On graduating in 1992, Mark Rutte joined Unilever, where he worked as a human resources manager and was responsible for staff training. Mr Rutte was also in charge of several reorganisations. In 1997 Mr Rutte became personnel manager of Van den Bergh Nederland (Calvé), part of Unilever, wh...

Connecting the EU and Russia The Nord Stream Pipeline through the Baltic Sea is the most direct connection between the vast gas reserves in Russia and energy markets in the European Union. Years of studies have brought Nord Stream to the conclusion that the offshore pipeline project represents one ...

Summa Group and the Port of Rotterdam are two companies that have shown to be very successful in developing a strategic partnership. Summa Group, a leader in the Russian ports and logistics sector, together with the largest port in Europe and one of the largest in the world - the Port of Rotterdam,...

An innovative partnership between Royal Philips Electronics and Electron, a leading Russian medical equipment manufacturer, is a unique cooperation format for the Russian market - The two companies teamed up to develop the first Russian Computed Tomography Scanner. Their partnership focus initially...

Counsellor for Culture, Science and Education, Royal Netherlands Embassy Moscow Award for personal contribution to the development of Dutch-Russian Cultural Relations...

For 17 years Marcel Verhoeff has been the principal conductor of the Don Cossack Choir in Russia. During these 17 years of work he has recorded several CDs of Russian and Cossack folk songs, Russian romances, classical music and even church hymns, for the execution of which M. Verhoeff underwent a s...

The best results achieved by a Dutch company on the Russian market was awarded for the project between Hypor, the pig breeding division of Hendrix Genetics and partner Znamensky Selekcionno-Gibridny Center, part of Agro-industrial holding "EXIMA". Together they established the first state-...

Since 1997 Prof. Dr. Peeters-Podgaevskaya has been working as a teacher of Russian language at the University of Amsterdam. In 2004, 2007 and 2009 she was nominated for the title of "Best teacher of the year". She also teaches Russian language and literature at the International School o...