Europe Travel Alert, 21 November 2016
The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the heightened risk of terrorist attacks throughout Europe, particularly during the holiday season. U.S. citizens should exercise caution…
Global Entrepreneurship Week: Dutch talent Yosef Safi Harb
Yosef Safi Harb is former Aerospace engineer specialized in sensor design turned health entrepreneur. He is currently the Founder of Happitech. Happitech uses the sensors…
Dinner in honor of Women’s Entrepreneurship Day
On November 15, 2016, Chargé d’Affaires Shawn Crowley hosted a dinner for Dutch female entrepreneurs in honor of Women’s Entrepreneurship Day (WED), and to discuss…
Security Message for U.S. Citizens: Ongoing Terror Investigation in Rotterdam
U.S. Consulate General Amsterdam November 17, 2016 The Rotterdam Police have announced additional security measures at the Rotterdam-The Hague Airport in response to a possible…
The Inauguration of the President
The inauguration of the President will take place on Friday, 20 January 2017 and will be the fifty-eighth Presidential Inauguration. Information on the Presidential Inauguration is…
U.S. Specialty Food exporters meet their Dutch partners
On November 14 and 15, 2016, nine U.S. exporters of Specialty Food Products had one-on-one meetings with twelve importers during a Reverse Trade Mission (RTM).…
Global Entrepreneurship Week: Dutch talent Laura Klauss
This week is Global Entrepreneurship Week. We would like to celebrate this by highlighting Dutch talent! Laura Klauss recently won the public vote for the…
Remarks by President Obama and President-elect Trump After Meeting
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, I just had the opportunity to have an excellent conversation with President-elect Trump. It was wide-ranging. We talked about some of the…
Demonstrations in Amsterdam: Saturday November 12, 2016
Police have informed Consulate Amsterdam of the following demonstrations this Saturday, 12 November 2016. The first demonstration will be held in front of the I…
Streets of Amsterdam – Museumplein
Our historic Consulate General is featured in this week’s episode of At5’s “Straten van Amsterdam.” Check it out here: https://www.at5.nl/gemist/tv/272
Black Achievement Month
Last week, U.S. Vice Consul Kharmika Alston (left) attended the closing the Netherlands’ first annual Black Achievement Month (October 1-31). See www.blackachievementmonth.nl to learn more…
All American Night in Leiden
More than 1,000 students and faculty attended the 13th edition of Minerva’s All American Night in Leiden’s magnificent Pieterskerk. Organized by the student members of…
Going for Gold Dinner: Celebrating U.S. – Dutch Trade
CG McCawley joined AmCham’s Executive Director Patrick Mikkelsen and others at this year’s Going for Gold Dinner featuring Royal Vopak CEO Eelco Hoekstra. Click here…
Cultural Corner – Emily Dickinson’s Walls of Poetry
The famously reclusive Emily Dickinson might not have felt comfortable with all the attention. But surely she would have loved the fact that one of…
What’s on the CG’s Bookshelf? Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
This month’s book is “Love Medicine” by award-winning author Louise Erdrich. Erdrich won the 2015 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction “for [portraying] her…
American Dreamers
CDA Shawn Crowley discusses the U.S. elections at the “American Dreamers” event hosted by Elsevier on October 19, 2016. More information…
Demonstration in The Hague: October 29, 2016
Police have informed Consulate Amsterdam of the following demonstration this Saturday, October 29th, in The Hague:Date/time: Saturday, October 29, 2016,…
Chargé d’Affaires Shawn Crowley visits U.S. Companies Foot Locker and Nike
By visiting the operations of Foot Locker Europe in Vianen and Nike European Headquarters in Hilversum, Chargé d’Affaires Crowley wanted to show U.S. government support…