Aboutaleb, Ambassador ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 27 April, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, History, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Marshall Plan, NATO, Rotterdam
STATEMENTS & RELEASES Statement from the President on the Confirmation of Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State Issued on: April 26, 2018 I am pleased with the Senate’s confirmation of Mike Pompeo to serve as our country’s top diplomat. Having a patriot of Mike’s immense talent, energy, and intellect leading the Department of State will ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 27 April, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Key Officials, News, President Donald Trump
| Tags: Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State
As part of routine emergency preparedness planning, the U.S. Embassy will be training with counterparts from the Dutch emergency services today, April 26. Dutch emergency vehicles and equipment will be present at the U.S. Embassy to ensure all sides know how to best work together in the event of an emergency. U.S. Embassies around the world ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 26 April, 2018 | Topics:
embassy, Events, Featured Event, News
| Tags: Wassenaar
Ambassador Pete Hoekstra, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, and the Dutch State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Mona Keijzer spoke before a group of automotive industry experts, Dutch and American business people, and government officials at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Netherlands and the State of Michigan on April 25 ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 25 April, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Doing Business in the U.S., Economic Issues, Featured Event, News
| Tags: Michigan, MOU
The U.S. Embassy co-hosted the annual Dutch-American Friendship Day reception with the organization “Americans Overseas Remember” (OAR). Ambassador Hoekstra delivered brief remarks and presented a Certificate of Appreciation to Sebastiaan Vonk of the
“Faces of Margraten” organization. He received the award for his commitment to the memory of the American soldiers who are commemorated at the Netherlands American ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 20 April, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Culture, embassy, Events, Featured Event, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Faces of Margraten, Sebastiaan Vonk
The trend to eat more vegetables is reflected in the sales figures of pulses. Sales of dried beans, peas and lentils have increased by 25 percent since 2014 and are now good for a total turnover of more than 65 million euro. The market has grown due to product innovations, especially in the field of ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 18 April, 2018 | Topics:
Agriculture, Business, Events, Featured Event, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Beans, FAS, Foreign Agricultural Service, Pulses
STATEMENT BY H.E. AMBASSADOR KENNETH D. WARD Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the OPCW at the Fifty-Ninth Meeting of the Executive Council EC-M-59 — AS DELIVERED April 18, 2018 Mr. Chairman, Mr. Director-General, distinguished ambassadors and delegates, It is extraordinarily troubling that we find ourselves together again this week to discuss ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 18 April, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, News, Press Releases
| Tags: Chemical Weapons
April 16, 2018 Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) released a joint Technical Alert about malicious cyber activity carried out by the Russian Government. The targets of this malicious cyber activity are primarily government and private-sector organisations, critical infrastructure providers, ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 17 April, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, News
On April 16, 2018, Ambassador Kenneth D. Ward, Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the OPCW, addressed the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Executive Council in The Hague to raise U.S. concerns about Russia tampering in the Douma investigation. Full text of his remarks at
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 17 April, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, News
| Tags: OPCW
Ambassador Hoekstra travelled to Friesland April 11 and 12, to strengthen cooperation between the Mission and the province. The Ambassador participated in a handful of political and cultural events over the duration of his stay. He met with the King’s Commissioner to Friesland Arno Brok in Leeuwarden, where they discussed the economic and historic relationship ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 13 April, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Art & Culture, Events, Featured Event, History, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Friesland
April 4, 2018 – On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of Dr. King, a special evening of commemoration, organized by volunteers, was held at the
Abdijkerk in Loosduinen , the oldest church in The Hague. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra was guest of honor for the commemoration. The evening was filled with video, choir songs, and ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 5 April, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Art & Culture, Events, Featured Event, News, Public Affairs, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Loosduinen, Martin Luther King, MLK
On April 3, 2018 Ambassador Hoekstra visited
Bier&cO in Amsterdam, one of Europe’s leading importers of U.S. craft beer. Here, the Ambassador and the staff of Bier&cO had a round table discussion about the market for craft beer. Stephanie Heijning category manager at Albert Heijn informed the Ambassador about the attractive and innovative packaging of craft ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 4 April, 2018 | Topics:
Agriculture, Amsterdam, Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in the U.S., Events, Featured Event, News, Public Affairs, Trade, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Bier&cO
On March 27, 2018, the Rotterdam Chapter of the AmCham hosted a welcome dinner on board the SS Rotterdam to honor the arrival of U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra. Among the guests were members of a bipartisan Congressional Delegation consisting of Congressman Bill Huizenga, Congressman John “Judge” Carter, Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen, Congressman Gregory Meeks and Congressman ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 4 April, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Business, Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in the U.S., Economic Affairs, Events, Featured Event, News, Trade, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: American Chamber of Commerce, Rotterdam
I was sad to hear of the passing of the Dutch World War II hero Johan van Hulst, who died last week in Amsterdam at the age of 107. Mr. van Hulst was not a decorated soldier, but rather an educator who is credited with saving more than 600 Jewish children during the war. He ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 29 March, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Holocaust, World War II
On March 20, 2018, Ambassador Hoekstra met with Dutch financial experts from the mortgage, real-estate, and banking sectors to discuss general trends in the U.S. economy and U.S.- Dutch economic priorities. This Dutch delegation will be traveling to Miami and New York in April for a study program through the
Atlantic and Pacific Exchange Program (APEP). This year’s program with the ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 23 March, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Business, Economic Issues, Events, Featured Event, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: APEP, Atlantic and Pacific Exchange Program (APEP)
