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JOURNALISTS
[EDIT: Eijsden, June 29]
After admitting to feeling snubbed by the City of Aachen, ‘The Economist’, in its Charlemagne column, said last week that it was going to institute a European ‘Louis XVI Prize’ for those politicians most out of touch with reality. While...[more]
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EUR 1.5BN FOR EUREKA
[BIZ: Maastricht, June 30]
The EUREKA initiative, has, in this instance, nothing to do with Archimedes leaping out of his bath, but refers to a program, designed to strengthen European competitiveness, by promoting cross-border market-oriented collaborative...[more]
TGV MAASTRICHT-LIEGE
[BIZ/LOG: Maastricht, June 29]
In recent months, the municipality of Maastricht has had various studies carried out to determine the potential of a connection between the city and the high-speed rail lines in Liège. The investigation was carried out in the context...[more]
TNT POST: NEW BELGIAN BIZ
[BIZ/LOG: Amsterdam, June 29]
Starting July 1, Dutch postal company TNT Post and press distributor Agence et Messageries de la Presse (AMP) are jointly introducing a new easy-access parcel service for Belgian consumers and SMEs. TNT Post is further expanding...[more]
NEW EUPEN WEB SITE
[BIZ: Eupen, June 28]
Since June 24, a new joint website for the Chambers of Commerce of Eupen-Malmedy-Saint Vith and of the Employers Association has been online. It gives an overview of business in East-Belgium and provides information in German, English,...[more]
EUROREGIONAL PAVILION
[BIZ: Maastricht, June 28]
The 11th Business Contact Fair (BKD) to be held in the MECC Maastricht, October 11 through 12, has developed into an Euroregional business to business event. It is the largest business fair in Meuse-Rhine with 325 stand holders; it...[more]
NEW TRIANEL PARTNER
[BIZ/INFRA: Aachen, June 27]
The Trianel trading company (TEET) has acquired Überlandwerk Fulda Aktiengesellschaft (ÜWAG) as a new partner; the ÜWAG has had a partnership status with Trianel since 2004. It has now taken a 6,94% stake in the platform with effect...[more]
FORD GENK CROSS-OVER
[IND: Genk, June 27]
Ford's new Crossover SUV will start production in Genk in 2006. The Crossover will be produced with the Galaxy in Genk and, later, the new Ford Mondeo will be built there. These three models will be built exclusively in Genk for the European...[more]
NITTO OPENS EUROPEAN ATC
[BIZ/IND: Genk, June 27]
Nitto Denko is opening a research center for the automotive industry in Genk, a EUR 2m investment, to enable this specialist producer of foils and insulation material to work more closely with the car makers. Nitto is expecting to double...[more]
NEW ALE BOSS
[BIZ/GOV: Liège, June 27]
The Socialist councilor from Ans, Stéphane Moreau is switching utilities. He is leaving his position as the Secretary General of the IILE Liège Fire Safety utility to become the Director General of ALE, the Liège Electricity utility....[more]
TNT 'NO' TO BELGIAN POST
[BIZ/LOG: Amsterdam, June 24]
TNT has announced that it is not participating in the sales process launched by the Belgian Government to sell a minority stake in Belgian De Post/La Poste ('DP/LP'). TNT has stated in the past that, under the right conditions it...[more]
CENTRICA & FRANCE ACQUIRE SPE
[BIZ/INFRA: Windsor/Hasselt, June 24]
Centrica PLC has announced that it has conditionally agreed to acquire a controlling 51 per cent stake in SPE SA, a Belgian energy company, via a 50/50 joint venture with Gaz de France SA (Gaz de France), in a deal which...[more]
DUCATI AND GENERALI
[BIZ: Aachen, June 24]
Ducati, one of the leading manufacturers of high-performance sport motorcycles, and Generali Versicherungen, one of the largest service insurers in Germany have concluded a cooperation agreement. Ducati dealers will offer their...[more]
WFG REPORTS
[BIZ: Eupen, June 24]
The East Belgian Development Company WFG has reported on its activities for the year 2004. The report, by General Manager, Marc Langohr, was prefaced by introductory remarks from the company’s President Professor Franz Palm. Professor Palm...[more]
THE BAVIÈRE SITE AGAIN
[BIZ/INFRA: Liège, June 24]
The site of the former Bavière Hospital in Liège - which now lies bare - is ready for investment again It covers 4 ha to which the City of Liège is prepared to add another 1.2 ha on the Boulevard de la Constitution. The city has decided...[more]
HOUSING IN LIMBURG (B)
