Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien, News & Events Part 4 (January 2018 - )

[Rossina]

Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien, News & Events Part 4 (January 2018 - )

Welcome to the 4th thread for Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien of Netherlands' News & Events.

January 1, 2018 ​

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[iceflower]

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Yesterday, January 9, Prince Constantijn participated in the official opening of the Holland Startup Pavillion during CES 2018 in Las Vegas:


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[iceflower]

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Prince Constantijn handed out the prizes at the final of the Dutch Violin Competition in Utrecht yesterday, January 20:


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[iceflower]

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On February 15 Princess Laurentien as founder and member of the board of the Missing Chapter Foundation participated in the annual board meeting of the G40 city network in Schiedam.


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** missingchapter.org: De juiste vragen stellen **


** Prinses Laurentien op bezoek in Schiedam ** translation **

 

[iceflower]

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On March 7 Prince Constantijn as Special Envoy of the Startup Delta visited the team Fast at the Automotive Campus in Helmond. The team is one of the startups supported by Startup Delta.


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** Prins Constantijn bezoekt Team Fast op de Automotive Campus ** translation **

 

[eya]

Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien attends at the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam at the presentation of the World Press Photo Award today

Belga Image

https://www.rexfeatures.com/livefeed/2018/04/13/'world_press_photo_of_the_year'_launch,_amsterdam?

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bhe_3hVFpTr/?taken-by=koninklijkhuis

 

[iceflower]

Thank you! Here are a few more photos:


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[iceflower]

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Princess Laurentien received the first copy of the book "Green feet" by Lotte Stegeman in Amsterdam today, April 25:


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[iceflower]

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Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien made a privat visit to Aruba last week and included a meeting with Prime Minister Evelyn Wever-Croes on May 4:


** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Prins Constantijn en Princes Laurentien bezoeken Minister President Evelyn Wever-Croes **

 

[iceflower]

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Prince Constantijn as Special Envoy of the Startup Delta attended the CUBE Tech Fair 2018 in Berlin, Germany, today, May 15, and participated in a panel discussion about blockchain and cryptocurrency with US rapper Ghostface Killah.


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[LadyFinn]

HRH Prince Daniel of Sweden and HRH Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands meeting with Dutch State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy @MonaKeijzer and Swedish State Secretary for Enterprise and Innovation @stinabillinger before the Startup Summit
https://www.instagram.com/p/BjHzbAXFmrm/?tagged=startupsenl

More photos
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dd4meUKVAAUIKGC.jpg

https://twitter.com/x/status/999282807536046080

Constantijn and Daniel made the introductory remarks at "Startup Summit: Sweden - The Netherlands" in Epicenter Amsterdam.

https://twitter.com/x/status/999277858945200128

https://twitter.com/x/status/999276453119315968

https://twitter.com/x/status/999278776570826758

https://twitter.com/x/status/999277132982439936

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May 23, Startup Summit Sweden – the Netherlands – Swedish Chamber of Commerce
https://www.kungahuset.se/download/...363/Invitation Startup Summit 23 May 2018.pdf

From Twitter of Epicenter Amsterdam
"Fantastic start to Startup Summit Sweden-The Netherlands! HRH Prince Daniel of Sweden & HRH Prince Constantijn in conversation on entrepreneurship as a driving force to improve our business climate."
https://twitter.com/EpicenterAms/status/999287124368281601

From Twitter of Swedish State Secretary for Enterprise and Innovation Stina Billinger
"Two incredibly engaged and entrepreneurial people inaugurate #StartupSENL: HRH Prince Daniel and HRH Prince Constantijn."
https://twitter.com/stinabillinger/status/999303514999414786

Video
The Swedish prince Daniel noted that the Dutch are the tallest people in the world. Prince Constantijn had a nice theory about that.
The two princes are Wednesday in Amsterdam to speak about the position of new companies in the Netherlands and Sweden. They talk about how the government can help them and encourage them to grow. They also discuss the differences between Swedish entrepreneurial culture and those of the Netherlands.
Video_ Constantijn legt prins Daniel uit waarom Nederlanders lang zijn - Blauw Bloed

 

[LadyFinn]

Today Daniel and Constantijn were at The Next Web Fair in Amsterdam.

https://twitter.com/x/status/999646005791481857

Startup figurehead Prince Constantijn convinced the Swedish enterprising Prince Daniel to come to the Netherlands and The Next Web, he tells Sprout. "We in the Netherlands, we have to connect much better with what they do in Scandinavia."

