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MARKETING MAASTRICHT
[EDIT: Maastricht, November 15]
Erik Rosier is MD of the Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Center (MECC), a driving force in the city’s economy. He talks, in this piece, to M-R.J about his experience at the MECC. He also foreshadows his move to head a new bureau...[more]
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SEACON’S TRANSOCEANIC BASE
[BIZ: Duisburg, November 15]
Hai Berden, President and CEO of Seacon Logistics, accompanied by the Dutch Minister of Transport, Dr Karla Peijs and the North-Rhine Westphalian Minister of Finance, Dr Helmut Linssen, opened Seacon Logistics’ new operation in Duisburg’s...[more]
CYCOS UNIVERSAL MESSAGING
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Aachen November 14]
In a comparative test of Session Initiation Protocol, SIP-Compatible Unified Messaging Systems, carried out by the Network Computing magazine, ‘HiPath Xpressions’ developed by Cycos AG for Siemens was said to have an impressive...[more]
MONEY FOR TRIANEL’S CCGT PLANT
[BIZ: Aachen, November 14]
Trianel, the Meuse-Rhine-based energy-trading group, has completed its financing agreement for the CCGT power plant at Hamm-Uentrop. 80% of the finance, EUR 359m, has come from the WestLB AG from Düsseldorf. The 28 partners in the...[more]
NAEBERS AT AVANTIS
[BIX: Avantis, November 14]
The Dutch company Naebers Electro-Techniek from Heerlen is going to move to Avantis, the cross-border science and business park between Heerlen and Aachen. The company maintains and repairs electric motors for the petro-chemical industry,...[more]
LEGION OF HONOUR FOR TNT BOSS
[BIZ: Paris/Hoofddorp/Liège, November 14]
TNT N.V. today announced that Marie-Christine Lombard, Group Managing Director TNT Express, will become a Chevalier the Legion of Honour at a ceremony that will take place November 14. Alain Bréau, Co-President of the...[more]
LESS-THAN-DEADLY AT FN
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Liège, November 14]
As we reported in Issue 79 (January 29, 2004), FN, the Herstal firearms manufacturer and the University of Liège have signed an R&D contract. Thixomolding and the production of less than lethal weapons were then current areas...[more]
DAIMLERCHRYSLER OUT OF MMC
[BIZ: Hasselt, November 11]
DaimlerChrysler is going to withdraw its stake in Mitsubishi (MMC). The sale of 12.4% of the shares will produce EUR 500m for Daimler. The two car manufacturers will continue to work together but the sale of the shares signals an...[more]
MDS MERGES WITH TOPPOLY
[BIZ: Heerlen/Betten, November 10]
Philips is merging its Mobile Display Systems’ activities with Toppoly Optoelectronics from Taiwan. The transaction means that Toppoly will be taking on a debt of EUR 70m. Philips expects the merger to be completed in 2006....[more]
AMB GENERALI GROUP, Q3, 2005
[BIZ: Aachen, November 10]
Above-market growth for AMB Generali Group – Market leader in Riester businessPremium growth in life (+8.0%) and health (+5,2%) above market average
Riester contracts plus 90% – Market leadership maintained
Group net...[more]
EUR 240M FOR HAHN AIRPORT
[BIZ/LOG: Hahn, November 10]
There are to be major investments in the coming years at Hahn Airport in Hunsrück. According to information from SWR, the Frankfurt airport operation Fraport intends to spend EUR 240m on Hahn Airport through 2009. The Irish low-cost...[more]
MOVING HOUSE IN MEUSE-RHINE
[BIZ: Aachen, November 10]
There’s a great deal of house moving in the Meuse-Rhine tri-country area where Belgium, The Netherlands, and Germany meet. On Friday, November 18, there will be a special session at the Technology Center and Europaplatz which will...[more]
TNT AND CORNELIUS GEBER
[BIZ: Amsterdam, November 10]
TNT has not responded to rumors that appeared in the German weekly WirtschaftsWoche about a takeover bid by the German venture capitalist Cornelius Geber, which noted that Geber had an interest in taking over TNT. This follows earlier...[more]
ARCELOR/LIEGE U: BIOMIMETICS
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Liège, November 10]
‘New Strategies in Perspective’ is the name of a session to be held at the Château de Colonster in Liège on Thursday, November 17, at 14:30. Where the largely unexplored field of biomimetics [i.e.: good design based on naturally...[more]
AMB : AA RATINGS
[BIZ: Aachen, November 9]
Standard & Poor's (S&P) has assigned an 'AA' rating ("very strong") to the insurance companies of the AMB Generali Group in an interactive rating procedure. The entities of the AMB Generali Group are the only primary insurers in Germany...[more]