[BIZ/INFRA/GOV: Hasselt, June 24]
The Belgian province of Limburg has completed preliminary studies for nine out of ten small urban areas where 8,400 housing units will be built before the end of 2007. Maasmechelen, which is to have a hotel and office buildings...[more]
ARMS EXPORT LICENCE WITHDRAWN
[BIZ: Liège, June 23]
The Walloon government has permanently withdrawn the license of Liège-based New Lachaussée to sell integrated assembly units for the manufacture of machines producing ammunition and detonators to a new EUR 11m munitions plant in Mwanza,...[more]
KILLER LADYBIRDS IN LIEGE
[BIZ/LIFE SCI: Liège, June 23]
Ladybirds or ladybugs with two black spots on their red coats are being bred by Horpi Systems, a University of Liège spin-off, to combat pests like plant lice. The company has its base in Hauts Sarts, close to Liège and is developing...[more]
HOUSING IN ESCHWEILER-EAST
[BIZ/INFRA: Eschweiler, June 23]
The Eschweiler Development Company (SFE) a wholly-owned subsidiary of the City of Eschweiler, is going to carry out clearance work on 60 housing units on the Weserstrasse and the Oststrasse, which will cost EUR 1,6m. This is...[more]
LATEST CHINESE LED MAKER
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Aachen / Hangzhou, June 22]
Hangzhou Silan Azure Co., a new LED start up in China, plans to mass produce high brightness LEDs with AIXTRON and Thomas Swan thin film growth systems. AIXTRON AG, a leading provider of equipment for compound semiconductor...[more]
DTZ IN THE WALLOON COUNTRY
[BIZ: Liège, June 22]
The Walloon HQ of international real-estate brokers DTZ has ended its first three years on a positive note, achieving leadership in business real-estate, with its team of five, of whom three have specialized in the Liège region. In the...[more]
EUBAN AGAIN
[BIZ: Liège, June 22]
A meeting of the Euroregional Business Angels Network took place on June 22 at SOCRAN in the Sart Tilman Science Park in Liège. The meeting was held in French and it provided further information about the network. One of the topics was...[more]
GALVACOAT IN OVERPELT
[BIZ: Overpelt, June 21]
Galvacoat Overpelt NV, part of the Kempeneers Group in Lummen, is setting up a new 8,000 m², EUR 7m plant in Overpelt, to specialize in galvanized metal coating. Scheduled to open in mid June, the plant will handle large units (17 X...[more]
THALYS UP 6%
[BIZ/LOG: Brussels, June 21]
Thalys International has increased its turnover for the first half of this year by more than 6%: an encouraging result for the operator of the high-speed trains. There are problems, including the increasing cost of the infrastructure,...[more]
EP APPROVES PATENT LAW
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Brussels, June 21]
The debate on patent law for software has started up again. This has to do with the approval of the Patents Directive by the legal affairs committee of the European Parliament. The Directive, according to its opponents, will...[more]
FLEXIBLE WORKING
[BIZ: Aachen, June 21]
There will be a meeting on the funding available for the introduction of flexible working hours on July 6 between 14:00 and 17:00 hrs in the David-Hansemann-Saal at the Aachen Chamber of Commerce. Businesses that have already switched...[more]
CROSS-BORDER STARTER INFO
[BIZ: Aachen, June 21]
Belgian and German startups got together for an information session on June 21 at the HWK in Aachen. The Belgian development company WFG from the German-speaking region, the Eupen-Malmedy-Sint-Vith Chamber, the Aachen Chamber and the HWK...[more]
TECHSPACE USD 2BN CONTRACT
[BIZ: Liège/Paris-Le Bourget June 20]
The Liège (Herstal)-based aerospace company, Techspace Aero has extended its partnership with General Electric beyond a first agreement, signed last December for the GEnx booster stators. The partnership should produce revenues...[more]
A&M RATED “AA”
[BIZ: Aachen, June 20]
AachenMünchener has in 2005 again received the "Excellent" ("AA")rating from the international rating agency, Standard & Poor's. This is currently the highest assessment given by Standard & Poor's to a German primary insurer. The "AA"...[more]
BRIGHT IDEA FOR HEINSBERG
[BIZ: Heinsberg, June 20]
Although it has long been used in the Netherlands and Belgium, streetlight advertising is not well-known in Heinsberg. For the 750th anniversary of the town, Nuon Heinsberg AG and StreetLight 24, an advertising company, had a good idea....[more]
TRIANEL OVERVIEW
[BIZ/INFRA: Aachen/Düsseldorf, June 20]
