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Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs feared internal unrest due to Gaza attacks
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MSC Zoe
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List of waste sites made public 5 years after MSC Zoe lost 342 containers in Wadden Sea
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Ministry of Finance in The Hague
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Ministers increasingly reluctant to answer citizens' requests for information
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A hearing of the European Court of Justice
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Dutch gov't can keep info on run-up to MH17 disaster confidential, European Court rules
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Mark Rutte speaks with reporters following his first Cabinet meeting after the summer recess. 18 August 2023
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Dutch PM's Ministry reprimanded for blocking access to public information
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Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Health Minister Hugo de Jonge in a Tweede Kamer debate on the coronavirus, 12 August 2020
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Hugo de Jonge blocks the release of his WhatsApp messages during the pandemic
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Ministry of Finance in The Hague
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Dutch gov't "unbearably slow" in responding to citizens requests for information: study
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Journalists with microphones
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Governments often "obstruct" requests for information on a large scale: report
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Mark Rutte in a parliamentary debate on notes leaked from the cabinet formation process, 1 April 2021
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PM Rutte survives debate on deleted texts
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Mark Rutte listening to criticism from PVV leader Geert Wilders during a debate in Parliament on 18 Feb. 2021
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Rutte's lack of transparency a pattern, opposition says in deleted texts debate
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Prime Minister Mark Rutte in a parliamentary debate on the coronavirus policy, 14 October 2020
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PM Rutte's deleted texts can't be recovered; Parliamentary debate today
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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte with Indonesian Minister of Public Works Basuki Hadimuljono showing off their old Nokia phone, 7 October 2019
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PM Rutte says he "never deliberately" withheld info by deleting text messages
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Hugo de Jonge on 28 October 2019
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Hugo de Jonge may have used private email in dodgy face mask deal
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The towers that house the Ministries of Home Affairs and Justice and Security on Turfmarkt in The Hague
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Ministries slower and slower to respond to open government requests: study
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Messaging apps Telegram, Signal, and WhatsApp
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More politicians using messaging app Signal, which can automatically delete chats
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Plenary meeting hall of the Tweede Kamer, Dutch Parliament's lower house (Photo: Wikipedia/Sisyfus)
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Call for more gov't transparency after childcare allowance affair
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Hugo de Jonge at the EPP Summit in Brussels, May 2019
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Government won't release outbreak management team's meeting reports
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Milieudefensie and Groningen residents dump fracking earthquake rubble in front of the Ministry of Economic Affairs in The Hague, 26 Oct 2017
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Netherlands not prepared for gas shortages: report