Day: November 21, 2012

On the evening of November 21, 2012, Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands attended a concert held at the Louwman Museum in Den Haag.  Guests included Slovakian President, Mr. Ivan Gašparovič and his wife Silvia, government officials and Dutch VIPs.

Tonight’s concert featured Slovakian pianist, Mr. Marian Lapšanský, and soprano, Ms. Andrea Vizvári, according to RVD.

And, finally, last evening Her Majesty hosted a gala state banquet in honor of President Gašparovič’s state visit to the Netherlands.

On Wednesday, November 21, 2012, Their Royal Highnesses Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands continued their five-day visit to Brazil.

Whilst in São Paulo Prince Willem-Alexander visited an exhibition entitled, Waste to Waste, and attended the signing of a “… memorandum of understanding on cooperation between the NL Agency and the Environment Agency of the State of São Paulo.”  The prince also gave a speech during the Brazilian-Dutch Science & Technology Seminar entitled, Bio-based Economy.  He also attended the opening of the establishment of an office of BE-Basic (Bio-based Ecologically Balanced Sustainable Industrial Chemistry) in Campinas.

Meanwhile, in the city of Piracicaba, Princess Maxima opened the “… production house of Paques Brazil. Paques is a Dutch SME and company which is active worldwide in the development and construction of cost-effective water and gas purification systems.”

In the afternoon, the royal couple met with the Governor of São Paulo, attended the opening of the exhibition entitled, Connecting Concepts, and attended a reception with Dutch and Brazilian businesses.