End-users
On June 15, Trianel held its annual press conference in Düsseldorf and discussed its forthcoming program. Sales to end-users headed the program, which will involve Trianel Energy Trading GmbH (TEET), Enetko...[more]
DEVELOPMENT IN STE-MARGUERITE
[BIZ/INFRA: Liège, June 18]
The construction of 88 units on the Franciscan site by Servatius is moving ahead fast. The construction is expected to end in 2006. Servatius is expecting to start letting activities of apartments and duplexesfrom July 1, because...[more]
OFFIMAC AND THE BUILDERS
[BIZ: Hasselt, June 17]
The construction industry’s interest group in Limburg, Confederatie Bouw Limburg, and Offimac from Hasselt agreed in March on an important partnership that will enable Confederatie Bouw Limburg to offer specialized IT knowledge, solutions...[more]
RALUX CARPETS
[BIZ: Dilsen-Stokkem, June 17]
Carpet producer Ralux, a subsidiary of the Italian Radici Group, will be investing EUR 10m in its Dilsen-Stokkem location for expansion and innovation of the production facility. This will create 30 new jobs. Ralux produced revenues...[more]
BALZERS INVESTS
[BIZ: Sint-Trond, June 17]
Balzers NV, world leader in coating tools for material treatment and technical components, has invested EUR 3.5m in its subsidiary in Sint-Trond, the BALINIT®Center Benelux. BALINIT®.-coated tools face the increasing demands of modern...[more]
VALUE RETAIL
[BIZ: Maasmechelen, June 17]
Value Retail, concerned with the development and operation of high-end, destination outlet shopping villages, has not only an Outlet Shopping Village in Maasmechelen, just across the Belgian border from Maastricht, but offers retail...[more]
IMPORTANT QUAI MATIVA PROJECT
[BIZ: Liège, June 17]
The major site on the Quai Mativa in Liège is going to be developed into 63 apartments and a 2,000m² business center. Construction will start at the end of 2005 and will last for 2 years. The apartment building will cost EUR 8.6m and is...[more]
AACHEN CHAMBER AND STATION
[BIZ/LOG: Aachen, June 17]
The Aachen Chamber of Commerce’s Transport Committee is pleased with the ongoing reconstruction of Aachen’s main station. This could, in the view of the chamber, just be a first step in turning this station into a high-speed train...[more]
UWE: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
[BIZ: Wavre, June 17]
The Walloon business association UWE has launched a set of sustainable development indicators. See the link below for details. These relate to economic performance, social, societal and environmental factors are measured and then aggregated...[more]
EGERIA ACQUIRES ROYAL MOSA
[BIZ: Maastricht, June 16]
Egeria has acquired Royal Mosa, the Dutch manufacturer of ceramic tiles. The final sale and purchase agreement was signed June 15, through which Egeria acquires a majority interest from a consortium of Dutch investors, including Holland...[more]
GIJBELS TAKES OVER MAVARO
[BIZ: Opglabbeek, June 16]
The Gijbels Group from Opglabbeek expanded its aluminum activities when it took over the bankrupt Herentals company, Mavaro, specialists in aluminum and steel balustrades, handrails, handles and partition walls, in April. The Gijbels...[more]
LIEGE RAIL CARGO
[BIZ/LOG: Liège, June 16]
B-Cargo, the cargo department of Belgian Rail (SNCB) has signed a letter of intent with French Rail (SNCF), to develop 2.2 million tons of cargo flows between Dunkirk and Liège and 600,000 tons between Seraing and Dunkirk for the period...[more]
LASER PRIZE FOR PROLAS
[BIZ: Würselen, June 16]
The ProLas Production Laser GmbH in Würselen has won the Textile Industries Innovation prize for 2005 for its laser-based sewing machines in the new process category. 3-D processing makes it possible to make completely new products....[more]
GERMAN BUILDERS CHEAPER
[BIZ: The Hague, June 16]
The Dutch government wants to take a good look at German construction companies that are increasingly finding their way on to the Dutch market, according to Construction Minister Sybilla Dekker. The Dutch Construction Association complained...[more]
FORD AWARD FOR GAT ALSDORF
[BIZ: Alsdorf, June 16]
GAT, the drive technology specialists in Aachen, have received the Gold World Excellence Award for 2004 from Ford in Dearborn, Mi. 52 Global suppliers received these awards at the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn at the end of April for...[more]
NRW HOUSING PRICES
[BIZ: Aachen, June 16]
