On Monday, January 11, 2016, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark arrived at the Hotel d’Angleterre in Copenhagen to participate in the distribution of the Hjerteforeningens (Hear Association’s) research grants.
Photo courtesy of Hjerteforeningens
On the morning of January 12, 2016, Her Majesty Queen Letizia of Spain, as Honorary President, participated in a meeting with members of the Fundación de Ayuda contra la Drogadicción (FAD) in Madrid, Spain.
On the morning of Friday, January 8, 2016, Her Majesty Queen Letizia of Spain held an audience with representatives from the Fundación Secretariado Gitano at Palacio de La Zarzuela in Madrid.
Thereafter, Her Majesty met with members of the Junta Directiva de la Plataforma de Organizaciones de Infancia de España.
Photo courtesy of the Spanish royal court
On Friday, January 8, 2016, Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium arrived at the Musée d’Ixelles in Brussels to view the exhibition, Nervia/Laethem-Saint-Martin: Traits d’union.
This special exhibition showcases two Belgian arts groups that played an important role on the Belgian artistic scene during the interwar period: The Laethem group in the northern countries which included amongst others, Gustave Van de Woestyne and Valerius de Saedeleer and, in south, towards the Hainaut axis, Nervia, with Anto Carte and Léon Navez. These artists favoured a serene atmosphere and warm palette. Their works are brought together for the first time and reveal the numerous areas of convergence as well as the differences between the two groups.
Curated by Ms. Catherine Verleysen from the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand and Mr. Michel De Reymaeker from the Musée des Beaux-arts Mons, developed the exhibition which emphasizes the similarities – of inspiration, form and technique – between the painters of Laethem-Saint-Martin and the Nervia group. They aimed to evoke a kinship rather than point out differences.
As such, they require the viewer to call upon some traditional knowledge such as chronology, remembering the old days, different influences and generations. But beyond this, they require a desire to see, to observe and to be freed from constraint in order to better understand the image.
Nervia/Laethem-Saint-Martin: Traits d’union will be open to the public until January 17, 2016 at the Musée d’Ixelles.
Photo courtesy of the Belgian royal court
Here is NRK documentary special entitled, Konge og Dronning i 25 År.
Episode three will air on Thursday, January 14, 2016. While episode four will air on Thursday, January 21. The final episode will air on Thursday, January 28.
Click here to watch episodes one and two.
Enjoy! 🙂
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands met with members of the European Commission at the Koninklijk Paleis in Amsterdam this afternoon. The purpose of today’s meeting was held on the occasion of the beginning of the Dutch European Presidency.
Discussions during the meeting focused on “…jobs and growth, climate change and combating terrorism…” according to RVD.
Photo courtesy of RVD/K. van Weel
On Thursday, January 7, 2016, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands arrived at the Hermitage in Amsterdam to witness the signing of a loan between the Europese Investeringsbank (EIB) and Qredits Microfinanciering Nederland (QMN). Her Majesty is a member of the Dutch Committee for Entrepreneurship and Finance.
The €100 million loan to QMN, established by the Ministerie van Economische Zaken and the European Investment Fund for Strategic Investments, would provide more loans to Dutch startup companies and entrepreneurs.
Photo courtesy of the Ministerie van Economische Zaken
The Royal Correspondent 