The Hague

One of the six people found dead after an explosion caused the partial collapse of an apartment building in The Hague a few days ago has been identified by family members as Vikel Kaberai, a civil engineer of Greek and Albanian nationality who had been living in the Netherlands for more than two years.

A major security breach has taken place within the EU police service - Europol, as detailed by the online publication 'POLITICO'. The report specifies that confidential documents belonging to high-ranking officials of the institution have gone missing, leading to a crisis within the organization.

The three parties to the right of New Democracy are negative about the possibility of Greece appealing to the International Court of Justice in The Hague to resolve its differences with Turkey. This became clear during the discussion of the government's goals for the new four-year term in Parliament last week.

Monika Sie Dhian Ho is the general director of Clingendael, the Netherlands Institute of International Relations. 

Changing the name costs EUR 200,000 to the country's budget.

On 1 January 2020 the name Holland officially ceases to exist as a designation of the Netherlands State. This was reported by local authorities, cited by BGNES.

THE HAGUE - A sea of colorful flags, hundreds of impressive 20-somethings, and some of the world's most powerful and influential leaders found themselves in The Hague last week. This unusual triptych served as the backbone of the 10th annual One Young World Summit - a firecracker of optimism that spread a bright message of hope from the heart of Europe to every corner of the world.

Fatma Şahin, the mayor of the southeastern province of Gaziantep, has cancelled a planned visit to Deventer in the Netherlands after consultations between Turkish and Dutch diplomats about the reservations of The Hague over the timing of the visit.

Despite some shortcomings, the Hague Tribunal, which closes this month, has identified and prosecuted those responsible for grave crimes and brought some justice to people who suffered, said members of Bosnia’s Association of Victims.

One of Britain’s most respected reporters on the Balkan wars of the 1990s has recalled his two encounters, in court and out, with Slobodan Praljak, the war criminal who committed suicide at the Hague Tribunal.

Retired Yugoslav Army (VS) General Vladimir Lazarevic is on Thursday holding his first lecture at the Military Academy in Belgrade.

Lazarevic is a former commander of the Pristina Corps and the VJ Third Army, who was found guilty by the Hague Tribunal for command responsibility for war crimes.