There has been considerable price stability in the North-Rhine Westphalian property market over the last five years. But there is a strong regional development: the average prices for a detached house in Aachen this year was constant at...[more]
PRIZE: JÜRGEN HONEN, HEINSBERG
[BIZ: Heinsberg/Düsseldorf, June 16]
The Plumbing and Heating Engineering specialist Jürgen Hohnen GmbH from Heinsberg has won the Environmental Prize of the North-Rhine Westphalian Trades Chamber. Hohnen is involved in solar power, using solar batteries, solar...[more]
GRUNENTHAL IN CHINA
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Aachen/Zhongshan, June 16]
The Chinese pharmaceutical market is the ninth biggest in the world, and by 2010, it will be the fifth. During the opening ceremonies of a production facility in China, Grünenthal's General Manager, Sebastian Wirtz,...[more]
FORTUM OIL BECOMES NESTE OIL
[BIZ: Beringen, June 16]
Fortum Oil, the Limburg manufacturer and distributor of synthetic basic oils has changed its name to Neste Oil. Neste is a leading finished oil refinery and marketing company, focusing on high quality traffic fuels and other high value...[more]
POLES AT OBERBRUCH
[BIZ: Heinsberg, June 16]
Earlier this month, the Oberbruch Business Park was the site of the first Polish investment in a German production plant. Polyester fiber manufacturer KUAG Oberbruch GmbH has found a new partner in the Boryszew Group, the production...[more]
TELENET GOES DIGITAL TV
[BIZ: Brussels, June 16]
Telenet’s 1.6 million Flemish cable subscribers will be able to view digital television from September 3 without having to pay extra. They will however have to purchase or rent a decoder. Telenet thinks that this is a solid offer in...[more]
MEGAJOBS TO BELGIUM
[BIZ: Hasselt, June 16]
The Dutch Megajobs website has launched its Belgian site, Megajobs.be, which is going to offer lower prices and a greater variety of jobs. In its press release, Megajobs announces 40,000 positions vacant, including 4,434 in Belgium. The...[more]
L1 TV AD PRIZE
[BIZ: Roermond, June 16]
The second L1 Limburg TV and Radio Advertising Awards were presented at the Oranjerie in Roermond recently. The commercial ‘Lekkere Siroep, Lekker en Gezond’ (delicious and healthy treacle) received the second prize. The commercial was...[more]
97.6 FM GOES COMMERCIAL
[BIZ/MEDIA: Maastricht, June 16]
Limburg Broadcasting, owner of both Radio Maastricht and Radio Limburg, is dropping its public service partner Radio Maastricht, as of July 25, and will focus its efforts on the Radio Limburg commercial station. Public service...[more]
BASSINARIO EUR 12,500
[BIZ: Maastricht, June 16]
The Bassinario project, reported on in our last issue, supported by the International Round Table number 179, in cooperation with the Maastricht University hospital azM, has chosen to devote the EUR 12,500 produced by the project for...[more]
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TNT IN LIÈGE TILL 2036
[LOG: Liège, June 24]
The Logistical specialist TNT will be staying at Liège airport for 20 years more than had been expected. Their agreements with the Walloon government have been extended till 2036. This will allow the group to organize itself better for...[more]
BUCHAREST-MAA BY BLUE AIR
[LOG: Maastricht, June 20]
Blue Air - Romania’s 1st low-cost carrier - has started scheduled Bucharest - Maastricht - Bucharest flights, three times a week: Tuesdays, Thursdays and, Saturdays. They are currently flying British Aerospace, BA146 85-seater aircraft....[more]
POSTKANTOREN B.V. WITH TNT
[LOG: Amsterdam, June 16]
Postkantoren B.V. and TNT Benelux & Multi Country Logistics have signed a new contract. Spearhead of the contract is the consolidation of various product flows at the TNT site in Maarssen, the Netherlands. Postkantoren B.V. is a...[more]
IRON RHINE AGAIN
[LOG: Brussels, June 16]
Belgian rail, SNCB, is hoping to use the Iron Rhine again soon. As soon as they are ready, the B-Cargo department will start on the line. Belgian Rail’s, Marc Descheemaecker, made the announcement on receiving a new series of 170 diesel...[more]
WALLOON PUBLIC TRANSPORT
[LOG/INFRA: Eupen, June 16]
The Walloon Region is going to invest over EUR 53m in public transport in the current year, according to Transport Minister, Antoine. EUR 30m has already been invested in the acquisition of new TEC busses. The remaining funds will...[more]
RAILION MOVES DSM CAPROLACTAM
[LOG: Geleen, June 16]
