It's not hard to be nice

Get the party started! - 

It's still daylight but the guest already start gathering outside De Duif on the Prinsengracht.

Secret agent Sokolova is going on a mission. - 

With 2 beautiful female companions, success is guaranteed.

Artist Selbi Gildemacher is surrounded by beautiful women. - 

Guess which one of them is Selbi's girlfriend?

Filmmaker Aliona van der Horst has won Jan Kassies prize today. - 

Not for one particular film, but for "her great merit in national cinema", as they would say in Russia. Aliona is half Russian. Cultural Embassy's Vincent de Boer is very proud of his wife. Kompromat is proud too.

Dutch Cultural Broadcasting fund director Hans Maarten van den Brink. - 

With 3 beautiful kids. His kids, obviously.

Floor van Spaendonck has recently become director of Virtual Platform. - 

We asked her to look very official for this photo. But, in fact, she is still the same open person with a big smile. Floor rocks.

Secret agent Sokolova shaking hands with Steven van Teeseling from fonds BKVB. - 

Maybe it will bring her more luck with the "bemiddelaarssubsidie" next time?
Anyway, Steven is extremely nice and cute too.

The only not-so-nice thing about this party is the door policy. - 

No smoking inside, no drinks outside. As most people at the party appreciate the combination, there is a lot of arguing with the security at the door.

Vrij Nederland's chief editor Emile Fallaux has got enough of it. He is leaving... - 

Emile used to be a secret agent too: he worked for VPRO in the USSR. Time to put my sunglasses on... I believe Emil is off duty now, but Andrei and I still have to be careful when we talk Russian to each other.

Other people, however, are staying and having fun till late. - 

Such as Stimulieringsfonds' Nicolette Langestraat. No party is better than the one organized by yourself.

Artist Zhana Ivanova is laughing at the art world. - 

Or is she just laughing us out? Zhana is not afraid of Kompromat. Her dad is Bulgaria's Deputy Minister of Culture.

Here they are... Zita Swoon!

The drummer Aarich Jespers definitely has something to share with us... - 

- Our lighting technician likes to strip when he is drunk. Can you imagine... He takes all his clothes off!
- Wow!! (Suddenly I realized, I've become too old to appreciate this kind of stories. But thank you anyway, Aarich, for this really solid piece of Kompromat.)

Artists Jeanette Groenendaal en Zoot Derks. - 

They would definitely approve of Zita Swoon's lightman's stripping acts.

The secret agent has closed her eyes. - 

Away from celebrities, away from gossip... She's dreaming of a warm country far away. Even secret agents need their own life from time to time.