This is one of the reasons I am proud of the Netherlands - the way our Prime Minister goes to work.
Karel van Oosterom
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Karel van Oosterom
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Advisor, author and lecturer on geopolitics, diplomacy and management. Author of “With an Orange Tie, A Year on the Security Council”.
- Internationally, we the Dutch are seen to be direct and blunt. Our checklist for travel to the Netherlands lives up to that reputation.
- This is the Netherlands. Our Prime Minister of fourteen years leaves office. On a bicycle.
- Why we all should move to The Hague in the Netherlands…
00:00 - This is the Netherlands. After informing our King on formation of new government, Prime Minister Rutte leaves the Palace by bike...
- These tweets continue to sadden me and to commemorate our past - and to think of those who did not grow old.22 November 1934 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Judic Vischjager, was born in Amsterdam. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 12 November 1942 in a group of 758 Jews deported from #Westerbork. Together with her brother Jacob she was among 707 of them murdered after the selection in gas chambers.
- This photo captured it all. Escaping the Taliban. Arriving in Belgium. A new future.
- Love this. Dutch band plays “Hey Jude” in Dortmund when meeting English fans, honoring the English team and it’s star player Jude Bellingham. Sport connects us as UK-NL #NorthSeaNeighbours .
- Prime Minister Rutte arrives at the Palace to inform our King Willem-Alexander about formation new government. He even locks his bike...
- One of the reasons I love my country is the way our Prime Minister commutes to his office: casual, by bike, eating an apple. Photo @volkskrant
- Love this. Meghan Markle lends her coat to keep baby Liva warm; daughter of participant #Invictus games. Follow games here: invictusgames2020.com Invictus games were started by Prince Harry and are meant to help injured military personnel, using sport, with their recovery.
- Our King Willem-Alexander together with Prince Harry meets athletes participating in #InvictusGames in The Hague, the Netherlands and attends closing day activities (2). Photos via nu.nl
- Every time these tweets touch my heart.21 May 1944 | Betty Vredenburg, a Dutch Jewish girl, was murdered in a gas chamber in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau Betty was born in Amsterdam on 6 May 1940. She was 4 years old.
- Let us remember Leo van den Berg and his family.27 February 1932 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Leo van den Berg, was born in Rotterdam. He was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber on 8 August 1942. He perished together with his mother Roza and his siblings Roosje and Max.