March 21, 2018 – Ambassador Hoekstra and his wife, Diane visited the
Voorlinden Museum and Gardens to familiarize themselves with the American Embassy’s new neighbor. The Voorlinden is an influential local museum that connects people, art, nature, and architecture. Established in 2016, the museum showcases modern and contemporary art and wants to be “an oasis of tranquility in the ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 22 March, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Art & Culture, Culture, Events, Featured Event, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar
On March 14, 2018, journalists, professors, diplomats, and members of the Dutch parliament gathered at the American Embassy to listen to and participate in discussions around three presentations on digital information warfare. On the panel were Dr. Rand Waltzman, Dr. Peter Burger, and Tim Sweijs. Dr. Waltzman is a Senior Information Scientist at the RAND ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 15 March, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, News, Public Affairs, Science & Tech
| Tags: digital information warfare
March 6-7 2018 – Ambassador Pete Hoekstra visited his birthplace – the city of Groningen. His two-day journey offered a nostalgic look at the city where his parents lived, but also included briefings and meetings with officials, local businesses, universities, and institutes to learn about the innovative opportunities in the northern city. The Ambassador visited ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 8 March, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Culture, Economic Affairs, Education, Environment, Events, Featured Event, History, News, Public Affairs, Science & Tech, Trade, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Groningen
March 5, 2018 – Ambassador Pete Hoekstra was delighted to hand over the key for the old U.S. Embassy at the Lange Voorhout to Mayor Pauline Krikke of Gemeente Den Haag, who promised to give the building a good second life. For nearly 60 years, from 1959 until 2018, the U.S. Embassy in The Hague ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 6 March, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Art & Culture, Events, Featured Event, News, Public Affairs, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Marcel Breuer, Pauline Krikke
“Let us know why you should participate in the Women2Women International Leadership Program 2018 in the U.S. and maybe you’ll be selected to participate.” U.S. Embassy The Hague is looking for young women (ages 15-19) who want to participate in the Women2Women International Leadership Program, which will take place in Boston, Massachusetts on July 19-28, ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 2 March, 2018 | Topics:
Culture, Education, embassy, Events, Featured Event, News, Public Affairs, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Women2Women
February 16, 2018 – Ambassador Hoekstra and his wife Diane hosted 10 participants of the third IMC Weekend School’s “Ambassador’s Training” program at their Residence for a meeting and dinner. The IMC Weekend School, organizes extracurricular Sunday lessons for high-potential school children in underprivileged communities throughout the Netherlands. It currently has ten branches. During a ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 23 February, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Education, embassy, Events, Featured Event, News, Public Affairs, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: IMC Weekend School
February 22, 2018 Dank u wel. Ik wil u allereerst mijn excuses aanbieden. Ik wil deze toespraak heel graag in het Nederlands houden, ondanks dat mijn Nederlandse uitspraak nog niet perfect is, maar ik werk er aan. Burgemeester Bruls, collega’s van het corps diplomatique, overlevenden, verwanten van de slachtoffers, dames en heren, beste kinderen, ik ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 23 February, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Events, Featured Event, History, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Nijmegen
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DEA, Dutch law enforcement continue attack on dark web drug sale International day of action includes knock and talks with suspected dark web drug buyers; Information produced from Hansa takedown THE HAGUE – The United States Drug Enforcement Administration and Dutch law enforcement officials today announced sustained action against drug trafficking on the dark web, ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 15 February, 2018 | Topics:
Featured Event, News, Press Releases, U.S. & the Netherlands, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Darknet, Drug Enforcement Administration, Law enforcement, Politie
Passengers on KLM flights departing participating US airports will start to see TSA Pre✓® on their boarding passes and can now use the TSA Pre✓® lines. TSA Pre✓® expands to include 5 additional domestic and international airlines Expedited screening now available through 47 air carriers National Press Release Thursday, February 1, 2018
https://www.tsa.gov/news/releases/2018/02/01/tsa-precheck-expands-include-5-additional-domestic-and-international-airlines WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 13 February, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, News, Press Releases, U.S. & the Netherlands, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: KLM, Transportation Security Administration, TSA
January 30, 2018 TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States, and my fellow Americans: Less than 1 year has passed since I first stood at this podium, in this majestic chamber, to speak on behalf of the American People ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 31 January, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, News, Policy, President Donald Trump, Speeches
| Tags: State of the Union
For immediate release January 19, 2018 The U.S. Embassy to the Kingdom of the Netherlands is pleased to announce that it will open for business at a new location in Wassenaar, Monday, January 29, 2018. The address of the new location is John Adams Park 1, 2244 BZ Wassenaar. The telephone number will remain the ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 19 January, 2018 | Topics:
embassy, Events, Featured Event, News, Press Releases
| Tags: Wassenaar
On Wednesday, January 10,
Peter Hoekstra presented his credentials to King Willem-Alexander to officially become the 67th U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands. Ambassador Hoekstra was driven to Paleis Noordeinde in a ceremonial state coach accompanied by his wife Diane. Upon arrival at the palace, the Ambassador inspected the Koninklijke Militaire Kapel Johan Wilem Friso, which played the ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 11 January, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Events, Featured Event, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Geloofsbrieven, Paleis Noordeinde, Presentation of Credentials, Willem-Alexander
NOTE: Consular Services (American Citizen Services. Visa Services) remain at the
U.S. Consulate General at the Museumplein in Amsterdam. The U.S. Embassy in the Netherlands will be moving to a new location in John Adams Park in Wassenaar. It will be open on January 29, 2018. Embassy phone numbers will remain the same. To contact us call: +31 70 ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 4 January, 2018 | Topics:
embassy, Events, Featured Event, News, Public Affairs, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: #JohnAdamsPark1Wassenaar
“Make a short video in English to participate in our competition to earn a nomination for a prestigious youth program in the United States during the summer of 2018.” U.S. Embassy The Hague is looking for the Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellow for 2018! Are you Dutch and will you be 16 or 17 years old ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 27 December, 2017 | Topics:
Alumni, Education, Events, Featured Event, News, Public Affairs, Study in the U.S.
