Diplomatic Pouch

By Heino Matzken, M.Sc. Ph.D.  The economic and political situation in the former “Switzerland of the Middle East” was already bad, but October 14th made...

Par Alexandre Khodakov Ce mot sonne en russe presque comme en français, mais a une autre signification. En russe ce n’est pas un adjectif, mais...

Suzy Rosaria van Buren works at Leonardo Royal Hotel in The Hague. Suzy started working in 2017 and remembers how nervous she was the first day at the hotel.

By Albadr SS Alshateri The question of the “nation-state” is a crucial issue in the developing world. It is highly disputed, and no region saw...

Par S.E. Mme Madeleine Liguemoh, Ambassadeur du Cameroon Située à 180 km au sud de Douala, capitale économique du Cameroun, Kribi relevant du Département...

By Alexandra Paucescu When I checked the dictionary, I found out that ‘a person’s IKIGAI is represented by the things that the individual finds truly motivating,...

 More than 1 million forest areas were burned Greece experienced the biggest ecological disaster last summer. Third in the ranking in the Mediterranean - after...

By Alexandra Paucescu Often in our diplomatic life we find ourselves in places and situations that we have never experienced nor expected before. We try...

Par Alexander Khodakov Je devais quitter Libreville en été 1979, mais le département du personnel ne me trouvait pas de remplaçant. Cela a trainé jusqu’au...

Chef Sido de Brabander is the main figure of all international food festival at Leonardo Royal Hotel in The Hague. "the kitchen is my second home ". Because of all the traveiling I did around the world plus my interest in the different kitchens all around the world, I learned a lot about having respect for food, and the way you treat it. I believe that we have a lot to learn in the Netherlands about respect for (good) food. For example, in Italy they say: “You live to eat, you don’t eat to live.”