VCST CHANGES OWNERS AGAIN
[BIZ: St. Trond, November 9]
The Limburg automotive transmission specialist VCST, which used to be Volvo Car St. Trond, has changed owners again. This is the third sale of the business within a couple of years. The company went from Volvo to the San Francisco-based...[more]
LIEGE EXPORTERS
[BIZ: Liège, November 9]
There will be a special meeting on China on November 17 in Liège, where Katherine Chiu and Sandrine Sas of MeesPierson Intertrust and Philippe Hermans and Stanislas Mikolajczak of the Belgian Corporation for International Investment...[more]
A-WOK SPREADS THE MESSAGE
[BIZ: Heerlen, November 9]
A new Wok restaurant, with Japanese, Chinese and fusion cuisine, has been opened in the old AC Restaurant located on the highway at the German border in Heerlen. It offers an all-in price of EUR 18. As a special offer, people whose...[more]
DEURGANCKDOK DELAYED
[BIZ/LOG: Antwerp, November 9]
The Deurganckdok, the new container port in Antwerp, is experiencing a delay in completion and this means that it will now open in the last part of 2008, a year later than expected. The first parts of the dock were taken into service...[more]
EU INVESTIGATES FORD
[BIZ: Brussels, November 9]
The European Commission is initiating an official investigation into the EUR 12.3m that Ford Genk received from the Flemish government for training. Training/education is an important objective, but this support would appear to be...[more]
F1 AND ECCLESTONE
[BIZ: Namur, November 9]
The Walloon regional government has commissioned the Minister of Economics, Mr. Marcourt, to negotiate with Formula 1 chief Bernie Ecclestone about the future of F1 races in Francorchamps. Currently the government in Namur has a contract...[more]
WOOD PELLETS IN BERTRIX
[BIZ: Bertrix, November 9]
A plant for manufacturing ‘wood pellets’ is being set up in the municipality of Bertrix and will be operational next year. The pellets are made from waste wood from sawmills, pressed and fired before use. This is an ecologically sound...[more]
CREATING A LANDMARK
[BIZ/GOV: Raeren, November 9]
Since the dismantling of the borders in the Schengener area in 1995 Köpfchen at Hauset, between Germany (Aachen) and Belgium, has fallen into disuse and has become a sort of ‘no man’s land’. A new project has been proposed, within...[more]
CROSS-BORDER BUSINESS
[BIZ: Heerlen, November 9]
On November 29 the Young Business Club (JBS), with its sponsor and host, the City of Heerlen, will hold an evening session on cross-border business. It starts at 19:00 and will be held at the WTC Heerlen-Aachen at the Avantis Science...[more]
BUSINESS AND EURIADE
[BIZ: Maastricht, November 9]
There will be a meeting of the German Business Club on November 25, during the Euriade Cultural Festival 2005, in the Ball Room of the Alten Kurhaus in Aachen. There will be a concert, followed by a dinner in the Elisenbrunnen restaurant....[more]
EUR 25M 5 STAR HOTEL IN LIEGE
[BIZ: Liège, November 8]
In the faded glory of a splendid ballroom, replete with chandeliers, Pierre-Charles Berryer and Olivier-Noël Martin explained to the press their plan to turn two stately homes, formerly belonging to the aristocracy of the Pricipality...[more]
PRIZE FOR KRUISHEREN HOTEL
[BIZ: Maastricht, November 8]
The new Kruisheren Hotel in Maastricht has won the European Hotel Design Award for 2005 in a field of 17 hotels in the Restoration, Rebuilding, and Refurbishment category. Other hotels in the same category were The Cumberland Hotel...[more]
EUR 1.4M FOR ENERGY PROJECTS
[BIZ: Heerlen, November 8]
The City of Heerlen is to receive EUR 1.4m from the Dutch Ministry of Economics for the use of mine-water as a source of energy. Hot water of a temperature of up to 35 degrees from the old coalmines will be pumped to the surface and...[more]
NUON'S BELGIAN RAIL CONTRACT
[BIZ/LOG/INFRA: Brussels, November 7]
Infrabel, the infrastructure management company for the Belgian railways, has chosen Nuon Belgium for its power supplies because of its low, fixed energy price and quality service. The electronic invoicing provided by the...[more]
GREEN ROOFS
[BIZ: Lummen, November 7]
Green roofs are energy saving, environmentally friendly, economical and also subsidized. The Lummen company Floradak has come up with its version of them. Marcel Eykens of the company lays out green roofs that provide nothing but advantages...[more]
BUY & SELL: DSM
