On May 28, 2014, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands arrived at the Stichting MS Research (Multiple Sclerosis Research Foundation) in Voorschoten to attend Wereld MS Dag (World MS Day).
During today’s visit Her Majesty received the first Dutch edition of the International MS Atlas.
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On Tuesday, May 27, 2014, Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands continued their two-day visit to Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
This morning Their Majesties visited the Centre for Netherlands Studies (CNS) at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (University of Münster), toured the research institute Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics in Dortmund, visited the Dutch-German creative center, MMID, in Essen, toured the Museum Schloss Moyland in Bedburg-Hau, and much more.
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On Monday, May 26, 2014, Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands began their two-day visit to Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
According to RVD, the purpose of the royal visit is to “…promote mutual trade relations and cooperation in areas such as renewable energy, the creative industries, innovation, employment and education.”
The day began with a visit to the EWE Research Institute for Sustainable Energy at the University of Oldenburg where Their Majesties attended the opening of the Energy Seminar.
Thereafter, Their Majesties visited the Mariko company in Leer, and visited the Climate Center Emsland for Sustainable Mobility in Werlte, Germany.
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On Friday, May 23, 2014, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands attended the opening of the newly renovated Museum Prinsenhof in Delft.
According to RVD, the museum now offers “…new interactive presentations and special collection items about the history of Delft…”
On May 22, 2014, Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands attended the 2014 Appeltjes van Oranje award ceremony at Paleis Noordeinde in Den Haag.
The winners of this year’s award went to Stichting Buurtmarkt Breedeweg, Stichting AanZet, and Stichting MeeleefGezin.
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On the morning of May 22, 2014, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands arrived at the World Forum in Den Haag to officially open ECSITE: Internationaal Congres voor Cultuur en Wetenschapscommunicatie.
According to RVD, ECSITE is the
“…European network of science centers and museums. The network has been established for the exchange of knowledge and expertise in the field of cultural and scientific communication. The theme of this year’s conference is, People, Planet, Peace.”
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On May 21, 2014, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands arrived at the Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt in Utrecht to witness the ceremonial minting of the special 2 Euro coin with a double portrait of His Majesty and Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands.
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The Royal Correspondent 