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The Netherlands Antilles was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.It was dissolved on 10 October 2010. [1] [2]After dissolution, the "BES islands" of the Dutch Caribbean—Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba—became the Caribbean Netherlands, "special municipalities" of the Netherlands proper—a structure that only exists in the Caribbean.
The goal was for Aruba to take a separate status in the Kingdom, apart from the Netherlands Antilles and, after the independence of Suriname in 1975, to become the third constituent country in the Kingdom. After years of negotiations, Croes managed to enforce the secession of Aruba from the Netherlands Antilles, as of January 1, 1986, on the ...
The total number of printed daily newspapers is 27 in 2019, down from 35 in 2009. [1] Of the 27 dailies, 10 are national, 16 regional and 1 local. Some of the regional newspapers offer editions for smaller regions, as does the national Algemeen Dagblad for its readers in South Holland and Utrecht .
ALM Antillean Airlines (Dutch: Antilliaanse Luchtvaart Maatschappij), and later Air ALM, was the main airline of the Netherlands Antilles between its foundation in 1964 and its shut-down in 2001, operating out of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao.
De Telegraaf (Dutch pronunciation: [də teːləˈɣraːf]; [1] English: The Telegraph) is the largest Dutch daily morning newspaper. [2] Paul Jansen has been the editor-in-chief since August 2015. [2] De Telegraaf is based in Amsterdam and is owned by the Belgian company Mediahuis.
The island of Aruba is also a constituent country of the Kingdom; Aruba gaining its status in 1986 after seceding from The Netherlands Antilles. The constituent countries of the Dutch kingdom are autonomous (self-governing) while the special municipalities (Caribbean Netherlands) are legally part of the constituent country of The Netherlands.
The U.S. Department of Transportation said the Federal Highway Administration has "terminated approval" of New York City's congestion pricing plan, the first of its kind in the nation, which went ...
In 1976 the Estates had approved a referendum on the island's status. [1] Voters were given the choice of independence or remaining in the Netherlands Antilles, with over 95% voting in favour of the former. [1] In 1983 the Treaty of The Hague planned independence for Aruba by 1996, [1] [2] and the island seceded from the Netherlands Antilles in ...