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Parent topics
- Europe [r]: Sixth largest continent; area 10,000,000 km2; pop. 720,000,000 [e]
- European Union [r]: Hybrid intergovernmental and supranational organization, which consists of 27 European states. [e]
Subtopics
Geography
- Holland [r]: The western part of the Netherlands bordering the North Sea, divided into the provinces Noord Holland and Zuid Holland. [e]
History
- Netherlands, history [r]: Overview of the history of the Netherlands. [e]
People
- M. C. Escher [r]: (1898 - 1972) Dutch graphic artist. [e]
- Jacques Goudstikker [r]: (1897 - 1940) Jewish Dutch art dealer. [e]
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek [r]: (1632 - 1723) Dutch scientist who discovered single-celled organisms. [e]
- Johannes Diderik van der Waals [r]: (1837 – 1923) Dutch scientist, proposed the van der Waals equation of state for gases. [e]
Government
- Queen Beatrix [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Prime Minister of the Netherlands [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Jan Peter Balkenende [r]: Dutch politician, current Prime Minister of the Netherlands [e]
- Foreign Minister of the Netherlands [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Maxime Verhagen [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hans van den Broek [r]: Member, Global Leadership Foundation; Foreign Minister of the Netherlands 1982-93; Member European Commission 1993-99 [e]
Other
- Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment [r]: A research institute that is an independent agency of the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport and is a recognised leading center of expertise in the fields of health, nutrition and environmental protection. [e]
- Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute [r]: The Dutch national weather forecasting service and also the national research and information centre for climate change, air pollution dispersion modeling and seismology. [e]
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization [r]: Intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949, with its headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. [e]
