Tag: Netherlands

• Monday, July 28th 2014 - 07:11 UTC

  Dutch government releases former Venezuelan general retained on DEA request

  

  The Dutch government released a former Venezuelan general who was detained on US drug charges when he arrived in Aruba to serve as his country's consul on the Dutch Caribbean island, sending him home Sunday night and defusing a diplomatic fight with its neighbor.

• Tuesday, April 30th 2013 - 09:53 UTC

  Holland has a king for the first time since 1890 and Argentina Queen Maxima

  

  King Willem-Alexander became the first Dutch male monarch in more than a century Tuesday as his mother Beatrix abdicated to end a 33-year reign. His popular Argentine born wife became Queen Maxima.

• Saturday, August 18th 2012 - 05:45 UTC

  Euro zone June trade surplus was the highest since 1999

  

  The Euro zone trade surplus hit 14.9bn Euros in June up from 200m Euros a year ago. The surplus was the highest since the European Union's statistics agency began collecting data in 1999.