Royal House announces presentation date for study into its colonial history

The government published translated regulations outlining civil settlements for widows and children of victims of mass executions in the former Dutch East Indies. The settlements emerged from...

The House approved legislation to increase the number of elected council members and executive officials on the three Caribbean Netherlands islands. The change addressed representation in small island...

At the opening of Ulu Kora, the national Moluccan monument, Prime Minister Rob Jetten apologized for the government’s treatment of Moluccan KNIL soldiers and their families after their 1951 forced...

At the National Slavery Remembrance ceremony, Prime Minister Rob Jetten invited public institutions to raise the Dutch flag on 1 July and stressed action on slavery’s present-day social and economic...

The Senate completed parliamentary approval of a law expanding elected representation on the BES islands. The amendment adjusted local institutions within the Dutch state but did not change the...

King Willem-Alexander received an independent study of the monarchy’s colonial history. Researchers concluded that the royal house shared responsibility for the survival of Dutch slavery and...

The government announced the return of twenty Indonesian cultural objects, including centuries-old sculptures. The decision followed earlier returns and long-standing Indonesian requests, and was...