Christophe van der Maat

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Dutch soldiers
Politics
Military illegally used private shooting instructors to make service year happen: report
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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima are handed a wreath to place at the National Monument on Dam Square during the Remembrance Day ceremony in Amsterdam. 4 May 2024
PoliticsCulture
Five arrests around mostly calm National Remembrance Day ceremony in Amsterdam
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Pages from the Erelijst van Gevallenen 1940-1945, the honor roll commemorating Dutch soldiers, officers, and resistance members killed during World War II. 4 May 2013
PoliticsCulture
More attention to safety during Remembrance Day ceremonies today
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A Dutch F-35 jet
HealthPolitics
No noise standards for Leeuwarden airbase, Defense says after years of F-35 complaints
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LC Frigate "The Zeven Provinciën"
Politics
Defense wants to strengthen Dutch industry with new frigates, costing up to €8 billion
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Dutch navy ship on the North Sea.
CrimePolitics
Netherlands boosts North Sea security with new ships and surveillance tech
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Gunay Uslu, State Secretary for Culture and Media from 10 January 2022 until 30 November 2023.
Politics
Cabinet shuffle: Uslu leaves to head Corendon, van Leeuwen to fill in for Schreinemacher
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A small group of people gathered at the Ter Apel asylum seeker reception center in November 2014
Politics
Pressure on asylum reception remains high in 2024, additional places needed
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Sex worker on a bed
HealthPoliticsBusiness
Cabinet wants to improve the position of sex workers with new plan of action
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Undated photo of the emergency asylum center on Baanstee-Noord in Purmerend
Politics
Dutch Senate declares asylum distribution law not controversial
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M142 HIMARS
Politics
U.S. agrees to sell Netherlands HIMARS rockets in €627 million deal
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A Dutch armored howitzer
Politics
Dutch military reaching limits of what it can give Ukraine
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The Ministry of Defense in The Hague
Politics
Cabinet accelerates ammunition purchase for almost half a billion
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Christophe van der Maat
Politics
Defense State Secretary against military conscription
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Dutch soldiers with Minimi-light machine guns
Politics
Military conscription under consideration in the Netherlands: Report
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Christophe van der Maat
Politics
Dutch armed forces not up to facing Russia, Defense State Sec. is told