The Netherlands

A most unusual arrival - King Willem-Alexander pilots government plane to Germany for a state visit

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6th July 2021
On Monday July 5th, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands arrived in Germany to begin a three-day state visit to the country. The Dutch state plane landed at Berlin Brandenburg Airport around 11am carrying Their Majesties and three government ministers: the Minister of Defence, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Public Health. One…
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Queen Máxima visits UMC Utrecht for healthcare

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24th June 2021
On Tuesday afternoon, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands visited UMC Utrecht, where she held four meetings.  During the first roundtable, she heard how the facility is taking care of postponed health checks; several routine health checkups have been postponed because of the coronavirus emergency, and now the healthcare system is trying its best to catch up on all the missed…
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Queen Máxima speaks with children of divorce in visit to buddy program

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18th June 2021
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands spoke with the children of divorced parents during a visit to the Villa Pinedo buddy program in Amsterdam on Wednesday. The program, which won an Apples of Orange Award from the King and Queen’s Orange Fund in 2020, supports young people who are living through their parents’ divorce by matching them with a peer who’s already had the experience. During…
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Queen Máxima visits Special Olympics National Games

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12th June 2021
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands attended the first day of the Special Olympics National Games on the Sports Campus in The Hague. The Games, which will take place from June 11-13, 2021, are a national sporting event for athletes with intellectual disabilities. The Netherlands has an estimated 170,000 citizens who are intellectually disabled. Organisers use the Games to promote a positive public…
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