[BIZ: Brussels, November 7]
Jan De Cauter of Delta Lloyd Securities is reported by Kanaalz as having tipped DSM as a share to buy this week (November 7). DSM has undergone a transformation from a petrochemicals company depending on economic cycles for bulk goods,...[more]
AACHEN IHK GENERAL COUNCIL
[BIZ: Aachen, November 7]
The Aachen [IHK] Chamber’s Decision making body was chosen from among the 62 members. The following members were chosen: Hartmut Becker (Hotel Perlenau/Monschau), Theo P. Bergs (Tax Consultants/Stolberg), André Brümmer (André Brümmer,...[more]
FORD GENK UNSCATHED
[BIZ: Hasselt, November 5]
According to a report in the Belgian newspaper Het Belang van Limburg, the American automotive giant Ford is going to scrap 2,600 jobs in Europe this year. The worse blows will fall in Cologne and Saarlouis where 1,300 will be lost....[more]
FILL HER UP WITH INK
[BIZ: Herzogenrath, November 4]
Refill 24 GmbH, which opened in 2003 is the first ink service station in the Aachen Region. Now there is an InkCorner in Houston, Texas, which fills empty cartridges. Refill 24 has 650 outlets either wholly-owned or franchised,...[more]
EUR 18M BOMBARDIER CONTRACT
[BIZ: Aachen, November 4]
The Aachen Bombardier train manufacturing facility has received an order from Connex for seven of its Talent diesel trains. Total value of this order is EUR 18m. Delivery is for end 2006....[more]
METAL HOUSING
[BIZ/INFRA: Liège, November 4]
A plea is being made for metal housing that resists earthquakes, hurricanes, and lots of other things. A company in Liège is developing metal houses and intends to commercialize them in Liège. They can be assembled rapidly and...[more]
EXPLAINING HIGH PRICES
[BIZ: Düsseldorf, November 4]
Eon is going to be the first gas provider to explain its prices. The company supplies gas to more than 1.1m homes. There have been a great many complaints from the public because of the large increase of 30% in gas prices in Germany...[more]
EXPRESS DELIVERY TO GROW 33%
[BIZ/LOG: Barchon, November 4]
The market research organization Datamonitor sensed that express deliveries in Western Europe will grow by 33% in the next five years. This sector is said to expect EUR 29bn through 2020. The basis of the growth is not only increasing...[more]
NEW INTERNET DAILY
[BIZ: St. Vith/Prüm, November 4]
The new Internet daily, which is linked below, started up on September 1 and recently the premier of the Rhineland Palatinate, Kurt Beck, and East Belgium’s media minister Isabelle Wykmans were in St. Vith to give an official...[more]
SOLLAND SOLAR 2
[BIZ: Avantis, November 3]
Solland Solar Energy Holding BV, on the border between the Netherlands and Germany at the Avantis Science and Business Park, started production of its solar panels on November 3, with a staff of 50, with an annual production of 20...[more]
NRW NEWSLETTER
[BIZ: Düsseldorf, November 3]
The North-Rhine Westphalia newsletter dealing with cross-border business activity between The Netherlands and North-Rhine Westphalia has come out with a new issue. It speaks of the new design for its website, which went ‘live’ on...[more]
SILICOS FUNDING
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Diepenbeek, November 2]
Silicos, a start-up company in the virtual screening of new medications, has published information about its initial funding. Just after Silicos NV was set up on June 28, 2005, the first round of financing was complete....[more]
EURO ENGINEERING DOING WELL
[BIZ: Aachen, November 2]
The engineering sales provider Euro Engineering AG has been able to take on 20 new staff in Aachen. The manager says that options for engineers are particularly favorable at the moment. Euro Engineering, a subsidiary of DIS Deutscher...[more]
BOMBARDIER AT AVANTIS
[BIZ: Heerlen, November 2]
The train manufacturer Bombardier in Aachen may be moving to the cross-border Avantis Science and Business Park located between Heerlen and Aachen, which will create employment for the area. The proposal was made by the Dutch Liberal...[more]
EUR 1M FOR OSTBELGIEN INVEST
[BIZ: Eupen, November 2]
At the end of October the Walloon government decided to increase the capital of Ostbelgien Invest by EUR 1m, to the satisfaction of prime minister Karl-Heinz Lambertz. The decision will allow smaller companies easier access to venture...[more]
TNT SELLS GLOBALCOLLECT
[BIZ: Amsterdam, November 2]
TNT has sold GlobalCollect to its management, which was supported by two investment companies. The company processes electronic payments for Internet and direct marketing transactions. In response to a question, a TNT spokesperson...[more]
