Tagged: dutch

3rd November 2021

Is the West responsible for the evacuation chaos in Afghanistan?

The resignation of the Dutch Foreign Minister, Ms Sigrid Kaag, over the evacuation chaos in Afghanistan in September 2021 resurfaced the debate around the role of the western powerhouses in the failure of organised...

Opinion / COVID19 / Elections

15th March 2021

Dutch vote in election dominated by COVID-19

Three days of voting begins in the Netherlands on Monday in a parliamentary election seen as a referendum on the Dutch government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Prime Minister Mark Rutte, one of Europe’s...

Europe / World Daily

19th July 2018

Dutch Foreign Minister Slammed by Suriname over “Failed State” comments

Paramaribo/Amsterdam – Netherland’s Foreign Minister Stef Blok faced serious backlash for his comments on Wednesday about Suriname being a “failed state”. The former Dutch colony was labelled by Blok as a “failed state”...