DSM in Emmen is taking a new plant into service to produce plastic foil and will have an increased need for caprolactam that comes by rail from its plant in Geleen. DSM put the project out to tender and Stinnes Nederland received the contract,...[more]
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A NICHE IN MAASTRICHT
[EDU: Maastricht, June 30]
Maastricht is full of surprises, one of them was provided recently by the Jan van Eyck Academy. You know the place. It is sandwiched in between the university buildings on the Tongersestraat and that convenient little car park on the...[more]
LIÈGE MAYOR RESIGNS SEAT
[GOV: Liège, June 22]
Liège Mayor, Willy Demeyer, who is also a member of the Walloon Parliament, has given up his seat in that parliament. He has also recently been elected leader of the Liège branch of the Socialist Party and wishes to avoid wearing too many...[more]
BALANCED BOOKS IN LIEGE
[GOV: Liège, June 22]
For the first time in three years, the Liège city’s accounts for 2004 are balanced, although they did need to draw upon the reserves placed at their disposal by the Walloon region. However, the city of Liège needed this in a far less measure...[more]
NRW CDU
[GOV: Cologne, June 22]
Jürgen Rüttgers (1951) from Cologne is a member of the Christian Democrat (CDU) party and now the new Prime Minister of the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia as a result of the recent election. From 1994 to 1998, Mr Rüttgers was...[more]
COMBINED THALYS/AVV TICKET
[GOV/LOG: Aachen, June 22]
On June 29, Thalys, the TGV high-speed train and the Aachen Transport Authority AVV are going to celebrate the linking of the high-speed train with local rail (see our last issue). This is the first step in a long-term, more extensive...[more]
BELGIUM’S DG SAYS YES
[GOV: Eupen, June 21]
The Parliament of Belgium’s German-speaking Region has voted on the European Constitution of which it approved with a considerable majority: 21 for and two against; though it should be remembered that the area only has a population of some...[more]
FIRST DUTCH BA / BSC
[EDU: Maastricht, June 20]
On Friday June 24, the first Dutch students graduated with Bachelor’s degrees from the University of Maastricht. There is a class of 30 students. A number of the graduates will be going on for higher degrees at other universities,...[more]
CHAMBER TRAFFIC COMMITTEE
[GOV/BIZ: Aachen, June 16]
The Chambers of Commerce of Aachen and Maastricht have decided to found a committee to which businesses from both areas will belong. Their Joint Traffic Committee will be consulted on important cross-border traffic issues, in order...[more]
CROSS-BORDER CLEARING
[GOV: Maastricht, June 16]
The Province of Limburg, Belgium and Germany are going to address the problems in Meuse-Rhine that arise from living and working across borders. The objective is to remove cross-border obstacles as far as possible. The project is called...[more]
CALL AACHEN
[GOV: Aachen, June 16]
The Aachen City Authorities have officially started their ‘Call Aachen’ telephone helpdesk service. For questions and official enquiries call 4320, on the city exchange, from 07:00 to 18:00 hrs daily. The city wants to be accessible for...[more]
NEW BOSS FOR PARKSTAD
[GOV: Heerlen, June 16]
Effective September 1, 2005, Parkstad Limburg will have a boss in the shape of Peter Bertholet from Maastricht. He succeeds Roel Wever, who left Parkstad on May 1 for a job in business. Mr Bertholet will be concerned with management support...[more]
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EUROPEAN PHARMA SURVEY
[LIFE-SCI: Brussels, June 27]
A unique European survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers and Siemens among 66 senior representatives from pharmaceutical and bio-technology companies across nine European countries sought to identify the potential for truly...[more]
OSTEOARTHRITIS
[LIFE-SCI: Louvain, June 16]
TiGenix NV and ProStrakan Ltd. today announced the signing of a collaborative agreement to research and develop novel treatments for osteoarthritis. The companies have initiated a program of collaborative research and development...[more]
SNIFFING VIRUS TO THE RESCUE
[LIFE-SCI: Jülich, June 16]
Researchers at the Jülich Research Center are now able to use Adenoviruses (which play a role in coughs and sneezes) to investigate the mechanical characteristics of cells. Adenoviruses play a role as a transport capsule in introducing...[more]
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AIXTRON IN TOP 10
