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A unique and rare terracotta head from Ife area in Nigeria was intercepted by Dutch Customs and is returned by the Dutch authorities to Nigeria. The Ife terracotta head is the first formal return of the Netherlands to a State Party to the 1970 UNESCO Convention that sees to the fight against trafficking of cultural goods.

On Monday 26 November 2018, the Cultural Heritage Inspectorate transferrred a number of archaeological objects to the Ambassador of Ukraine in the Netherlands to have them examined in Kiev.

From 29 October until 2 November 2018 colleagues from the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport of the Republic of Kosovo visited the Netherlands.

As of 1 July 2016 a new Heritage Act came into force. In the Heritage Act six Dutch cultural laws and one regulation are combined.