Mark Rutte

• Mark Rutte resigns as Dutch PM amid migration dispute

  Rutte said he and his coalition partners have different views on migration policy and it was determined Friday those differences "are irreconcilable."

  Politics

  Jul 7, 2023
  
• Canada would be ‘perfect home’ for NATO centre on climate security, Dutch PM says

  Trudeau first announced the intention to ask allies to support the development of a NATO climate security centre of excellence during the NATO leaders' summit in Brussels in June.

  Canada

  Oct 29, 2021
  
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• Dutch government allows Armenian family to stay after 96-day church session

  A round-the-clock prayer service to stop an Armenian family being deported from the Netherlands was ended after 96 days on Wednesday, after the government agreed to make an exception to immigration rules.

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  Jan 31, 2019
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• ‘Forever grateful’: Dutch prime minister pays tribute to WWII vet who helped liberate the Netherlands

  Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte paid tribute to 94-year-old Don White in a speech in Parliament Thursday.

  Canada

  Oct 25, 2018
• Dutch PM joins Trudeau in warning against populism, calls Brexit ‘terrible’

  The prime minister of the Netherlands is telling Canada's parliament that Britain's decision to leave the European Union is a terrible idea.

  Politics

  Oct 25, 2018
• Mark Rutte beats ‘Dutch Donald Trump’ Geert Wilders in Netherlands election

  Dutch center-right Prime Minister Mark Rutte fought off the challenge of anti-Islam and anti-EU rival Geert Wilders to score an election victory that was hailed across Europe Thursday.

  Politics

  Mar 15, 2017
• Turkey’s Erdogan says Dutch will ‘pay the price’ for not allowing ministers into their country

  Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan drove his dispute with European nations to the hilt Sunday, boldly claiming that "Nazism is alive in the West" after two of his ministers were prevented from campaigning in the Netherlands over the weekend.

  World

  Mar 12, 2017
• Netherlands bars Turkish ministers as tensions continue to rise

  The Netherlands barred Turkish ministers from speaking in Rotterdam on Saturday in a row over Ankara's political campaigning among Turkish emigres.

  Politics

  Mar 11, 2017
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• Dutch back UN tribunal for Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash

  Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says he supports moves to set up an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysian Airlines plane over Ukraine last year.

  World

  Jul 3, 2015