SERVATIUS BUYS A BREWERY
[BIZ: Maastricht, November 2]
The Servatius housing association has bought the premises of the former De Ridder brewery on the banks of the Meuse in Maastricht from the Heineken group. According to the managing director Leks Verzijlbergh. The company paid between...[more]
BHF BANK SELLS Q-PARK INTEREST
[BIZ: Maastricht, November 2]
The BHF Bank has sold its shares in the European parking company Q-Park. The shares have been taken over by four existing shareholders — TKP Pensioen, RUPA, Reaal, and Interpolis. They are making use of their preferential rights...[more]
CATERING FAIRS IN MAASTRICHT
[BIZ: Maastricht, November 2]
The 52nd edition of BBB, the Dutch catering and hospitality trade fair, will run from 23 to 26 January, 2006, in the North and South Halls of the MECC exhibition and congress center in Maastricht.This is the oldest fair of its...[more]
NEW FINANCE FOR BIZ PARKS
[BIZ: Namur, November 2]
The Walloon government in Namur is giving the go-ahead for financing that will benefit business parks. This amounts to EUR 174m. The Walloon minister responsible, André Antoine, made a statement in response to a question from the East...[more]
CHANGE AT THE TOP FOR KEMBIT
[BIZ: Wijnandsrade, November 2]
Patrick Berger (40) has been appointed the new general manager of KEMBIT, the IT service provider from Wijnandsrade. He succeeds Gijs van Esschoten, who will become the Chairman of the Board. This change at the top for KEMBIT...[more]
ONCOMETHYLOME RAISES EUR 15M
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Liège and Durham, N.C., November 2]
ONCOMETHYLOME Sciences (OMS) has announced the closing of a EUR 15m Series B financing round, led by Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, Paris, France. Existing investors ING Belgium, Life Sciences Partners,...[more]
AACHENMUENCHENER: BIG LOANS
[BIZ: Aachen, November 2]
AachenMünchener announced in October that it had sold two portfolios of large loans for the industrial financing of a total volume of roughly EUR 1.0 bn. “With this we are continuing our course of focusing systematically on our core...[more]
Q-PARK ACQUIRES DANISH PARKING
[BIZ: Maastricht, November 2]
The Dutch parking company Q-Park has acquired the Danish parking firm DKParkering, increasing its share of the parking market in Europe and entering the Danish market. DKParkering was an independent parking company based in...[more]
TNT Q3, 2005 RESULTS
[BIZ: Amsterdam, November 2]
Results announced October 31, 2005 revealed an increase of 9% in revenues; earnings per share 5% higher and a strategic partnership with Japan PostHighlights:
Operating income up 37% in Express, due to revenue growth and efficiency ...[more]
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TNT& COSCO: CHINA/ASIA PACIFIC
[LOG: Liège/Hoofddorp/Peking, November 14]
Cosco Group, the world's second largest and China's largest shipping company, and TNT have entered into a strategic partnership, in the form of a Joint Venture (JV). The partnership will enable Cosco to further penetrate...[more]
RAIL TUNNEL PROBLEMS
[LOG: Aachen, November 11]
Construction of the high-speed line between Aachen and the Belgium border will be delayed for several months because of the sandy ground at the new Busch tunnel in West Aachen. Additional technology will have to be employed to prevent...[more]
WINTER SPORTS TRAIN
[LOG/LEI: Utrecht, November 9]
The winter sports train (Bergland Express) that stops at Liège and Aachen for trips to Austria and on by touring bus to hotels in Austria and Italy starts at EUR 68 for a single fare (including bed and breakfast). It’s also possible...[more]
SHARING DRAINS
[INFRA: Jülich, November 7]
A drainage partnership has been set up between Titz and Jülich and the Planning and Environmental Committee has agreed to it. Mr. Gerhard Tirok of the Eifel Ruhr Water Board (WVER) explained the planning: in terms of which, the Jülich...[more]
LOGISTICAL GROWTH IN AACHEN
[LOG/BIZ: Aachen/Würselen, November 7]
Logistics is becoming increasingly important in the Aachen region. Almost every third square meter sold in 2004 went to the logistics sector. In the district of Aachen alone, there are 86 transport and logistics companies,...[more]
DELAYS ON ALBERT CANAL
[LOG: Eupen, November 4]
There has been a delay in expanding the shipping channel of the Albert Canal due to financial problems on the part of the Flemish government. According to press reports the project will be delayed for ten years. The expansion would increase...[more]
