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NO TO EINDHOVEN
[EDIT: Liège, July 19]
The Executive Committee of Grand Liège - an assemblage of the great and good in the Principality - has met twice under the presidency of Jean-Maurice Dehousse PS (1936) - the first PM of the Walloon Region (1979-81), Mayor of Liège (1995-1999),...[more]
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GO WITH THE FLOW
[BIZ: Maastricht, July 29]
Flowww is concerned with the flexible letting of business and hospitality space and has, in addition to its home at 221 Avenue Céramique, another building in the Rue St Georges in Liège. It will also be taking space in The Colonel...[more]
AGRICULTURAL POWER PURCHASE
[BIZ: Libramont, July 29]
The Walloon government has announced its support for a pilot project for the cooperative purchase of electricity. The agricultural community will be able to save 10% of the cost of electricity by using a joint purchasing arrangement...[more]
TNT Q2, 2005
[BIZ: Amsterdam, July 29]
Highlights:
- Strong margin in Mail of 20.8%
- Record high margin in Express of 10.1%
- Mixed picture in Contract Logistics
- Interim dividend up 10% to EUR 0.22CEO Peter Bakker said:
"In the second quarter of this ...[more]
ARCELOR H1 EUR 1.9BN PROFIT
[BIZ: Liège/Luxembourg, July 29]
Arcelor, still a major player in Liège, delivers very strong results and becomes number 1 steel player in Brazil and Latin America:
- Net result: EUR 1.9bn as against EUR 693m for the same period last year
- Responsible...[more]
GOLFING SYNERGY
[BIZ: Cadier en Keer, July 28]
A declaration of intent has been signed between the boards of Het Golvend land BV and Golfcourse Backerbosch, with an end to developing closer cooperation. Het Golvend land is the holding company for the Het Rijk van Nijmegen Golf...[more]
SIX NEW START-UP BUILDINGS
[BIZ: Liège, July 28]
Development company Spi+ has decided to build six new buildings for start-ups - called relay buildings - in the Province of Liège. The units are designed for two companies, with 400m² or 200m² per company. They will be let at the market...[more]
40-HOUR WEEK AT GRUENENTHAL
[BIZ: Aachen, July 28]
The management at the Grünenthal Pharmaceutical organization wants to save on labor costs by extending the working week to 40 hours, instead of the current 37.5 hours and by increased flexibility. This would allow costs to be reduced by...[more]
MOBILE CONTENT
[BIZ: London, July 27]
Consumers are increasingly using their mobile phones to play music and games, gamble and access adult content, opening up lucrative new revenue streams for the mobile and content industries, according to a major strategic research report...[more]
PAYING TO SUE ELECTRABEL
[BIZ: Brussels, July 27]
Electrabel has demanded a EUR 5m surety bond from Eric Knight in the case that Knight Vinke Institutional Partners LLC (KVIP) is bringing against Electrabel. Electrabel bases its claim on Article 851 of the Belgian Judicial Code, which...[more]
DSM Q2 2005 PROFIT UP 42%
[BIZ: Heerlen, July 27]
DSM’s Q2 results revealed significant sales growth and a much higher operating profit.- Operating profit: EUR 217m (up 43% from Q2 2004 and 15% from Q1 2005).
- Net profit from ordinary activities: EUR 147m (up 28% from Q2 2004).
-...[more]
EUR 5.2M FOR NEW LACHAUSSEE
[BIZ: Liège, July 27]
The Liège arms manufacturer New Lachausée is receiving EUR 1m in aid from the Walloon government, to assist the company; now that New Lachaussée’s export license to sell integrated assembly units for the manufacture of machines producing...[more]
FLEXIBLE WORKING FOR 200,000
[BIZ: Hasselt, July 27]
Almost 200,000 Belgians make use of a career break. That is 11% more than in the first half of 2005. It means that in a working population of 4.2 million, 5% take this break. This has emerged from the figures provided by the State Employment...[more]
HOTEL ROOMS IN LIEGE
[BIZ: Liège, July 27]
An article in Le Soir and a broadcast on RTC Television pointed to a concern with the shortage of up-market hotel rooms in Liège. Recently, a trip was organized by Liège Deputy Olivier Hamal to the Kruisherenhotel [Crutched Friars] in Maastricht,...[more]
NANOCOMPOUND IN VENTURE CUP
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Baesweiler, July 27]
Baesweiler-based, NanoCompound GmbH, founded January 2004, came 4th in a German nationwide Science4life Venture Cup contest for new business The company develops and produces nanoparticles. Specifically, it is concerned with...[more]
TOYOTA PARTS CENTER: EUR 15M
[BIZ: Diest, July 26]
Toyota is going to invest approximately EUR 15m in the expansion of its Toyota Parts Center Europe (TPCE) in Diest, [surrounded on 3 sides by Limburg and thus requiring coverage Ed.] by the end of 2006. By 2010, there will be another 50...[more]
BOILERMAKERS FOR THE AIRPORT
[BIZ: Awans, July 26]
The municipality of Awans is going to develop a new business site, adjacent to the Liège Airport Business Park. They will be decontaminating the site of the former Chaudronneries Brouhon (boilermakers), which yields 6 ha and another 4 ha...[more]
EUR 14M FOR WINDPARK
[BIZ/INFRA: Büllingen, July 25]
Power giant Electrabel is building a wind park in Büllingen in Belgium’s German-speaking community. It represents an investment of EUR 14m and will supply power to 6,500 families from 2007.
