Curaçao Digital & Tax Overhaul: Curaçao’s Landspakket reforms are running late, with key modernization projects (personnel administration, financial controls, property administration and ministry restructuring) slipping beyond the 2027 deadline, while authorities push faster digitalization via a new Directorate for Information Provision and Digitalization and a delayed Microsoft 365 rollout aimed for early 2027. Curaçao SME Push: Economic Development Minister Roderick Middelhof launched the Curaçao SME Platform to replace “Mi NEGOSHI,” expanding coordination with banks, the Chamber of Commerce, innovation bodies and Qredits to strengthen financing and entrepreneurship. Kingdom Travel Costs: Dutch ministries spent over €11m on flights to Caribbean parts of the Kingdom in 2025, with Defense alone accounting for €6.6m and thousands of trips tied to ongoing military rotations and base support. Judicial Finality in “Case Venus”: The Dutch Supreme Court upheld the repayment order of more than 667,000 guilders in Curaçao’s La Tasca human-trafficking case, renewing scrutiny of nightlife oversight and alleged corruption. Venezuela Link: Dutch MPs backed a motion urging Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire to be included in future economic and diplomatic developments around Venezuela, positioning the islands as a “natural bridge.” Netherlands Labour Market: Eurostat data shows the Netherlands still leads the EU on job vacancies (3.9% in Q4 2025), with housing now a key factor for mobile workers.