• Source: 2015 in the Netherlands

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




Incumbents


Monarch – Willem-Alexander
Prime Minister – Mark Rutte (VVD)
Speaker of the House of Representatives – Anouchka van Miltenburg (VVD, resigned on 12 December), Khadija Arib (PvdA, Acting Speaker)
President of the Senate – Ankie Broekers-Knol (VVD)




Events






= January

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8 January: After the Charlie Hebdo shooting, over 18,000 demonstrators for freedom of speech joined events around the Netherlands, following the call of the Mayors of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and others; many Dutch Government members joined the demonstrations
29 January: A man holding a fake gun tried to take over the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) news studio in Hilversum because he wanted to tell the audience about a conspiracy theory of his; he was arrested later that evening by the police without hurting anyone.




= February

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2 February: Opening of the Barneveld Zuid railway station
9 February: The political party Denk is founded by MPs Tunahan Kuzu and Selçuk Öztürk
12–15 February: The 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships take place in the Thialf Arena in Heerenveen




= March

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15 March: Ivo Opstelten and Fred Teeven (VVD) resign from the Ministry of Security and Justice.
18 March: Provincial and Water board elections are held.




= April

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18 April: PSV Eindhoven wins the 2014–15 Eredivisie




= May

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12 May: Jesse Klaver takes over as Leader of GroenLinks




= June

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9 June: Senate election, 2015




= July

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= August

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19–23 August: SAIL Amsterdam




= September

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8 September: 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




= October

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6 October: Locals demonstrate in Oranje, Drenthe to oppose the instalment an asylum seekers centre in the village
14–18 October: Amsterdam Dance Event




= November

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= December

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16 December: Around 2,000 people protested and rioted against plans announced by the town council to construct a centre for 1,500 asylum seekers in the 2015 Geldermalsen riot.




See also


2014–15 Eredivisie
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015
List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 2015




See also


2015 in Dutch television
2014–15 Eredivisie




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