On September 19, 2012, His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje attended the opening of the new building of the Faculty Campus Hague in Den Haag.

The Faculty Campus Hague was:

“… founded in 1999 as a branch of the University of Leiden and become a university institute in the center of Den Haag. The campus facilities include the Public Administration Studies, International Studies, Political Science and is the location where the Leiden University College Den Haag (Liberal Arts & Sciences: Global Challenges) is established. In addition, the campus provides education and training for professionals, such as the National Traineeship and Diplomats classroom.

The campus is working with organizations in Den Haag through debates and conferences and the deployment of politicians, civil servants, diplomats and entrepreneurs in education.

The new building has a Living Lab, a practice environment in which students, teachers and researchers to collaborate and build a network with international organizations, companies, research institutions and public authorities.”

Sources: RVD and Leidenuniv.nl

On September 19, 2012, Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands along with His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje held an audience with European Space Agency astronaut and Dutch physician, Mr. André Kuipers at the Paleis Huis ten Bosch.

Mr. Kuipers recently returned from space (July 1 to be exact) after spending 193 days at the International Space Station, the longest space journey by a European astronaut.

During today’s meeting Her Majesty and Prince Willem-Alexander also met with NASA astronaut, Mr. Don Pettit and Russian cosmonaut, Oleg Kononenko.  The two men spent 193 days at the International Space Station with Mr. Kuipers.

Please click here to watch a video. 

On Tuesday, September 18, 2012, Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands along with Their Royal Highnesses Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands, Their Royal Highnesses Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands and Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and her husband, Mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven, attended the 2012 Prinsjesdag.

Please click here and here to watch videos.  Click here to read more about Queen Beatrix’s speech (in English).

And, finally, click here to read the queen’s speech, in Dutch, in its entirety as well as to view photos (scroll down; on the right).

On Monday, September 17, 2012, Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands attended the 5th anniversary celebrations of Women on Wings (WoW) in Austerlitz.

The WoW organization, founded in 2007 by Ms. Ellen Tacoma and Ms. Maria van der Heijden, supports:

“… Indian entrepreneurs with expertise in the areas of management, finance, organization and marketing their products to better sell.”

During today’s celebrations Princess Maxima revealed, “…the number of jobs that Women on Wings has realized over the past five years.”

For more information about Women on Wings please visit their official website here. 

Source: Women on Wings

On Friday, September 14, 2012 His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje was in Vlissingen to attend the opening of the “… 14th International Film Festival ‘Film by the Sea’…”

And, finally, this morning, Their Royal Highnesses Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands were in Wassenaar to participate in the opening of the Dunea water company’s new visitor center.

According to RVD, the new center offers information about the process of water collection, purification, distribution, and “… information on water abstraction in the dunes and nature.”

Source: RVD.

On September 13, 2012, His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje was in Eersel to visit the Vencomatic company.  The business is a:

“… global supplier of innovative and welfare friendly housing solutions for the poultry sector. The flexible and turn key solutions of Vencomatic offers large possibilities for a wide range of poultry production concepts.”

Afterward, the prince opened the Venco Campus, a new building which will house companies that are apart of the Venco Group, and will provide “…space for international research and training on poultry and knowledgeable technical field.”

Sources: RVD and Vencomatic