King Willem-Alexander Current Events 4: Aug 2023 -


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How lovely. I met her once and she told me she ended up being a university professor because she wanted to be a teacher and each time she was a student at a higher level she wanted to teach at that level. So, as a young pupil she wanted to become a teacher at primary school, as a teenager she wanted to become a teacher at secondary school and finally as a university student she decided that she wanted te become a university professor - which she ended up doing.
 
King Willem-Alexander received the President of Slovakia Peter Pellegrini at Noordeinde Palace today, December 2:


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King Willem-Alexander paid a working visit to the International Institute of Social History (IISG) in Amsterdam today, December 3:


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Here are a few more photos from today's audience for the Ambassadors of Romania and San Marino at the Noordeinde Palace in The Hague.
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King Willem-Alexander paid a working visit to the MESA+ NanoLab of the University of Twente this morning, December 19:


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Today, December 20, the King's Christmas speech has been recorded in the White Dining Hall at Huis ten Bosch Palace. IT will be broadcast on Christmas Day on NOS on NPO 1, NPO Radio 1, online and on NPO 2:



 
That's a beautiful christmas message (starting with the message of the angels to the shepherds and ending with a verse from Romas 12: Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.). In between stressing that nobody should be excluded, that there are some basics (all equal for the law, no discrimination, no violence) that are not open for discussion and a call for people to not import bitterness and hate but to be resilient against what drives us apart - as well as care for those around us, accepting that not everyone needs to think alike but each one is a human being of flesh and blood, just like us.

Link to the full written text for those who'd like it for a full translation: Kersttoespraak van de Koning, 25 december 2024
 
There was the usual criticism of the extreme right. This time Geert Wilders -the leader of the largest party in parlement and in government- said that the country was 'ours' as opposed to the king saying to Jewish and Muslim people that the Netherlands is their country too.
 
Today, King Willem-Alexander received the Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China, Ding Xuexiang, in audience at the Huis ten Bosch Palace.
 
Today, January 23, King Willem-Alexander opened the new premises of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Belgium and the Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the European Union.

He also visited the Europa Building and met European Council President António Costa:


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King Willem-Alexander paid a working visit to Europol in Den Haag in connection with its 25th anniversary today, January 24:


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Before the king, queen and princess of Orange went to Poland for the international Holocaust remembrance, the king had an audience with the National Coordinator against Discrimination and Racism. A well-timed audience imho.
 
This morning, January 29, King Willem-Alexander received the Ambassadors of Azerbaijan, the United Arab Emirates and Somalia:


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Later he paid a working visit to Tabor College Oscar Romero. in Hoorn focussing "on the Healthy School – working on healthy living, learning and development in education":


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King Willem-Alexander handed out the Royal Prize for Painting 2025 at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam today, January 31:


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This prize was established in 1871 by king Willem III and has been continued by his successors. Each year 3 artists under 35 living in the Netherlands are awarded this prize.
 
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