2024 in the Netherlands
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Events from the year 2024 in the Netherlands.
Incumbents[edit]
- Monarch: Willem-Alexander
- Prime Minister: Mark Rutte
- Speaker of the House of Representatives: Vera Bergkamp / Martin Bosma
- President of the Senate: Jan Anthonie Bruijn
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- 11 January – South Africa v. Israel (Genocide Convention): A two-day public hearing begins at the Peace Palace in The Hague regarding alleged violations by Israel of its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention and international law in relation to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.[1]
- 5-7 January – 2024 European Speed Skating Championships
- 5-13 January – 2024 Women's European Water Polo Championship
- 10-14 January – 2024 UEC European Track Championships
- 13-28 January – Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024
- 15–21 January – 2024 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division II A at Heerenveen[2]
- 26-27 January – 2024 Dutch Darts Masters
February[edit]
- 3 February – 17 March – 2024 Rugby Europe Championship
- 6 February – The Dutch owner of Yandex, a Russian multinational technology company and search engine, Yandex N.V, announces the sale of the company to a "fully-Russian owned entity" for 475 billion rubles ($5.2 billion), marking its withdrawal from the country.[3]
- 12-18 February – 2024 ABN AMRO Open
- 21 February – 2024 Lochem bridge collapse: A bridge under construction collapses in Lochem, killing two workers and wounding two more.[4]
- 27 February – The Marengo trial concludes after six years. Of the 17 prosecuted people three are sentenced to life imprisonment, including Ridouan Taghi and Saïd Razzouki.[5]
- 29 February – Dutch international footballer Quincy Promes is detained in Dubai while on trip with Spartak Moscow and faces extradition to the Netherlands after having been recently convicted in absentia of drug trafficking and sentenced to six years in prison by a Dutch court.[6]
March[edit]
- 15-17 March – 2024 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
- 21 March – The Dutch Royal Marechaussee arrest three British soldiers of the HMS Prince of Wales after multiple incidents in Rotterdam.[7]
- 24 March – Female darts players Anca Zijlstra and Aileen de Graaf leave the Netherlands National Team to protest a trans woman playing on the team, citing a desire to have an equal playing field.[8]
- 30 March – In a six hour long hostage situation in Ede, over 150 people are evacuated after a man holds four people hostage in a nightclub and threatens to blow himself up. The suspect eventually releases the hostages and surrenders to police.[9]
April[edit]
- 11 April – The Netherlands increases its military budget to two percent of its GDP for the first time since 1994.[10]
May[edit]
- 11 May – Joost Klein, the Netherlands' contestant to the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmo, Sweden, is disqualified from the final round in disputed circumstances.[11]
- 16 May – An agreement is reached on forming a new governing coalition composed of the VVD, PvdA, the BBB, and the PVV.[12]
- 28 May – Dick Schoof, the former Director-General of the General Intelligence and Security Service, is nominated as prime minister by the incoming coalition government.[13]
- 29 May – One person is killed after falling inside an engine of a departing KLM aircraft at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.[14]
June[edit]
- 6 June – 2024 European Parliament election:[15] The GroenLinks–PvdA alliance emerges as the largest party in the Dutch contingent to the European Parliament.[16]
- 11 June – An agreement is reached to form a new cabinet of ministers in the incoming coalition government.[17]
- 12 June – A court convicts three people and sentences them to between 26 to 28 years imprisonment for the murder of journalist Peter R. de Vries in 2021.[18]
- 20 June – Outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte is selected to assume the NATO Secretariat for a term that begins on 2 October 2024.[19]
Art and entertainment[edit]
- List of Dutch submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
- 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam
Holidays[edit]
- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 29 March - Good Friday
- 31 March - Easter Sunday
- 1 April - Easter Monday
- 27 April - King's Day
- 5 May - Liberation Day
- 9 May - Ascension Day
- 19–20 May - Pentecost
- 25 December - Christmas Day
- 26 December – Boxing Day
Deaths[edit]
- 1 January - André Hissink, 104, World War II veteran (No. 320 Squadron).[22]
- 1 January - Hans Sleeswijk, 88, Olympic sailor (1960).[23]
- 26 January - Gerrit van Kouwen, 60, Formula Ford driver, winner of Formula Ford Festival (1984) and Formula Ford EuroCup (1983).[24]
- 30 January - Jan de Rooy, 80, rally driver, winner of Dakar Rally (1987) and Africa Eco Race (2009)[25]
- 26 April - Wim Kozijn, 83, mayor of 's-Graveland (1987–2002)[26]
Television[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ AlLawati, Abbas (9 January 2024). "Israel is facing a genocide case in international court. Could it halt the war in Gaza?". CNN. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship". All Sports Db. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ "Yandex: Owner of 'Russia's Google' pulls out of home country". BBC News. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "2 workers die after part of a bridge being built over a Dutch canal collapses". AP News. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "Levenslang voor Ridouan Taghi en twee anderen in Marengo-proces". nos.nl (in Dutch). 27 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ "Source: Fromer Netherlands Player Quincy Promes Detained At Dubai Airport". www.telecomasia.net. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Militairen Brits vliegdekschip aangehouden voor mishandeling en dronkenschap". nos.nl (in Dutch). 21 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Dartsters stappen uit Oranje-selectie omdat teamgenoot trans vrouw is". nos.nl (in Dutch). 24 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ "Man arrested as hostage situation in Dutch nightclub ends". BBC News. 30 March 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Kabinet trekt miljarden extra uit voor Oekraïne en stelt Navo-norm van 2 procent veilig". Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Joost Klein: Dutch contestant disqualified from Eurovision Song Contest". BBC. 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "The Netherlands veers sharply to the right with a new government dominated by party of Geert Wilders". Associated Press. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "Dutch ex-spy chief Dick Schoof named as PM-candidate". BBC. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Person killed after falling into jet engine at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport". Al Jazeera. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "EU elections start with tight Dutch race - exit poll". BBC. 7 June 2024.
- ^ "GroenLinks-PvdA top Dutch EU vote, far-right PVV wins six seats". Dutch News. 9 June 2024.
- ^ "4 Dutch parties say they've reached agreement on ministers in a new right-wing government". Associated Press. 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Dutch court convicts 3 men for murder of crime reporter Peter R de Vries". Al Jazeera. 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Mark Rutte will be NATO's next secretary-general". POLITICO. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Netherlands Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ "Official holidays in the Netherlands in 2023 and 2024". Ministry of General Affairs. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ Defensie:Veteraan André Hissink op 104-jarige leeftijd overleden (in Dutch)
- ^ Hans Sleeswijk
- ^ Formule Ford-held Gerrit van Kouwen (60) overleden
- ^ 'Beer' van Parijs-Dakar Jan de Rooy (80) overleden (in Dutch)
- ^ Oud-burgemeester van ’s-Graveland Wim Kozijn (83) overleden. ’Hij had een groot hart en steunde mensen in de knel’ (in Dutch)