(Source: de Standaard)...[more]
BIG SIEMENS TEST CONTRACT
[BIZ: Wegberg, July 23]
The Siemens Rail Test Center in Wegberg-Wildenrath has received a major contract from the Lithuanian Railway company which has ordered 34 locomotives, worth more than EUR 100m. Their braking technology will be tested at Wegberg-Wildenrath...[more]
VCST FOR SALE
[BIZ: St Trond, July 22]
VCST Industrial Products N.V., the St Trond-based automotive component company, one of the largest employers in Limburg, is for sale again. The Group has 1,000 employees, of whom 700 work in Belgium. It has branches in St Trond, Reichenbach...[more]
NEW CFO Q-PARK BELGIUM
[BIZ: Maastricht, July 21]
The Q-Park N.V. Executive Board has appointed Marc Claessens (39) its new CFO for Q-Park Belgium. Mr Claessens is an experienced board member. He was previously Director Finance and Business Administration at Siemens in Huizingen where...[more]
BOMBARDIER’S DUTCH ORDER
[BIZ: Montreal/Aachen, July 21]
Bombardier Transportation announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS – Netherlands Railways) to deliver, together with its partner Siemens Transportation Systems, 18 four-car and 17 six-car...[more]
NEDCAR WORKERS TO BOMBARDIER
[BIZ: Born/Aachen, July 21]
100 redundant car workers at NedCar will be able to start work at Bombardier’s train factory in Aachen, according to Limburg deputy Martin Eurlings, responsible for economic affairs. This is reported by Rob van Well in Dagblad de...[more]
WOONPUNT MOVES
[BIZ: Heerlen, July 21]
The Parkstad Housing Association, Woonpunt Parkstad, is moving in 2006 to a new office building on the Akerstraat in Heerlen....[more]
MATCHMAKING IN DÜSSELDORF
[BIZ: Maastricht, July 21]
On Thursday November 17 and Friday November 18, the Chambers of Commerce and Syntens in Southern Netherlands, in cooperation with Zenit GmbH from Mullheim on the Ruhr and the IRC Network, are organizing a visit to the Medica Trade...[more]
DUTCH/GERMAN CHAMBER
[BIZ: Maastricht, July 21]
The website of the Dutch/German Chamber of Commerce has been completely renewed. There is recent news and information about services, events, publications and membership of the association and general information about Germany, which...[more]
RHINELAND AUTOMOTIVE
[BIZ/IND/EDU: Aachen, July 20]
Aachen Automotive Engineering’s Professor Henning Wallentowitz stepped forward, took a cell phone from his pocket and keyed in a number. Immediately, a car moved out of its space on the parking lot, described a semicircle and drew...[more]
THALYS RECORD REVENUES
[BIZ/LOG: Brussels, July 20]
The Thalys TGV high-speed train achieved an increase of 6.3% in its revenues for H1, 2005, at EUR 169m, achieving a record, according to Thalys in Cologne. The best period was June. The company wants to encourage German passengers...[more]
3I BUYS AVIAPARTNER HANDLING
[BIZ/LOG: Hasselt, July 20]
Shareholders in the handling company of Aviapartner NV in Zaventem have announced agreement of the sale of all Aviapartner shares to Aviapartner LH3 SARL. Aviapartner LH3 SARL is supported by 3i, the European Private Equity Company...[more]
NEW FORD BOSS
[IND: Genk, July 20]
Guy Martens is to be the new boss of the Ford plant in Genk. Mr. Martens was director of the technology department of the Belgian subsidiary of the Ford Company. He succeeds Jan Gijsen, who has been running the Ford branch since April 2001....[more]
EUR 55M ON WATER
[BIZ/INFRA: Eupen, July 20]
New water pipes and a new water tower will be receiving a EUR 55m investment and priority from the Walloon Water Supply Company SWDE. This is for the provision of drinking water in the Eupen supply area. Currently, the pipes are getting...[more]
DÜSSELDORF/COLOGNE AIRPORTS
[BIZ/LOG: Düsseldorf, July 20]
North-Rhine Westphalia’s minister of Transport Olivier Wittke wants to organize cooperation between the airports of Düsseldorf and Cologne. “Closer cooperation is in the interest of the airports in the state”, says Wittke, quoted...[more]
1,000 SOCIAL ECONOMY JOBS
[BIZ/GOV: Hasselt, July 19]
The Flemish Minister of the Social Economy and Mobility Kathleen Van Brempt (sp.a), in an interview in Het Belang van Limburg, said that she intended to create 1,000 new jobs in four years with EUR 13.5m from the Limburg Plan. The...[more]