| Tags: Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows, BFTF
Press Statement Rex W. Tillerson Secretary of State Washington, DC December 18, 2017 ________________________________ The United States faces a 21st century global environment that presents unconventional threats from non-state actors, as well as challenges to our economic and national security from traditional state actors. Whether the threats are rogue nations seeking nuclear weapons, terrorists plotting ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 18 December, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Key Officials, News, Policy, President Donald Trump, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: National Security Strategy
CDA Shawn Crowley and others from the Embassy’s Foreign Commercial Service and Office of Defense Cooperation attend the signing ceremony for the Chinook Helicopter CH47 Modernization at Gilze Rijen Air Base. The ceremony was attended by officials from Boeing and the Dutch Ministries of Defense, Finance, and Economic Affairs. The ceremony celebrated the Dutch government’s decision to modernize six CH47 helicopters. During the ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 14 December, 2017 | Topics:
Business, Chargé D’Affaires, Commercial Affairs, Events, Featured Event, News, Speeches, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Boeing, Chinook
The recent announcement that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and plans to relocate the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem may spark protests, some of which have the potential to become violent. U.S. Mission the Netherlands reminds U.S. citizens of the need for caution and awareness of personal security. ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 7 December, 2017 | Topics:
Alert, Amsterdam, Consul General, Consular Affairs, Events, Featured Event, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Security & Emergency Messages, Travel & Tourism, U.S. Citizen Services
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited NATO Headquarters during his travels this week to Belgium, Austria, and France. On December 6, 2017, he spoke at a press conference in Brussels. SECRETARY TILLERSON: Well, good afternoon, all. It truly is a pleasure to be back in Brussels. Someone reminded me this is my seventh trip to Europe already this ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 7 December, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, Key Documents, News, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: NATO
Remarks by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson The Wilson Center Washington, DC – November 28, 2017 The Wilson Center has made many important contributions to public policy over the years, and therefore it’s a very fitting venue for our discussion today on Europe, considering that 100 years ago this year the United States entered World War I ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 28 November, 2017 | Topics:
Europe & Eurasia, Events, Key Officials, News, Secretary Rex Tillerson, Speeches
The Drents Museum in Assen, the Netherlands, opened an incredible exhibit November 18, with music, food, Elvis and Marilyn. “The American Dream” is an exhibit that spans more than 70 years and is spread across two museums in two countries. The Drents Museum is displaying works covering the post-war decades 1945-1965 and the Kunsthalle Emden, ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 20 November, 2017 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Culture, Education, Events, Featured Event, History, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Assen, Drents Museum, The American Dream
In honor of Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, Charge d’Affaires Shawn Crowley and his wife Sabine Crowley hosted a dinner with women business leaders. Guests came from a variety of fields and discussed mentoring, leadership, start-up financing, and many other topics. We were also joined by the Global Ambassador for Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Carine de Meyere, who ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 17 November, 2017 | Topics:
Business, Chargé D’Affaires, Economic Issues, Events, Featured Event, Gender Issues, News, Trade, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Women's Entrepreneurship Day
There were thousands of events in 160 countries around the world for Global Entrepreneurship Week 2017, including more than 100 here in the Netherlands. As part of the week-long program to inspire millions into entrepreneurial activity, U.S. Embassy the Hague invited two U.S. speakers to participate in numerous events. Dr. Sharon T. Freeman, president and ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 17 November, 2017 | Topics:
Business, Commercial Affairs, Commercial Opportunities, Economic Issues, Education, Events, Featured Event, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Groningen
On behalf of the Department of State and all of our employees serving overseas and at home, I wish the United States Marine Corps congratulations on its 242nd birthday. The Department and the Corps have a special, historic relationship. U.S. Marines have safeguarded our embassies and consulates since 1949, but our common effort to promote ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 11 November, 2017 | Topics:
embassy, Featured Event, News, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: Department of Defense, Marine Security Guards
Chargé d’Affaires Shawn Crowley on Monday spoke to Dutch entrepreneurs at the Road2NorthAmerica XL event. The networking event, organized by
Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland – RVO.nl and the
Kamer van Koophandel , supports Dutch companies wanting to do business in the United States and Canada. Crowley: Thank you, Mark. Good afternoon, Madam Ambassador. Good afternoon everyone. I’m delighted to see so many of you at ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 7 November, 2017 | Topics:
Business, Chargé D’Affaires, Commercial Affairs, Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in the U.S., Events, Featured Event, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Kamer van Koophandel, RVO
Lt. Col. James “Maggie” Megellas, the most-decorated officer in the history of the 82 nd Airborne, may be 100 years of age, but he sure doesn’t look it. And when he tells his stories, particularly the one about the harrowing events around the “Waal Crossing” of September 20, 1944, he’s a young man of 27 ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 3 November, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: James "Maggie" Megellas, Waal river crossing
More than 20 students attended a panel discussion on Cybersecurity and Entrepreneurship at the U.S. Consulate in Amsterdam on Monday. The students, from the Vrije Universiteit’s School of Business and Economics in Amsterdam, participated fully in the discussion that touched on cyber threats as well as how to start businesses to deal with them. Leading ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 31 October, 2017 | Topics:
Amsterdam, Business, Consul General, Economic Affairs, Events, Featured Event, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Vrije Universiteit
A rare artifact is coming to a Dutch railway museum in Goes this week: a Whitcomb diesel locomotive from after the Second World War. The Whitcomb locomotive type was bought in bulk by Dutch Railways after World War II. A part of the Marshall Plan – the U.S.-funded blueprint for reconstruction of 16 war-crippled countries ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 25 October, 2017 | Topics:
