Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
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Netherlands pledges 500 million euros for Ukraine winter air defence as Zelensky visits The Hague
Zelensky met Prime Minister Rob Jetten at the Catshuis in The Hague, where the cabinet also announced 1.2 billion euros in non-military aid over three years, money already reserved for Ukraine.
- Oct 2
Study finds Dutch royal house earned €576 million from colonialism and supported slavery
A three-year historical study presented in Leiden found that the House of Orange-Nassau actively backed colonial rule and generated €576 million in profits, primarily from 19th-century operations in Indonesia.
- Aug 26
Rescuers extract four survivors from Nepal flood debris ten days after disaster
Nepali and international rescue teams have pulled three hydropower workers and a 64-year-old woman alive from flooded tunnels and buried buildings in the Trishuli River valley.
- Jul 26
Queen Máxima becomes first royal to open WorldPride as Amsterdam hosts global LGTBIQ+ festival
The Dutch queen interrupted her holiday to inaugurate the two-week event in Vondelpark, 25 years after the Netherlands staged the world’s first full-rights same-sex marriages.