DSM VENTURING
[BIZ: Heerlen, July 18]
DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Dutch specialty maker DSM, today announced its participation in two venture capital funds. Investments in NGEN II and Life Sciences Partners III will extend the company's window on innovation...[more]
MAASLAND BEHEER & LOGISTICS
[BIZ: Hasselt, July 18]
The Belgian distribution service BD Beldi, a subsidiary of TPG (TNT Post Group), is renting a 1,600m² building on the Voogdijstraat in Hasselt from Maasland Beheer & Logistiek, a subsidiary of the Machiels Group. This has provided 25...[more]
SCHOELLER ARCA GETS BIPP
[BIZ: Leopoldsburg, July 17]
With the full acquisition of all shares in Belgium-based Basic Industrial Plastic Pallets bvba (BiPP), Schoeller Arca Systems is reinforcing its plastic pallet activities further. BiPP used to be a 50/50 joint-venture of Schoeller...[more]
BART CLAES CATERING
[BIZ/LEI: Diepenbeek, July 17]
One of Limburg’s top caterers, Bart Claes (38), held a major culinary event for local products at the ‘t Driessent in Diepenbeek and drew 6,000 visitors. All could enjoy fish, shellfish, veal on the spit, the finest of wines, pastries...[more]
GLOBAL 500 FINANCE
[BIZ: London, July 16]
Fortune announced July 12 that Wal-Mart, the Arkansas-based retailer, tops the Fortune Global 500 for the fourth year in the row. Rounding out the top ten are No. 2 BP (Britain); No. 3 Exxon Mobil (U.S.); No. 4 Royal Dutch/Shell Group...[more]
VNU AND IMS HEALTH MERGER
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Haarlem/Fairfield, Conn., July 16]
VNU N.V., the world’s leading provider of consumer, marketing and media information and analysis, and IMS Health (NYSE: RX), the global leader in information and consulting solutions for the pharmaceutical and...[more]
TOHOTENAX EUR 4.8M TO SIEMENS
[BIZ: Heinsberg, July 16]
Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) is handling the detail engineering, including installation monitoring and safety coordination, for the new carbon fiber production plant of Toho Tenax Europe GmbH in Heinsberg-Oberbruch. In addition,...[more]
ELIA EUR 5.7M CAPITAL INCREASE
[BIZ: Brussels, July 16]
Elia is Belgium’s electricity transmission grid operator, serving as the key link between electricity supply and demand. The company transmits electricity over its high-voltage network from generators to large industrial consumers as...[more]
LUNDBECK-PAION DESMOTEPLASE
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Aachen/Copenhagen, July 16]
Copenhagen-based, H. Lundbeck A/S, specialists in the disorders of the Central Nervous System, has entered into an exclusive partnership agreement with the Aachen-based biopharmaceutical company PAION, for the development...[more]
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY WEBSITE
[BIZ: Maastricht, July 16]
Limburg’s chemical industry, including some 50 companies, has set up a joint website linked below to inform one another and the world about what is going on in their sector. The industry employs 10,000 directly and indirectly in the...[more]
GO EAST YOUNG MAN
[BIZ: Aachen, July 16]
Under the, perhaps slightly ungrammatical, heading ‘Go East Europe’, on August 29 the Aachen Chamber will be holding an information session about the Bulgarian, Croatian, Polish, Slovakian, Rumanian, Hungarian and Belarus markets. The...[more]
EBAY START-UP PRIZE
[BIZ: Aachen/Berlin, July 16]
In the first round of the start-up competition in the multimedia sector in 2005, at the Ministry of Economics and Employment (BMWA) in Berlin, Supreme Auction (Supreme NewMedia GmbH Aachen) won the ‘Best Innovation Q1/Q2 2005-07-03’...[more]
LIEGE IN TO JAPAN
[BIZ: Liège, July 16]
100 Years after the World Fair in Liège, the Japanese City of Aïchi is holding a World’s Fair and the Walloon Export Agency AWEX organized a Belgian day at the fair on June 14 in the presence of HRH Prince Philippe, the Duke of Brabant....[more]
SUPERMARKET POST OFFICES
[BIZ: Seraing, July 16]
The first post office to be opened in a supermarket in the Liège region was at Delhaize in Seraing. The post office is a desk that handles a range of postal services. The objective is to run a test at 50 such locations to see whether...[more]
