The Hague

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1. Seat of the government of The Netherlands, located in the western Netherlands, near the North Sea.

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The city is frequently the site of international conferences.

The International Court of Justice and the Permanent Court of Arbitration are both housed in the city in the Peace Palace, which was built to fulfill the dream that The Hague might become the neutral capital of the world.

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The 17th century masterpiece will be loaned to the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka in August and September while its home museum in The Hague is closed for renovations.

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An AFP journalist in such a zone in The Hague reported loud bangs until around 3am.

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She later pursued music at university, first at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, an associated college of Trinity College Dublin, before studying at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague.

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Appeared in the December 19, 2025, print edition as 'Another Pinprick Strike at The Hague'.

From The Wall Street Journal

The pledge, made at the 2025 North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit in The Hague, is only a starting point.

From The Wall Street Journal