Flags half-mast because of MH17 commemoration service

Today is a national commemoration service for the victims of the MH17 plane crash of July 17.

The service is held in the RAI Conference Center in Amsterdam, in the presence of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima.

298 Persons who died in the crash in Ukraine will be commemorated.

The Dutch flag will be flown half-mast on all government buildings in the country.