LAMPIRIS GREEN ENERGY
[BIZ/INFRA: Liège, July 16]
The first independent provider has obtained a license to provide green energy in the Walloon country. Established in Liège, it is called Lampiris and was founded in 2003 by Bruno Vanderschueren and Bruno Venanzi, specializing in the...[more]
MEUSINVEST RECAPITALIZATION
[BIZ: Liège, July 16]
The recapitalization of Meusinvest was announced at its 20th anniversary celebration recently and the sum of EUR 50m was mentioned by Jean-Claude Marcourt, the Walloon Minister for the Economy, to come from the Walloon region in the form...[more]
WEHMEYER SOLD
[BIZ: Aachen, July 16]
Wehmeyer GmbH, with its headquarters in Aachen, has been sold. Management informed WDR that this fashion retail business will become the property of SB Capital and the Miro Radici Group from August 1. Wehmeyer was part of KarstadtQuelle...[more]
HOTEL JAN VAN EYCK
[BIZ: Maaseik, July 16]
Refurbishment of the former Hotel Jan van Eyck has now been completed. The hotel will be known as the ‘Hampshire Classic Hotel Van Eyck’ - a luxurious 4-star - from now on. Upgrading started in 2003 by Janssen Algemene Bouwwerken and...[more]
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LOGISTICAL INNOVATION
[LOG: The Hague, July 28]
In the dynamic logistics and transport branch, innovation is indispensable in remaining competitive. The Dutch logistics and transport market was worth EUR 17.3bn in 2003 and provided 336,000 jobs, according to Transport & Logistiek...[more]
LIEGE-LUXEMBOURG LINK SAFE
[LOG: Liège, July 26]
The continued existence of the rail connection between Liège and Luxembourg is safe. Belgian Railways (SNCB) and Luxembourg Railways have decided to improve the route and the Belgian rail plan is to change the status of the route from international...[more]
CHECKING BARGES
[LOG: Maastricht, July 26]
The river police and employment safety departments will be checking barges on the Meuse in the near future. This is to improve security. They will be looking for life vests and checking technical equipment on board the vessels....[more]
CQ TRAINING IN LOGISTICS
[LOG/EDU: Zonhoven, July 22]
CQ Staffing has started a new program to train forklift truck drivers. This is part of their logistics services offering, run by Theo Stulens at their training center, where they already have 50 interim staff at work. The system...[more]
SCHENKER CERTIFICATION
[LOG: Tilburg, July 22]
Schenker Netherlands’ environmental system has received ISO 14001 certification. Environmental awareness is one of the spearheads in Schenker’s business policy. “Procedures like separation of waste and use of recyclable packing material...[more]
FORD CARS BY WATER
[LOG: Brussels, July 19]
Ford has taken on a fifth ship to transport new cars on the Rhine. These ships will run between Cologne and Antwerp and can carry 550 cars. They will be carrying 40,000 cars annually and relieve road traffic. The cars go from Antwerp...[more]
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THEATERS OF WAR
[GOV: Aachen, July 27]
On the public Memorial Day on September 11, which has as its theme ‘War and peace’, the Aachen region is going to organize a bus trip to the theaters of war, destruction and occupation. The three-hour trip, with historian, Dr Herbert Ruland,...[more]
GERMAN-SPEAKING PARLIAMENT
[GOV: Eupen, July 27]
The parliament of Belgium’s German-speaking community has released an overview of its activities to the press, which reads as follows: The Parliament of the German-speaking community (DG) represents the population of German-speaking...[more]
PRO-RECTORS FOR RWTH AACHEN
[EDU: Aachen, July 25]
The RWTH University of Aachen has elected two Pro-Rectors for the period 2005 through 2007. Pro-Rectors are academic leaders working across faculties and functions to develop academic policy. They establish and promote best practices and...[more]
HANS-PETER LINDLAR
[GOV: Cologne, July 22]
Hans-Peter Lindlar (59) will succeed the ‘Regierungspresident’ in Cologne, Jürgen Roters, on August 1. The ‘Regierungspresident’ of the Cologne area is also the ‘Governor’ of the Aachen Region in the context of the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion...[more]
