Caspar Veldkamp

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held phone conversations with top European officials on Monday, focusing on the evolving situations in Ukraine, Syria, and Gaza, Turkish diplomatic sources revealed.

(FILES) European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell arrives for a summit at EU parliament in Brussels, on Feb. 9, 2023.

The EU foreign policy chief on Monday stressed the need to "put pressure on the Israeli government" and Hamas to achieve peace in the Middle East and end the war in the Gaza Strip.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in New York on the sidelines of a U.N. General Assembly session.

Türkiye's Foreign Ministry shared photos of the meeting via X on Sept. 27, though details of the discussion were not disclosed.

The potential new foreign minister of the Netherlands, Caspar Veldkamp, who was previously against Bulgaria's entry into the Schengen Zone by land, is likely to assume office, according to sources in The Hague reported by Bulgarian media "Club Z".

US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt on Friday joined his Dutch and Israeli counterparts, Caspar Veldkamp and Irit Ben-Abba respectively, as well as a team of experts, to help pick the three top winners at a student pitching competition at the Dutch Embassy's Orange Grove forum.

The Dutch ambassador in Athens issued a warning on Wednesday to the Greek government regarding the country's economy and asked Greece to implement reforms.
Addressing the Hellenic-Dutch Association of Commerce and Industry last night, Caspar Veldkamp called on Athens to "continue to adhere to the primary budget surplus targets that have been set by European creditors."

Staff at the Embassy of The Netherlands in Athens on Friday posted a whimsical Christmas video on Twitter to mark Ambassador Caspar Veldkamp last year in Greece.

In the video, three members of the embassy staff abduct the Christmas sweater-clad Veldkamp so he will not have to leave the country, prompting a frantic hunt by the embassy's team in the most unlikely places.

The Netherlands hope Greece will continue to implement sound economic policies now that the country has exited its third bailout program, the country's Ambassador to Athens, Caspar Veldkamp, said on Monday.

The Netherlands Embassy in Greece was late Thursday holding its quarterly pitching competition in which startups can win up to 15,000 euros.

Thursday's event, dubbed "The Squeeze," featured eight female pitchers and four expert women judges, in honor of International Women's Day.

The ambassador of the Netherlands to Greece has expressed his condolences on the death of Dutch-born soccer manager Eugene Gerards.

"I am saddened by the loss of Eugene Gerards. He has meant much for football in Greece and for the ties between our two countries. He will not be forgotten," ambassador Caspar Veldkamp said in a statement.