Culture, Events, Featured Event, History, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Stoomtrein Goes-Borsele, Whitcomb
The Chargé d’Affaires Shawn Crowley delivered remarks at the unveiling of a new monument in the community of Beek on Saturday, October 14. He was joined by Mayor Christine van Basten-Boddin and the deputy Governor of the Province of Limburg Ger Koopmans. The Embassy’s Air Attaché Colonel Scott Fisher also participated in the ceremony. On ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 16 October, 2017 | Topics:
Chargé D’Affaires, Events, Featured Event, History, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: B-17, Christine van Basten-Boddin, Ger Koopmans, Limburg, Stichting Herdenking Oorlogsslachtoffers Beek
Call for proposals is now: OPEN Deadline for Applications: November 10, 2017 (midnight; local time) Period of performance: 2017-2018 Program Description U.S. Embassy The Hague is proud to announce a special grant competition in honor of CyberSecurity Awareness Month focusing on supporting programs to promote the use of technology among younger audiences to solve problems related ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 12 October, 2017 | Topics:
Economic Issues, Education, Featured Event, News, Political Affairs, Public Affairs, Science & Tech
| Tags: cybersecurity, technology
John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, would have been 100 this year. To mark that occasion, Alex Krijger published the first in-depth biography of JFK in Dutch in almost 25 years. At a book launching event at ProDemos in The Hague, Krijger presented Chargé d’Affaires Shawn Crowley the first copy of ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 6 October, 2017 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Chargé D’Affaires, Culture, Events, Featured Event, History, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Alex Krijger, JFK, Kennedy
Museum Voorlinden, which celebrated its one-year anniversary on Sept. 11, opened an exhibit by Los Angeles-based artists Shio Kusaka and Jonas Wood on September 28. With this exhibit, which runs through January 7, the modern and contemporary art museum kicked off its year-long American Season series. Also to be featured in this series are Martin ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 4 October, 2017 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Culture, Events, Featured Event, News, Public Affairs, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Jonas Wood, Joop van Caldenborgh, Museum Voorlinden, Shio Kusaka
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate ReleaseSeptember 24, 2017 New security measures establish minimum requirements for international cooperation to support U.S. visa and immigration vetting Today, President Donald J. Trump announced the establishment of enhanced national security measures, aimed at creating—for the first time in history—minimum requirements for international cooperation to ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 25 September, 2017 | Topics:
Consular Affairs, Events, Fact Sheets, Featured Event, News, President Donald Trump, Press Releases, Visas
| Tags: Executive Order
Each year during the first weekend of September, the city of Rotterdam and the Port of Rotterdam co-sponsor the annual World Port Days festival. This year marks the 40th celebration of World Port Days and the festival theme is “Worldwide.” The weekend-long festival is a chance for the public to visit many of the companies ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 31 August, 2017 | Topics:
Chargé D’Affaires, Events, Featured Event, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Navy, Rob Verkerk
A photograph taken March 1843 in Washington, D.C. is the oldest known photograph of a U.S. President, but could this be the oldest known photograph of a U.S. Ambassador too? John Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829, but before that he was also the fifth U.S. Ambassador ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 28 August, 2017 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Culture, Featured Event, Former U.S. Ambassadors, History, News
| Tags: John Quincy Adams, Smithsonian
U.S. Consulate General Amsterdam Emergency Message for U.S. Citizens: Amsterdam Police Cordon Off Amstelstraat Area After Finding Hand Grenade August 24, 2017 Amsterdam Police report discovering a hand grenade in the Amstelstraat area and are investigating. The area has been cordoned off to the public. U.S. citizens should avoid the area and follow the instructions ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 24 August, 2017 | Topics:
Alert, Consular Affairs, Emergency Services, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Security & Emergency Messages
Washington, DC- August 15, 2017 SECRETARY TILLERSON: Morning, all. We are releasing today the
2016 International Religious Freedom Report. This report is a requirement pursuant to the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 – legislation that upholds religious freedom as a core American value under the Constitution’s First Amendment, as well as a universal human right. This law calls for the government ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 16 August, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Fundamental Freedoms, Human Rights, News, Reports, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: International Religious Freedom Report
Yesterday the White House announced that President Donald Trump sent 16 nominations to the Senate. One was the official nomination for Peter Hoekstra, of Michigan, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The nomination is subject to Senate confirmation. Read the full text ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 28 July, 2017 | Topics:
embassy, Events, Key Officials, News, President Donald Trump, Press Releases, U.S. & the Netherlands
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 24, 2017 President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts Peter Hoekstra of Michigan to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Mr. Hoekstra is a prominent politician ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 25 July, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, embassy, Events, Key Officials, News, President Donald Trump, Press Releases, U.S. & the Netherlands
Although terrorist attacks and fatalities from terrorism declined globally for the second year in a row in 2016, terrorist groups continued to exploit ungoverned territory and ongoing conflict to expand their reach, and to direct and inspire attacks around the world. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) remained the most potent terrorist threat ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 19 July, 2017 | Topics:
Featured Event, Key Documents, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Country Reports on Terrorism
U.S. CONSULATE GENERAL AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS Security Message for U.S. Citizens: UEFA Women’s Euro 2017 Soccer Championship, July 16 – August 6, 2017 July 17, 2017 The United States government is aware of a threat to this year’s UEFA Women’s Euro 2017 Soccer Championship taking place at various venues throughout the Netherlands from July 16 ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 17 July, 2017 | Topics:
