On Friday, January 31, 2014, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands attended the 5th Symposium of Qredits Microfinance Netherlands held at the Auditorium van Rabobank Nederland in Utrecht.

According to RVD, Qredits is a: 

“…rural credit organization which helps new and existing entrepreneurs successfully re-start their business. Qredits does this by offering microloans up to 150,000 Euros SME lending, business tools and personal coaching. The goal is to stimulate entrepreneurship in the Netherlands…”

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On Thursday, January 30, 2014, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands attended the 10th anniversary celebrations of MVO Netherlands, “…the national knowledge and network organization for corporate social responsibility…” in Utrecht.  His Majesty also held an audience at Palais Noordenide with the Secretary-General of NATO, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen. 

And, finally, yesterday, His Majesty attended the opening of the headquarters of the network operator, Enexis, in Den Bosch.

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On Tuesday, January 28, 2014, Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands arrived at the University of Utrecht to attend the 9th Meeting of In Vrijheid Verbonden (Liberty Connected).

According to RVD, In Vrijheid Verbonden is a “…group of people working together from different religions [Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam] and philosophies.”

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On Saturday, January 25, 2014, Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands arrived at the Lucent Danstheater in Den Haag to attend the opening of the 14th Edition of the Holland Dance Festival.

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On January 23, 2014, Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands arrived in Rome, Italy for a one-day introductory visit.

Upon their arrival at the Palazzo del Quirinale in the Eternal City (hence Rome) Their Majesties were warmly welcomed by the President of Italy, Mr. Giorgio Napolitano.  Soon, President Napolitano ushered Their Majesties into the Palazzo del Quirinale where they posed for the press.

Thereafter, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima attended a luncheon meeting with the Prime Minster of Italy, Mr. Enrico Letta.  The day ended with another meeting with the President of the Italian Senate, Mr. Pietro Grasso.

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On Wednesday, January 22, 2014, Her Royal Highness Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands arrived at the Basisschool De Horizon in Delft to participate in Nationale Voorleesdagen (National Reading Day).

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