NEW TRAIN SERVICES
[LOG/INFRA: Brussels, November 3]
The Belgian railway’s new timetable will come into effect on December 11. Residents of Liège will discover that there are major changes for them, with extra trains to Brussels and a faster and more direct service between Louvain...[more]
LIEGE-SHANGHAI: 2 B747-400ERFS
[LOG: Amsterdam, November 2]
TNT N.V., with its European hub in Liège, has announced that its Express Division will lease two B747-400ERF freighters to start up a new direct service between Europe and China in 2006.The 100 tonnes capacity aircraft will be...[more]
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REMEMBERING THE MINES
[GOV: Heerlen, November 9]
A new website has been launched that deals with the closure of the mines 40 years ago, the announcement was originally made by the Dutch Premier Joop den Uyl on December 17, 1965, in the theater in Heerlen. The site has information...[more]
EUR 132M FOR AACHEN SCHOOLS
[GOV/EDU: Aachen, November 8]
Aachen will be investing EUR 132m in its schools over the next four years, according to the financing plan through 2009. The focal points are the development of whole-day schools and the upgrading and refurbishment of school buildings....[more]
MORE STUDENTS AT RWTH AACHEN
[EDU: Aachen, November 7]
The academic year started at Aachen’s RWTH University with an increase of 10% in the student body. There was strong growth in the natural science and engineering branches, and a slight drop in the number of female students registering....[more]
NO HEALTH RISKS
[EDU/LIFE-SCI: Liège, November 7]
There will be a conference on health risks at the new Salle Académique of the University of Liège, place 20-Août 7, on Wednesday, November 30 at 20:00hrs (admission is free). In a world besieged by concerns about bird flu, dioxin,...[more]
CROSS-BORDER CRIME PREVENTION
[GOV: Heerlen, November 7]
The central location for the exchange of information and policing cross-border crime (EPICC - Euroregional Police and Information Cooperation Center) in Meuse-Rhine has been set up in Heerlen. It was officially opened by the Dutch...[more]
MEUSE-RHINE MBA
[EDU: Maastricht, November 6 2005]
In February 2006, Maastricht University’s Business School will launch a joint Part-time MBA program for the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion in cooperation with Düsseldorf Business School. This Maastricht-Düsseldorf Part-time MBA ...[more]
HIGH-FASHION GOWNS
[EDU: Hasselt, November 4]
The well-known Hasselt fashion designer Stijn Helsen is going to develop new gowns for the University of Hasselt in Diepenbeek. The idea is to develop a young, dynamic new version of the gown. Next year the opening of the academic...[more]
HOT PURSUIT
[GOV: Aachen, November 4]
The Aachen police have welcomed the decision of the German parliament to permit the pursuit of criminals across the border. In the future the Dutch and German police will be able to pursue criminals across borders for up to 150km into...[more]
HABSBURGS IN LIMBURG
[EDU/LEI: Eupen, November 4]
At the BRF radio station, in Eupen, there is an exhibition on a border region in early modern times, showing documents and relics of the Spanish and Austrian Habsburg period in East Belgium. It comes from the state archives in Eupen,...[more]
POLITICAL EDUCATION
[EDU: Eupen, November 4]
Belgium’s German-speaking community (DG) will soon have the same access as German institutes to all publications on political education published by the federal association in Germany. This is the result of an agreement between representatives...[more]
LUC SOETE AIDS UK GOVT
[GOV: Maastricht, November 3]
Professor Luc Soete of the University of Maastricht and the United Nations University in Maastricht has presented a paper for the British government on the knowledge economy. Although it has not been discussed by the heads of government,...[more]
CHATEAUX DE LA MEUSE
[GOV/LEI: Liège, November 2]
The ‘Châteaux de la Meuse’ project, which was initiated two years ago by the Liège Tourist Federation, has now reached a new stage. It is to benefit from the EU Intereg funds....[more]
HEARSE MUSEUM
[EDU/LEI: Maasmechelen, November 2]
There is to be an exhibition of hearses in Maasmechelen in the district of Vucht by 2006. Currently there are three historic vehicles, which belong to the cultural department, and others are to be purchased. The museum is...[more]
FLEXIBLE WORKING
[GOV: Aachen, November 2]