EUR 4M RESTORATION FUND
[GOV/INFRA: Hasselt, July 20]
The Flemish Minister for Historical Buildings and Heritage Matters has awarded Limburg EUR 4.06m for restoration work. This is primarily for the Basilica of Our Lady [OLV Basilica] , for which phases 1 and 2 have already cost EUR...[more]
SCIENCE CENTER FOR SCHOOLS
[EDU: Jülich, July 20]
A Science Center for schools is to be built in Jülich by the private Gymnasium Haus Overbach and is expected to cost EUR 6m. The science classes will be taught to promote the natural sciences. Special science days, holiday courses and...[more]
DUTCH IN ST TROND
[EDU: St Trond, July 19]
The Dutch Language House is setting up its South Limburg (B) branch in St Trond. The South Limburg branch will be responsible for coordinating Dutch language courses to speakers of other languages, according to Mayor Ludwig Vandenhove...[more]
SOCIO-CULTURAL INVESTMENT
[GOV: Genk, July 18]
The city government of Genk is going to invest city funds in the socio-cultural infrastructure of disadvantaged parts of the city. The councilor for local development, Anita Laporte, said that in 23 out of 30 of Genk’s districts, there is...[more]
CHARLEMAGNE PRIZEWINNER DIES
[GOV: Salisbury/Aachen, July 18]
Sir Edward Heath, a former British Prime Minister and winner of the Charlemagne Prize, died recently at the age of 89. Mr Heath, as he then was, won the prize in 1963. The Conservative politician was, as Foreign Minister, instrumental...[more]
ALBANIAN SOCIAL SECURITY
[EDU: Maastricht, July 16]
No, not a contradiction in terms… Maastricht U’s School of Governance reports that a successful two-week training course for specialists of the Albanian Social Insurance Institute has been completed in Maastricht. The course was part...[more]
FAMILY VALUES AT KFH NW
[EDU: Aachen, July 16]
The Catholic ‘Fachhochschule’ or University of Applied Science for North-Rhine Westphalia has been designated as the first family-oriented college in North-Rhine Westphalia. In essence, they have made it easier for working mothers to pursue...[more]
DIANE WEBB
[EDU/LEI: Amsterdam, July 16]
The Maastricht-based American translator Diane Webb has been awarded the Vondel Translation Prize for 2005 for her translation of ‘Colors Domenic and Divine’ ['Van karmozijn, purper en blauw'] by the cultural historian Herman Pleij....[more]
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NEUTRON DOUBLE CHOPPER
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, July 26]
The Jülich Research Center’s EUR 355,000 neutron double disc chopper is working well. It was built for the US National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST). The two discs of the chopper, designed to block the neutron beam...[more]
3-GORGE DAM AGAIN
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, July 16]
A cooperative agreement between the Jülich Research Center and the Chinese Ministry responsible for the Three-Gorge Dam on the Yangtze River has been signed. The contract ensured that the Ministry would provide its support for future...[more]
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LIBRAMONT AGRICULTURAL FAIR
[LEI: Libramont, July 28]
The annual agricultural fair at Libramont will be held from July 29 through August 1, from 09.00 through 19.00 hrs. This agricultural, forestry and agri-food Fair is a huge open-air exhibition and a true showcase for the countryside...[more]
THREE-COUNTRY LITERARY EVENT
[LEI: Hasselt, July 26]
The cities of Hasselt, Maastricht and Heerlen are putting on a three-country literary activity this year, called ‘Literary Summer’. It will take place at eight German, Dutch and Belgian locations. This year’s theme is the ‘Orient Express’....[more]
NEW WOMEN’S MAG
[MEDIA: Eupen, July 26]
Belgium’s German-speaking community saw the publication in July of a new women’s magazine, called ‘Prisma News’. It will appear quarterly and is published by the Women’s Information Service, Prisma and focuses on women’s topics...[more]
BELGIAN BEER EVENING
[LEI: Aachen, July 26]
There will be a Belgian Beer Evening on September 2 from 19:00 hrs in the courtyard and garden of Haus Matthéy, Theaterstrasse 67 in Aachen. This is to mark the 175th birthday of the Belgian State. The evening’s host will be the Prime...[more]
