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

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




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



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

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



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



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

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



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



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


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



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

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


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


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



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



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

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



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



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



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

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It could be worse

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



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


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



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

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


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

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