CELEBRATING THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS WEBLOG
Celebrating 15 years of sharing knowledge
June 1st, 2020 marks the 15th anniversary of my legal blog. This is an important milestone for me. Back in May 2005 I only had a rough idea about blogging and what it would take to create a successful legal blog.
Now, fifteen years and well over a million page views and a countless number of comments later, I know that despite the tiny size of the Dutch Caribbean islands, it is worthwhile providing legal-oriented content on the web on a regular basis. If the regular messages I receive from so many readers …
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CELEBRATION 75TH ANNIVERSARY CORPS CONSULAIRE CURACAO
Speech Mr. Karel Frielink – Dean of the Corps Consulaire Curaçao
Ladies & Gentlemen. Good evening and welcome!
On behalf of the Corps Consulaire Curaçao, it is an honor to address you all on the celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Corps Consulaire Curaçao.
On the 22nd of April 1944, during World War II, a consular star was born. Not much is known about the first decades of the Corps.
What we do know however, is that at the very start of WW II, several Dutch consuls and consuls of other countries such as France, Lithuania and Poland, issued …
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