OPEN DAY CRICKETCLUB HEERLEN
[LEI: Brunssum, July 25]
On Saturday July 30, a Heerlen Allcomers XI will take on a DCCACCC Invitation XI (by the way, that’s short for DaimlerChrysler CAC Cricket Club) in a friendly game to take place at the JFC sports fields in Brunssum. The teams will be...[more]
HORSE PARADE
[LEI: Liège, July 23]
The Place Saint-Lambert is certainly a place to visit at the moment because it is full of large and very colorful horses. The Horse Parade Belgium is running there, before leaving for Knokke at the beginning of August. Opposite in the Espace...[more]
COPS AND ROBBERS
[LEI: Eupen, July 22]
Those who are fans of the German Krimi (detective series) known as Tatort, will be interested to know that a new episode is being filmed in the Eifel. The actors and authors are the winners of the Tatort Eifel Junior Award. The film will...[more]
CHEVROLET RACING AT SPA
[LEI: Spa, July 21]
Back from two point-scoring races at the Mexican Miguel A. Abed track in Puebla, the Chevrolet WTCC team will now tackle the second half of the 2005 FIA World Touring Car Championship starting at the daunting Spa track in the Belgian Ardennes....[more]
BRF FOUNDER DIES
[MEDIA: Brussels, July 20]
The founder of the Belgische Rundfunk, Belgium’s German-language broadcasting authority, Irene Janetzky has died. She passed away at the age of 91 in a Brussels hospital. In a period of 30 years under her direction, the BRF broadcasting...[more]
DUTCH ART PRIZE TO WELSH LADY
[LEI/GOV: Maastricht, July 20]
Bethan Huws (1961 Bangor, Wales) has been unanimously selected by the jury as the winner of the Biennial Award for Contemporary Art: Europe (B.A.C.A. Europe 2006). The jury, chaired by María de Corral, awarded Huws the prize for...[more]
EXHIBITION IN GULPEN-WITTEM
[LEI: Gulpen-Wittem, July 20]
There is to be an exhibition from September 11 through October 2 in the Historic Monastery Library at Wittem, which will be open from 14:00 to 17:00 hrs. There will also be concert evenings from 19:30 to 22:30 hrs, when the exhibition...[more]
CULINARY TRAIN
[LEI: Heinsberg, July 18]
On Sunday August 28, the Selfkantbahn Railway is going to be turned into a restaurant car, as it was last year, with gourmet delights that will be served on a trip with the museum railway. The steam train will leave at 11:15, 13:00...[more]
TOURS IN MALMEDY
[LEI: Malmedy, July 17]
This summer, the city of Malmedy, the tourist office and the tourist authorities for Eastern Belgium have joined forces and will offer new tours through the Ardennes. First of all, a quest through history has been organized with the help...[more]
VINTAGE CAR PARADE
[LEI: Lanaken, July 16]
Friday August 5 and Saturday August 6 will see the fifth rally of vintage cars in Lanaken, known as the ‘Oldtimertreffen’. More than 80 vintage cars, built between 1899 and 1939, will be cruising the roads of Dutch and Belgian Limburg...[more]
A STUDENT LOOK AT MAASTRICHT
[LEI: Maastricht, July 16]
There is an alternative guide to Maastricht, produced by a student editor, Daniel Meijers, which some people might find interesting to look at. It gives original and fun-to-know information about the city. Check the website....[more]
SEPTEMBER AUX BRASSEURS
[LEI: Liège, July 16]
In the context of a series of individual exhibitions, called ‘Dis-moi’ [Tell me] , Selcuk Mutlu is presenting a series of unedited and introspective works, headed ‘To mama [mummy might be going a little too far] , to her’. The Vernissage...[more]
GRAY BLUE GREEN
[LEI/GOV: Aachen, July 16]
‘Gray Blue Green’ is the name of an exhibition being held at the Technologiezentrum at the Europaplatz in Aachen, through August 28 from 9:00 to 19:00 hrs. It deals with the transformation of the landscape, showing the positive effects...[more]
TOUR DE FRANCE IN AACHEN
[LEI: Aachen, July 16]
Mayor Jürgen Linden of Aachen wants to bring the ‘Tour de France” to his city. An earlier attempt was made in 2002 and plans have not been changed. A new factor is that now it is not only the city that is asking, but the city region (the...[more]
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