In his latest book Nikolaos van Dam reviews the years he has worked for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1975-2010). For more than 25 years Van Dam, who is an Arabist and political scientist, was mainly focused on countries in the Middle East; first......
27 January, 2021
Since the beginning of 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic confronts us with the robustness of nature and also with its vulnerability. As human beings, we are inextricably linked to nature. Didn’t we get the coronavirus to us by cutting down excessive amounts of trees from the......
22 January, 2021
The planting of the trees is preceded by a symposium in the blue hall of the Town Hall of Wassenaar. In his welcoming speech Mr Leendert de Lange, Mayor of Wassenaar, recalls that over 2 million Dutch people have an Indonesian connection – by ancestors......
22 January, 2021
The commemoration of 75 Years of freedom at Estate de Paauw in Wassenaar is being held on 23 September 2020 at Estate de Paauw in Wassenaar. The initiative for this commemoration comes from Joty ter Kulve and has been adopted by the municipality Wassenaar, The......
22 January, 2021