[SCI-TECH: Aachen, June 30]
Aixtron AG, a leading provider of equipment for compound semiconductor epitaxy has again ranked as one of the 10 BEST in VLSI Research's independent Customer Satisfaction Survey in the category of 'Small Suppliers of Wafer Processing...[more]
A&M CLIMATE PROTECTION
[SCI-TECH: Aachen, June 29]
Professor Ulrich Schumann of Munich, received the Aachener und Münchener Prize for Technology and Applied Natural Sciences, worth EUR 30,000, in Aachen on June 29. Professor Schumann has received this award for his forward-looking...[more]
NANOTECHNOLOGY AT ILMENAU
[SCI-TECH: Aachen / Ilmenau, June 28]
AIXTRON AG, a leading provider of equipment for compound semiconductor epitaxy, today announced the delivery of an AIXTRON system to the Center for Micro- and Nanotechnologies (ZMN) at the Technical University of Ilmenau...[more]
FRESH AIR IN CLASS
[SCI-TECH: Aachen, June 28]
The City of Aachen Buildings' Department wants to use stale air warning lights in schools to improve the quality of air in classrooms. When a room has a CO² content of 1500 ppm (parts per million), symptoms of fatigue arise. Measurements...[more]
EUV LIGHT SOURCE AWARD
[SCI-TECH: Aachen, June 21]
PhotonAix members were honored with the science prize of the Donors' Association for the Promotion of Sciences and Humanities in Germany, which carries a EUR 50,000 endowment. The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT, the...[more]
LESCH IN JULICH
[BIZ: Jülich, June 21]
Professor Harald Lesch, one of the best-known interpreters of science to the public, came to the Jülich research Center on Friday June 24 and gave a talk entitled: ‘What has the Universe got to do with us’, relating to the award of the...[more]
THE THREE-GORGE DAM
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, June 20]
What were the ecological effects of the three-gorge dam in China and on the Yangtze River, the longest river in Asia? How are the negative consequences for the environment and the people being avoided in the area? These are questions...[more]
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LOWER RHINE BIKING
[LEI: Valkenburg, June 26]
There will be a special Niederrhein or Lower Rhine cycling day on Sunday July 3. This is German Cycling Day and for the adjacent Dutch areas too. It’s a cross-border cycling event with routes that total 2,000 Km - not all at once though....[more]
RARA AVIS
[LEI: Horion-Hozémont, June 23]
For the fifth year in succession, two white storks have nested at Château de Horion-Hozémont and one chick has already hatched. On July 6 at 19.30 hours, there will be a guided visit to look at the storks. Information is available...[more]
NIVEAU’S SUMMER 2005
[MEDIA: Maastricht, June 21]
‘Niveau Euregio Magazine’ in its Summer 2005 issue is nothing short of spectacular, in the images covering the closure of hot rolled steel in Liège -with rivers of fire and molten steel. This was backed up by the article on the Meuse,...[more]
PRINCE BISHOP FOR A DAY
[LEI: Liège, June 21]
The Archéoforum, the Cathedral Treasury, the Prince Bishop’s Palace, a luncheon in the Saint Paul’s cloisters and a polyglot guide will together be a new experience for visitors to Liège. The idea is to follow a day in the life of a Prince...[more]
CHATEAUX DE LA MEUSE
[LEI: Maastricht, June 20]
The Provinces of Liège, Belgian Limburg and The Netherlands’ Limburg, with the ‘Châteaux’ along the Meuse as their partners, are going to put a new tourist product on the market, called ‘Châteaux de la Meuse’. The project will be supported...[more]
COUP MAASTRICHT
[LEI: Maastricht, June 17]
From June 30 through to July 7, the Coup Maastricht 2005 festival will be held at the Tongerse Poort. It is organized by young artists from the Maastricht Arts Faculties of the Hogeschool Zuyd and has as its objective a public encounter...[more]
ANTIGONE
[LEI: Maastricht, June 17]
On July 1 and July 2, there will be a performance of an opera version of Antigone by Tomasso Traetta (1727-99), Libretto by Marco Coltellini at the Theater aan het Vrijthof, starting at 20:15 hrs. It is a co-production of Hogeschool...[more]
FESTIVAL OF LAUGHTER
[LEI: Houthalen-Helchteren, June 17]
From Friday July 8 through to Thursday July 14, Houthalen-Helchteren will be holding a festival of laughter, with 107 professional and amateur performers and groups from ten countries on five continents, with 100 different...[more]
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