Photos from "Startup Summit: Sweden - The Netherlands" from the website of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands.
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[iceflower]

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On May 17 Princess Laurentien moderated a dialogue session of the Council of Children of Groningen:


** focusgroningen.nl gallery: Raad van Kinderen Groningen en prinses Laurentien in gesprek over armoedebestrijding **

 

[iceflower]

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On June 6 Princess Laurentien as founder and member of the board of the Missing Chapter Foundation was a guest at the Dutch TV show Jinek Live. Together with Hugo de Jonge, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, the political participation of children was discussed:



** evajinek video: Prinses Laurentien en Hugo de Jonge laten kinderen meepraten **

 

[iceflower]

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Princess Laurentien opened the congress of the Dutch Association for Pediatrics in Papendal (Arnhem) on June 13 and held a speech about child emancipation by children's councils.


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[iceflower]

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On June 14 Princess Laurentien was one of the speakers at the Nouveau Matinee by the Dutch women's magazine Nouveau in Amsterdam and talked about advice by and participation of children:


** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** nouveau.nl: Achter de schermen bij de Nouveau Matinee **

 

[EMB]

A solution should be found for the asylum children Lili and Howick. This was what Princess Laurentien said on Radio 5 during the broadcast of Jeroen van Inkel this morning.

The Council of State decided last month that the asylum application of the mother and the children was rightly rejected. Lili and Howick came to the Netherlands in May 2008 and grew up here. They do not speak Armenian. According to the government, however, they are not entitled to a residence permit because Armenia would be a safe country.

Princess Laurentien hopes for a solution for Lili and Howick

 

[Marengo]

I suppose one could argue that a solution was reached, namely in the verdict of the judge. Although an awful verdict for the children themselves of course.

The princess fortunately stayed sufficiently vague in her comments, so that will keep her out of political trouble.

 

[iceflower]

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Laurentien in Hilversum today where she was the one-time co-presenter of the morning show "Your day is good" and lauchned the Week of Literacy:


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[Duc_et_Pair]

The problem is that by going in appeal, and in appeal, and in appeal against refusals, the request to obtain a permanent status runs for years and years. Meaning that children become more Dutch because all these years they live here. Armenia is not war-torn or a dictatorship. So allowing the children to stay is a signal to all applicants from "safe countries" that stretching procedures as long as possible works in their advantage.

After all: if the two children are allowed to stay, isn't it inhuman to keep them separated from their mother? Result: the mother will be granted permission too. Quod Erat Demonstrandum: using your children as pawns will help you.

That is what the Government wants to avoid. Symbols are strong. When Spain allowed the Aquarius to embark in a Spanish port, it was a signal and since then the trafficking of migrants has taken the route to Spain, putting the new minority government over there under pressure.

Princess Laurentien was on the edge. Vague enough but I preferred her to say nothing at all.

 

[iceflower]

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Yesterday, September 20, Princess Laurentien participated in the colloquium "The Global Citizen as Ambassador" of the Stichting Nederlands Onderwijs in het Buitenland (Foundation for Dutch Education Worldwide) in Den Haag:


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[iceflower]

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Princess Laurentien was one of the speakers on day 1 of the Carnegie Peace Building Conversations in Den Haag today, September 24:


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[iceflower]

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Princess Laurentien launched the action programme Go Do in Oegstgeest today, September 25.

The programme focusses on behavioral changes concerning healthier eating, more exercises and relaxation.


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[iceflower]

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On September 25 Prince Constantijn attended the Future of Trust Summit 2018 in Den Haag:


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And today, September 27, he participated in the launch of the new electric transport vehicle for inner cities, named Zolution, in Amsterdam:


** rex gallery **

 

[eya]

Princess Laurentien runs along during a sponsor run to raise money for children from poor families on the initiative of the Hague Children s Council in the Zuiderpark in The Hague today 14 October

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Gallery

https://www.rexfeatures.com/livefeed/2018/10/14/charity_run,_the_hague?

 

[iceflower]

Here are two more galleries of the charity run:


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[eya]

Princess Laurentien in Croatia yesterday 29 October for the conference as a founder of Missing Chapter

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[iceflower]

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On November 1 Princess Laurentien attended the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Dutch magazine Margriet in Amsterdam including the opening of the portrait exhibition "Just tough":


** Pic ** parool article ** fb video **

 

[Somebody]

'just cool' would probably a more accurate translation of 'gewoon stoer' (although any translation looses parts of the meaning in Dutch) in this case

 

[iceflower]

Thanks! "Tough" is one of the English words that was imported into the German language but with a wider range of meanings. The German "tough" is accurate, the English one indeed not quite so..?


On November 3 Princess Laurentien was invited as a special guest at the finals for the new new Child Ambassadors in Amersfoort:


** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 ** nsgk: Dit zijn onze nieuwe kinderambassadeurs! ** translation **