King receives study documenting the House of Orange-Nassau’s role in colonial exploitation

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...

The Royal House announced that King Willem-Alexander would receive the results of an independent study into the House of Orange-Nassau’s role in Dutch colonial history on 2 October. The research...

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...