Curaçao
Dutch Caribbean island country
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| June 2025 | Curaçao national football team called up 24 players for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B and 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round matches. |
| 2025 | Camille Sabina Thomas is expected to be crowned Miss Curaçao |
| 2025 | Party achieves a significant victory, winning 41,638 votes (55.22%), securing the top position with 4 seats and forming a majority government. |
| 2025 | MFK wins 13 of 21 seats in the Curaçao election, becoming the dominant political party. |
| 2025 | Party secures a significant victory with 41,638 votes, representing 55.22% of votes, maintains its position as 1st placed party and continues in Coalition government. |
| 2025 | Curaçao Goats participate in the 2025 Serie de las Américas in Nicaragua as the league champion. |
| 2025 | Juremi Profar was named Most Valuable Player of the Curaçao Professional Baseball League for the 2025 season while playing for the Goats team. |
| 2025 | Curaçao Goats won the Professional Baseball League championship, defeating the Willemstad Cannons 2-0, with Soric Liberia as their manager. |
| 2025 | MFK wins a landslide victory with 41,638 votes (55.22%), securing 13 of 21 seats in the Parliament of Curaçao and forming a coalition government. |
| 2025 | General election held for the Parliament of Curaçao, determining the composition of the legislative body of this Caribbean island nation. |
| February 2025 | Prime Minister Luc Mercelina confirmed that same-sex marriages performed in the Dutch Kingdom or EU countries can be registered in Sint Maarten. |
| 2024 | Kimberly de Boer wins the Miss Curaçao title |
| 2024 | Curaçao Suns represent Curaçao at the 2024 Caribbean Series in Miami after winning the inaugural CPB tournament. |
| September 2024 | The first same-sex marriage in Aruba took place during the last week of September. |
| July 27 2024 | The first same-sex marriage in Curaçao occurred in Otrobanda, Willemstad between Danika Marquez and Melinda Angel. |
| July 12 2024 | The Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled that same-sex marriage is legal in Curaçao, upholding the Appeals Court decision that bars discrimination based on sexual orientation. |
| June 19 2024 | A second vote on the same-sex marriage bill in Aruba's Parliament resulted in the same split vote, causing the bill to fail again. |
| May 28 2024 | Curaçao women's national football team participated in Caribbean Queens friendly matches, playing against Aruba and Trinidad & Tobago from May 28 to June 3, 2024 |
| May 8 2024 | Aruba's Parliament voted on a same-sex marriage bill, with ten MPs voting in favor, ten against, and one MP (Shailiny Tromp-Lee) abstaining, resulting in the bill failing to pass. |
| 2023 | Wildcats KJ74 won the league championship and was invited to participate in the Caribbean Series, featuring major league players Andrelton Simmons and Jonathan Schoop. |
| 2023 | The AA League was transformed into the Curaçao Professional Baseball League (CPB), marking the end of its status as the top-level baseball league in Curaçao. |
| 2023 | Kim Rossen becomes Miss Curaçao |
| 2023 | Jonathan Martijn was named Most Valuable Player of the Curaçao Professional Baseball League for the 2023 season while playing for the Willemstad team. |
| 2023 | The Campo Alegre property was put up for auction, and the Curaçao government ultimately purchased the property to gain more control over its future use and potential development. |
| 2023 | Curaçao women's national football team participated in competitive matches during the 2023 calendar year, representing their country in international football competitions. |
| December 10 2023 | The first CPB tournament concludes with the Curaçao Suns winning the inaugural championship title. |
| December 3 2023 | The inaugural edition of the Curaçao Professional Baseball League (CPB) tournament begins at Tio Daou Ballpark in Willemstad, Curaçao. |
| June 2023 | Melissa Gumbs, a member of Sint Maarten's Parliament, announced plans to introduce a same-sex marriage bill. |
| May 2023 | MP Rennox Calmes introduced a bill in Curaçao to ban same-sex marriage in the Constitution. |
| 2022 | Gabriëla Dos Santos wins Miss Curaçao and achieves a notable Top 5 placement at Miss Universe |
| 2022 | Gabriëla Dos Santos is crowned Miss Curaçao |
| 2022 | Curaçao national football team won the ABCS Tournament |
| 2022 | KLM became the top airline at the airport, holding a 29% passenger share and primarily serving Amsterdam, followed by TUI fly Netherlands at 19%. |
| December 6 2022 | The Joint Court of Justice ruled that same-sex marriage bans in Aruba and Curaçao were unconstitutional, with the ruling's effect stayed until 7 March 2023. |
| June 2022 | Opposition Accion 21 party introduced a bill to allow same-sex marriage to Parliament in Aruba. |
| 2021 | Shariëngela Cijntje wins the Miss Curaçao title |
| 2021 | Curaçao national football team won the ABCS Tournament |
| 2021 | An Aruban poll found 49% support for registered partnerships for same-sex couples and 46% support for same-sex marriage, with significantly higher support (around 75%) among people under 30 and those with higher education. |
| 2021 | General election held for the Parliament of Curaçao. The Movement for the Future of Curaçao won the most votes (27.76%) and gained 4 seats. The election saw several new parties entering the parliament, including Kòrsou Esun Miho and Work for Curaçao, each winning 1 seat. |
| 2021 | Ana Vargas becomes the head coach of the Curaçao women's national football team, succeeding Marizol Boomberg. |
| 2021 | Under Gilmar Pisas's leadership, MFK won the election, becoming the largest party with 9 of 21 seats in the Parliament of Curaçao. |
| September 2021 | Aruba began recognizing registered partnerships, providing many of the rights and benefits of marriage to same-sex couples. |
| September 13 2021 | The Court of First Instance in Curaçao found that excluding same-sex couples from marriage was contrary to constitutional equality principles. |
| September 1 2021 | Registered partnerships law came into effect, providing almost all rights offered to married couples, including spousal pensions and emergency medical decision-making for partners. |
| June 14 2021 | Gilmar Pisas returned to the role of Prime Minister, succeeding Eugene Rhuggenaath. |
| May 11 2021 | Charetti America-Francisca (MFK) became Speaker of the Parliament of Curaçao, with a representative from PNP as Deputy Speaker. |
| March 19 2021 | General elections were held in Curaçao, occurring two days after the 2021 Dutch general election. |
| 2020 | Chantal Wiertz wins Miss Curaçao and reaches Top 21 at Miss Universe |
| 2020 | Chantal Wiertz becomes Miss Curaçao |
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