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 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 demonstrationsLive meekijken: de Charlie Hebdo-demonstraties , NRC.nl. 8 January 2015.Nederland staat stil bij aanslag Charlie Hebdo, (in Dutch), NOS. 8 January 2015. 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 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 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 18 April: PSV Eindhoven wins the 2014–15 Eredivisie
May 12 May: Jesse Klaver takes over as Leader of GroenLinks
June 9 June: Senate election, 2015
July
August 19–23 August: SAIL Amsterdam
September 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 pipelineChaos in Amsterdam after floods on DutchNews, 2015/09.
October 6 October: Locals demonstrate in Oranje, Drenthe to oppose the instalment an asylum seekers centre in the villageWoedende inwoners Oranje blokkeren weg naar asielzoekerscentrum (in Dutch), RTL Nieuws. 6 October 2015. 14–18 October: Amsterdam Dance Event
November
December 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. 31 December: Vroom & Dreesmann was declared bankrupt.
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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