Alert, Consular Affairs, Emergency Services, Featured Event, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Security & Emergency Messages, Travel & Tourism
| Tags: UEFA Women’s Euro 2017 Soccer Championship
July 17, 2017- The third anniversary of the downing of flight MH17 will be marked by the opening of a national monument dedicated to the victims. The creators of this living memorial forest were inspired by the form of the black memorial ribbon, which was used as a symbol in the aftermath of the tragedy, and ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 17 July, 2017 | Topics:
Amsterdam, Chargé D’Affaires, Events, Featured Event, News
| Tags: MH17
Press Statement Heather Nauert Department Spokesperson Washington, DC July 6, 2017 –The United States welcomes the unanimous decision of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) granting jurisdiction for the prosecution of those responsible for the downing of flight MH17 to the Dutch courts. We have full confidence in the ability of the Dutch criminal justice system ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 7 July, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
On June 19, 2017, Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Sherry Keneson-Hall attended the Fulbright Award Ceremony in the historic Academiegebouw of Utrecht University. Twenty-three Dutch students and scholars were honored as the latest Fulbright grantees. The Fulbright Program offers scholarships to highly motivated foreign students to study in the U.S. and about an equal number ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 29 June, 2017 | Topics:
Culture, Education, Events, Featured Event, News, Scholarships and Exchanges, Study in the U.S., U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Fulbright
Fact Sheet: Aviation Enhanced Security Measures for All Commercial Flights to the United States Release Date: June 28, 2017 The United States and the global aviation community face an adaptive and agile enemy. Terrorist groups continue to target passenger aircraft, and we have seen a “spider web” of threats to commercial aviation as terrorist pursue ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 28 June, 2017 | Topics:
Fact Sheets, News, Travel & Tourism
| Tags: airport security, Aviation security
Department of State Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC June 27, 2017 Well, thank you so much, Susan, and welcome to all of you to the State Department for this important event, and particularly I’m honored to welcome members of Congress, and in particular I want to highlight the leadership of Chairman Corker who’s with ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 28 June, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, Human Rights, News, Official Reports, Secretary Rex Tillerson
Press Statement Heather Nauert Department Spokesperson Washington, DC June 26, 2017 With the objective of maximizing national security, the Department of State will implement Executive Order 13780, “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States” in an orderly fashion, consistent with the Supreme Court’s unanimous order, and in accordance with the Presidential ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 28 June, 2017 | Topics:
Consular Affairs, Events, Featured Event, News, Press Releases
Remarks by Chargé d’Affaires Shawn Crowley The Hague, June 19, 2017 Ladies and gentleman, it is a true honor for Sabine and me to host this special Iftar dinner. Over the years we have had the pleasure of celebrating the breaking of the fast with friends in Tripoli, Kuwait City, Jerusalem, Benghazi, and Pristina, but also ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 20 June, 2017 | Topics:
Chargé D’Affaires, Events, Featured Event, Fundamental Freedoms, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Azzedine Karrat, Iftar
Authorities at Schiphol Airport take seriously their responsibilities to protect children. One way is to require additional screening of minors traveling alone or with only one parent. If you are traveling alone with kids this summer, or are entrusting them in the care of someone else, we recommend you fill out and bring with you ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 15 June, 2017 | Topics:
Alert, Consular Affairs, Featured Event, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Travel & Tourism, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: customs, minor, minors, u.s. citizens
Dutch Police reported an incident this evening at Amsterdam Central Station. They report that they have apprehended a suspect. According to Police the incident does not appear to be intentional. They are investigating further. Please follow @politie_Adam for the latest updates. Reminder for U.S. Citizen needing after hours assistance: If you need to contact the Consulate ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 10 June, 2017 | Topics:
News, Security & Emergency Messages
Press Statement Rex W. Tillerson Secretary of State Washington, DC June 7, 2017 2017 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) Pride Month In recognition of LGBTI Month, the Department of State affirms its solidarity with the human rights defenders and civil society organizations working around the world to uphold the fundamental freedoms of LGBTI ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 8 June, 2017 | Topics:
Human Rights, News, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: LGBTI, Pride
Press Statement Rex W. Tillerson Secretary of State Washington, DC June 6, 2017 Seventy years ago, on June 5, 1947, Secretary of State George C. Marshall laid out his bold vision for the United States to help the war-ravaged nations of Europe recover from the massive destruction of World War II. Marshall’s vision was central ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 6 June, 2017 | Topics:
Events, History, News, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: Marshall Plan
THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary June 1, 2017- Rose Garden 3:32 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. (Applause.) Thank you. I would like to begin by addressing the terrorist attack in Manila. We’re closely monitoring the situation, and I will continue to give updates if anything happens during this period ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 2 June, 2017 | Topics:
Environment, News, President Donald Trump, Speeches
Statement by Press Secretary Dave Lapan on Aviation Security May 30, 2017 For Immediate Release TSA Public Affairs WASHINGTON – Secretary Kelly had a call today with European Home Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos and Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc to discuss aviation security. Three items were discussed. First, they agreed on the need to raise the ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 30 May, 2017 | Topics:
News, Travel & Tourism
| Tags: DHS
Remarks of U.S. Charge d’Affaires Shawn Crowley Memorial Day Ceremony American Cemetery at Margraten May 28, 2017, 15:00 __________________________________________________________________ General Van der Louw, on behalf of the King; Minister and Mrs. Plasterk; General Middendorp; General and Mrs. Scaparrotti; your excellencies; Governor and Mrs. Bovens; Mayors; Ladies, and Gentlemen. As the grandson, son, and brother of ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 28 May, 2017 | Topics:
