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2015 in the Netherlands

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This article lists some of the events from 2015 related to the Netherlands.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Willem Alexander
  • Prime Minister – Mark Rutte

    • January

  • 8: One day after the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris, in the evening of 8 January, over a 100 demonstrations against the shootings and for freedom of speech and press were held from 18:00 in the Netherlands at the time of the silent march in Paris, after the mayors of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht and later more mayors called to do so. Many Dutch government members joined the demonstrations.
  • 29: A gunman tries to take over the NOS news studio because he wanted to say something (unknown) to the Dutch audience. He got arrested later that evening by the Dutch police.

    • March

  • 18: Dutch provincial elections and water board elections.

    • September

  • 8: The VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam is fully evacuated after parts of the hospital were flooded because of a burst in a major water-pipeline. (DutchNews)

    • Sport

  • February 4: Ellen van Dijk wins stage 2 of the 2015 Ladies Tour of Qatar.
  • February 12-15: In the Thialf Arena in Heerenveen take the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships place.

    • Music

  • Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
  • List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 2015

    • References

    2015 in the Netherlands Wikipedia
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