Dutch authorities abandon Dutch name

The British newspaper The Guardian reports that the government Netherlands He rebranded Holland and turned it into the Netherlands.

The idea has found support from business leaders, the tourism board and the central government.

The ministers intend to shift the focus of the international community from the aspects of national life with which their country is associated, such as the red light district.

The Netherlands will be the official name at the Eurovision Song Contest and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The national football team will also apply to the Netherlands.

A foreign ministry spokesman said the Netherlands needed a uniform national name. We want to present the Netherlands as an open, innovative and inclusive country.

North and South Holland are provinces on the west coast of the Netherlands. The name "Kingdom of the Netherlands" (Neder-landen - "low lands") appeared after the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo (1815).

Source: Russian.rt