Chargé D’Affaires, Events, Featured Event, News, Speeches, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Margraten
Hundreds of citizens from the Netherlands, America, and other nations gathered, Saturday May 27, at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten to prepare for the annual ceremony in honor of Memorial Day. The cemetery is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and is the final resting place for 8,301 American soldiers who ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 27 May, 2017 | Topics:
History, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: ABMC
NATO Headquarters Brussels, Belgium 4:39 P.M. CEST PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much, Secretary General Stoltenberg. Chancellor Merkel, thank you very much. Other heads of state and government, I am honored to be here with members of an alliance that has promoted safety and peace across the world. Prime Minister May, all of the nations ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 26 May, 2017 | Topics:
Key Officials, News, Peace and Security, President Donald Trump
| Tags: NATO, Transcripts
The Harmonie Concordia Festival celebrated its 140th anniversary with a concert dedicated to American composer and conductor John Philip Sousa on May 20, 2017. Over 150 sousaphonists played the tuba-like instrument named after him. John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was known primarily for American military and patriotic marches. In fact, ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 22 May, 2017 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Chargé D’Affaires, Events, Featured Event, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Breda, John Philip Sousa, March music
A remembrance ceremony was held May 4th in Barendrecht to honor nine Dutch Resistance members, five Dutch military members, a Royal Australian Air Force Spitfire pilot, and four US Army Air Corps aviators who died when their B24 “Liberator” crashed in 1945. · Resistance Fighters M. Maasdam C. Keijzer J. Veldhoen A. Eriks B. Moekestorm ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 12 May, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, History, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Barendrecht
Press Statement Rex W. Tillerson Secretary of State Washington, DC May 9, 2017 In honor of Europe Day, I join all Americans in offering our best wishes to the citizens of the European Union. The United States and the European Union have a strong and enduring partnership based on our shared democratic values, strong economic ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 10 May, 2017 | Topics:
Europe & Eurasia, Featured Event, News, Secretary Rex Tillerson
We were deeply honored to join U.S. and other Allied veterans at Friday’s “Het Gooi Bevrijd” commemoration in the village of Bussum near Amsterdam. More than 80 vintage WWII vehicles joined the colorful procession in honor of Dutch Liberation Day. It was great to see so many young people in the crowds. We were especially ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 8 May, 2017 | Topics:
Consul General, Events, Featured Event, History, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Bussum, Robert Izumi
May’s book is The Things They Carried from National Book Award-winning author Tim O’Brien. The 1990 semi-autobiographical novel blurs fact with fiction in its vivid collection of short stories tracking the lives of a fictional group of American soldiers in Vietnam and their adjustment to civilian life after the war. Considered one of the best ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 4 May, 2017 | Topics:
Amsterdam, Art & Culture, Consul General, Events, Featured Event, News
Press Statement Rex W. Tillerson Secretary of State Washington, DC May 3, 2017 Today, on World Press Freedom Day, we reaffirm our commitment to promoting the fundamental principles of a free press around the world. We honor those men and women who work tirelessly, often at great personal risk, to tell the stories we would ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 3 May, 2017 | Topics:
Featured Event, Fundamental Freedoms, News, Secretary Rex Tillerson
Press Statement Mark C. Toner Deputy Department Spokesperson Washington, DC April 28, 2017 The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), the world’s only multilateral treaty that verifiably bans an entire category of weapons of mass destruction, marks the 20th anniversary of its entry into force this Saturday, April 29. The CWC prohibits the development, production, acquisition, stockpiling, ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 1 May, 2017 | Topics:
Featured Event, News, Press Releases
| Tags: OPCW
By Jim Garamone DoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, April 6, 2017 — The United States fired
Tomahawk missiles into Syria today in retaliation for the regime of Bashar Assad using nerve agents to attack his own people. President Donald J. Trump ordered the attack on Al-Shayrat Air Base, the base from which the chemical attack on ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 7 April, 2017 | Topics:
Near East & North Africa, News, President Donald Trump, Public Affairs
STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT TRUMP ON SYRIA April 6, 2017 THE PRESIDENT: My fellow Americans: On Tuesday, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians. Using a deadly nerve agent, Assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women, and children. It was a slow and brutal death for so many. Even ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 7 April, 2017 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump
Remarks Rex W. Tillerson Secretary of State Brussels, Belgium March 31, 2017 Good morning, Secretary General and my fellow ministers, and thank you for the opportunity to speak. Let me be very clear at the outset of my remarks: the U.S. commitment to NATO is strong and this Alliance remains the bedrock for transatlantic security. ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 31 March, 2017 | Topics:
Featured Event, News, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: NATO
Fact Sheet: Aviation Security Enhancements for Select Last Point of Departure Airports with Commercial Flights to the United States Release Date: March 21, 2017 Overview: Change to international travel carry-on items Evaluated intelligence indicates that terrorist groups continue to target commercial aviation and are aggressively pursuing innovative methods to undertake their attacks, to include smuggling ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 21 March, 2017 | Topics:
News, Travel & Tourism, U.S. Agencies
The Commander of U.S. Army Europe Lieutenant General Frederick “Ben” Hodges received the Meritorious Service Medal in Gold from the Dutch Minister of Defense on Monday, March 13th during a visit to the Netherlands. The award recognized LTG Hodges for his outstanding meritorious achievement as Commander, US Army Europe. He was surprised at the ceremony ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 16 March, 2017 | Topics:
Chargé D’Affaires, Europe & Eurasia, Key Officials, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Department of Defense, Ministry of Defense, U.S. Army
Yesterday we celebrated international women’s day and women’s history month at the U.S. Consulate General. Let’s keep pushing so that future girls think “what’s the big deal” with a woman astronaut, a woman president, a woman CEO, a woman dean, whatever.
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 10 March, 2017 | Topics:
Amsterdam, Featured Event, Gender Issues, History, Human Rights, News, Public Affairs, Video
Marcel Pinckaers (Foreign Agricultural Service) and Alec Boydston (Foreign Commercial Service) accompanied Kevin Oldenburg, CEO of Spokane, Washington based 2nd Sight BioScience, on a fact-finding visit to commercial greenhouse growers in the Westland region of the Netherlands. The visit included a meeting with Erik Helderman from Harvest House, one of the largest grower cooperatives in ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 7 March, 2017 | Topics:
Agriculture, Business, Commercial Affairs, Commercial Opportunities, Featured Event, News, Trade, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: 2nd Sight BioScience, CombiVliet
On March 6, 2017, President Trump signed a new Executive Order on Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States which directs us to review current screening procedures, while protecting national security – our top priority when issuing visas. The Executive Order has an effective date of March 16, 2017. We are ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 7 March, 2017 | Topics:
Consular Affairs, Featured Event, Immigrant Visas, News, Non Immigrant Visas, President Donald Trump, Press Releases, Visas
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and to protect the Nation from terrorist activities by foreign nationals admitted to ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 6 March, 2017 | Topics:
Consul General, Consular Affairs, News, Non Immigrant Visas, President Donald Trump, Travel & Tourism, Visas
The following is the full text of President Donald Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress on February 28, 2017 as prepared for delivery and released by the White House press office. TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: TRUMP: Thank you very much. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, the ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 1 March, 2017 | Topics:
Government Offices, Key Officials, News, President Donald Trump, Speeches
| Tags: Address to Congress
Remarks by the Vice President at the Swearing-in Ceremony of Commerce Secretary Ross February 28, 2017 THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Thank you for joining us. On behalf of the President of the United States, it’s my great privilege to administer the oath of office to a man who will become the 39th Secretary of ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 1 March, 2017 | Topics:
Business, Commercial Affairs, Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in the U.S., Government Offices, Key Officials, News, Trade
| Tags: Department of Commerce
Remarks Rex W. Tillerson Secretary of State World Conference Center Bonn, Germany February 16, 2017 SECRETARY TILLERSON: So I want to make a very brief statement. Foreign Minister Lavrov and I had a productive meeting and we discussed a range of issues of mutual concern. As I made clear in my Senate confirmation hearing, the ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 17 February, 2017 | Topics:
Featured Event, News, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: Lavrov
The inauguration of the President will take place on Friday, 20 January 2017 and will be the fifty-eighth Presidential Inauguration. Information on the Presidential Inauguration is always available from the
Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies website . Related websites
Presidential Inaugurations , a Library of Congress American Memory web site The
Constitution of the United States of America
White House website (whitehouse.gov) Inauguration Quick Facts Who? President Donald J. Trump, the ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 11 January, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, News, Policy
| Tags: Inauguration
Nieuwjaarsduik is a Dutch New Year’s Day tradition. People gather at the seaside and local lakes to dive into the new year- literally with a polar bear plunge. Some say it’s a symbolic way of casting off the previous year and starting fresh. This year a group from the US Embassy in The Hague braved ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 3 January, 2017 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Featured Event, News, Travel & Tourism
| Tags: Nieuwjaarsduik, Scheveningen
Chargé d’Affaires Shawn Crowley recently hosted a buffet lunch for a group of young Syrian refugees to launch a small exhibition by Syrian artist Mohammed Hussein in the living room of the residence. Hussein’s works very much reflect the Syrian world in which he was living before fleeing to Europe. Unfortunately, he could not be ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 20 December, 2016 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Featured Event, News
| Tags: Mohammed Hussein, The Hague Peace Project
On 15 December 2016, the United States of America (USA) deposited its Instrument of ratification of the Hague Convention of 5 July 2006 on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in Respect of Securities held with an Intermediary (2006 Securities Convention). The USA had signed the Convention, together with Switzerland, 5 July 2006. The deposit ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 16 December, 2016 | Topics:
embassy, Events, Featured Event, News
| Tags: Hague Conference on Private International Law
As a result of the Cabinet decision on December 9, 2016 the United States and the Netherlands will formally begin negotiations to implement U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Preclearance operations at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) in early 2017. With Preclearance, travelers undergo CBP immigration, customs, and agriculture inspections before boarding a flight to the ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 13 December, 2016 | Topics:
Amsterdam, Events, Featured Event, News, Press Releases, Travel & Tourism, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Preclearance, Schiphol, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
An old, retired F-16, has now found a permanent home on the ground: a roundabout near Volkel Airbase in the Province of Brabant. On December 3, 2016, the airplane was transported to the traffic junction Zeelandsedijk/Rondweg, in the presence of Defense Minister Hennis-Plasschaert and the Mayor of the Municipality of Uden. U.S. Embassy The Hague’s ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 5 December, 2016 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: F-16, ODC, Uden, Volkel
On November 29 and 30, 2016, Chargé d’Affaires Shawn Crowley visited one of world’s smartest regions; the Brainport Eindhoven region. The region is specialized in high tech and R&D, especially in Semiconductors and Automotive. The companies in this region account for 19 percent of the Dutch total R&D. Mr. Crowley met several companies and stakeholders ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 2 December, 2016 | Topics:
Business, Commercial Opportunities, Featured Event, News
| Tags: Brainbort Eindhoven, Helmond, Jorritsma
More than 100 Dutch students were able to ask their most burning questions about the United States at a recent Kids’ Lecture at Humanity House in The Hague. The students attend Public Primary School (OBS) Waterland from The Hague and the School van Maas en Waal in Amsterdam. During the “KinderCollege,” the children interacted with ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 23 November, 2016 | Topics:
Culture, Education, Events, Featured Event, News, Public Affairs
| Tags: Humanity House, SamSam
Yosef Safi Harb is former Aerospace engineer specialized in sensor design turned health entrepreneur. He is currently the Founder of Happitech. Happitech uses the sensors on your smartphone with no additional hardware to measure vital signs like heart-rate rate, heart rate variability to detect heart-arrtyhmias, stress, life expectancy and fitness levels. Happitech’s technology is currently ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 18 November, 2016 | Topics:
Business, Commercial Opportunities, Events, Featured Event, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Yosef Safi Harb
On November 14 and 15, 2016, nine U.S. exporters of Specialty Food Products had one-on-one meetings with twelve importers during a Reverse Trade Mission (RTM). This RTM was organized by Food Export USA Northeast in close cooperation with USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service in The Hague. The exporters were welcomed by Chargé D’Affairs Shawn Crowley and ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 16 November, 2016 | Topics:
Agriculture, Amsterdam, Business, Commercial Affairs, Deputy Chief of Mission, Events, Featured Event, News, Trade, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Food Export USA Northeast, Reverse Trade Mission
This week is Global Entrepreneurship Week. We would like to celebrate this by highlighting Dutch talent! Laura Klauss recently won the public vote for the prestigious Dutch Engineer of the Year Award. Together with like-minded engineers, she co-founded Better Future Factory, a multi-disciplinary sustainable company focused on design, environmental issues and engineering. Better Future Factory ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 16 November, 2016 | Topics:
Alumni, Business, Doing Business in the U.S., Economic Affairs, Featured Event, News, Success Stories, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Global Entrepreneurship Week, Laura Klauss
More than 1,000 students and faculty attended the 13th edition of Minerva’s All American Night in Leiden’s magnificent Pieterskerk. Organized by the student members of Minerva Society, it was a night of politics, music, and even a play – the latest edition of a tradition that stretches back to the U.S. Presidential Election of 1968. ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 8 November, 2016 | Topics:
Deputy Chief of Mission, Europe & Eurasia, Featured Event, Key Officials, News, Public Affairs, U.S. & the Netherlands
CDA Shawn Crowley discusses the U.S. elections at the “American Dreamers” event hosted by Elsevier on October 19, 2016.
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 31 October, 2016 | Topics:
Amsterdam, Deputy Chief of Mission, Events, Featured Event, News, Public Affairs, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Elsevier
Source:
Europol Press Release , September 19, 2016 U.S. Diplomatic Security Service (DS) Deputy Assistant Secretary John M. Eustace and Europol Deputy Director Wil van Gemert met this week in The Hague. The two officials signed an agreement for the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service to join two of Europol’s Focal Points1: FP Phoenix targets trafficking in human beings ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 21 September, 2016 | Topics:
Europe & Eurasia, Events, Featured Event, Government Offices, Human Rights, News, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Diplomatic Security, Europol, Migrant smuggling, Trafficking in Human Beings
September 17-18 – On various locations in the Arnhem/Nijmegen region, people gathered to commemorate those who fought in Operation Market Garden to help liberate the Netherlands.
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 19 September, 2016 | Topics:
Deputy Chief of Mission, Events, Featured Event, History, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Arnhem, Eerde, Eindhoven, Market Garden, Nijmegen
On September 15, a unique American flag carried during D-Day in 1944 arrived at the Nationaal Militair Museum in Soesterberg. The flag was accepted with military ceremony in the presence of Dutch Defense Minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and about twenty American World War II veterans. The museum opened an exhibition on the flag on this day. ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 16 September, 2016 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Deputy Chief of Mission, Featured Event, History, News, Public Affairs, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: D-Day, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert. veterans, Nationaal Militair Museum, Soesterberg
Embassy personnel came together to share their memories of the attacks on September 11, 2001. Overseas Americans Remember organized the ceremony which combined personal stories and music to honor those who died on that day 15 years ago, along with those who worked tirelessly to save them.
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 12 September, 2016 | Topics:
Deputy Chief of Mission, embassy, Events, Featured Event, History, News, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: 9/11, Overseas Americans Remember
Since 2006, the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten has held an open-air Liberation Concert as a tribute to and in remembrance of the liberation of the Netherlands that began in September 1944 and those who died to secure it. CDA Shawn P. Crowley gave the opening remarks below at the concert on September 4, 2016. ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 7 September, 2016 | Topics:
Deputy Chief of Mission, embassy, Events, Featured Event, History, Key Officials, News, Public Affairs, Speeches, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Margraten, WWII
Chargé d’Affaires Shawn Crowley visited the city of Rotterdam September 1, 2016. He met with Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb to discuss areas of mutual cooperation. During a visit to the Essalam Islamic Center, he discussed religious freedom and tolerance and had a tour with the Director and staff. The day ended with a tour of the ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 2 September, 2016 | Topics:
Deputy Chief of Mission, Doing Business in the U.S., Events, Featured Event, Key Officials, News, Public Affairs, Trade, U.S. & the Netherlands
| Tags: Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb, Port, Rotterdam
April 1 and 2, 2016 – American sports envoys Zola Solamente (played on U.S. national soccer team) and Neftalie Williams (skateboarder and professor) were in Eindhoven for a special sports integration program. They led skills clinics, a soccer tournament, skateboarding lessons, BMX, dance and much more for Eindhoven youth, including refugees. Young people from Dynamo ...
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 10 August, 2016 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, News, Public Affairs
| Tags: Eindhoven, Neftalie Williams, Sports Diplomacy, Zola Solamente
U.S. Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons Randy Berry was in Amsterdam for Europride 2016 ! Here he is speaking at a U.S. Mission reception co-hosted with the City of Amsterdam and EuroPride organizers
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 10 August, 2016 | Topics:
Featured Event, Gender Issues, Human Rights, News
| Tags: Europride, LGBTI, Randy Berry