The ‘Euro-Mobilzeit’ project on flexible working has revealed that 43% of the Dutch work in part-time structures and that every fifth part-time job is filled by a man. Belgians and Germans are much less flexible and are behind on these...[more]
MAJOR FIRE IN THE ARDENNES
[GOV: Eupen, November 2]
There was a major fire covering between 40 and 50 hectares of purple moor-grass early this month in the Reinartzhof area of the Ardennes. It involved 250 firefighters and civil defense staff and other help from Belgium and Germany. The...[more]
VARSITIES WITH FRAUNHOFER
[EDU: Aachen, November 2]
The objective of the newly founded Fraunhofer Technology Academy is to pass on innovative know-how to business. The Fraunhofer association is going to be working on this project with the University of St. Gallen, Aachen’s RWTH University,...[more]
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25% BASIC PHARMA STAKE
[LIFE-SCI: Roermond, November 15]
Limburg Ventures is taking a 25 % phased stake in the share capital of the Basic Pharma Group BV. Basic Pharma is an independent pharmaceutical company in the Netherlands, with three business units: Basic Pharma Manufacturing...[more]
PLASMA TREATMENT
[LIFE-SCI: Aachen, November 14]
Professor Peter Awakowicz of the Electrical Engineering and Plasma Technology Department of Electrical Sciences at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum will be talking about: "Plasma treatment of biological systems: Sterilization and surface...[more]
DIETARY ISSUES FOR WOMEN
[HEALTH: Spa, November 9]
There is to be a colloquium on dietary issues for women on December 16, from 09.00 hrs to 17.00 hrs at the Sol Cress in Spa. The initiative comes from the French-speaking Women’s Council for Belgium and the Verviers District and has...[more]
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AZZURO GOES WITH SWAN
[SCI-TECH: Aachen/Magdeburg, November 14]
AZZURRO Semiconductors AG produces 150 mm GaN on Si on Thomas Swan CCS
a leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry, today announced the sale of a Thomas Swan Close Coupled Showerhead (CCS)...[more]
RITDISPLAY OKS AIXTRON OVPD®
[SCI-TECH: Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, November 7]
RiTdisplay Corporation, the leading manufacturer and supplier of OLED displays, has signed off the system acceptance form for the first Gen2 OVPD® system for mass production of OLEDs. The engineering teams of RiTdisplay...[more]
HANDS-ON SATELLITE
[SCI-TECH: Liège, November 4]
Liège is leading the way in launching its own satellite, which goes by the name of LEODIUM — Latin for Liège. It will run for five years and improve students' competence in the space sector. The ‘Low Earth Orbit Demonstration of...[more]
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SOUTHERN NETHERLANDS BRONZES
[LEI: London, November 15]
Daniel Katz Ltd is proud to offer a unique opportunity to see in London a group of some forty important bronzes from the sculpture collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. From Vulcan’s Forge: Bronzes from the Rijksmuseum, 1450-1700...[more]
DANA ZEMSTOV WINS GOLD
[LEI/EDU : Maastricht /Luxembourg, November 15]
On Sunday November 13, thirteen-year-old, Dana Zemstov (viola) won the first prize and gold medal at the European Competition for Strings in Luxembourg. Her repertoire included Albéniz (Majorca) and Berlioz (Scène...[more]
PAPIER D’HIVERS
[LEI: Liège, November 14]
Gallery Monos, Rue Henry Bles 39, in Liège, a leading Walloon contemporary art gallery is holding an exhibition entitled Papier d’Hivers 2005, from November 20, through January 8.
Check the website for details - it's a bit mysterious...[more]
MAASTRICHT’S 8TH JAZZTIVAL
[LEI: Maastricht, November 14]
Maastricht’s Jazztival is on at the Derlon Theater/Café Zuid in Maastricht November 26 and 27. Featuring: English Trumpeter, Gerard Presencer (US3’s Cantaloupe Island); Dutch greats, including: Jan Akkerman, the New Cool Collective ...[more]
FASHION AND DESIGN TRIENNIAL
[LEI: Hasselt, November 9]
‘Super!’ will be the first triennial of art, fashion, and design about ‘People and Things’ and it is being held at the Z33 center in Hasselt. Fifty national and international artists and designers, including 20 from The Netherlands,...[more]
BECKER VS LECONTE IN DUEREN
[LEI: Düren, November 8]
Boris Becker is putting on a tennis display match against Henri Leconte on February 4, 2006, in the Kreis Arena in Düren. Before the match, Boris Becker will be giving training sessions for aspiring players from the district of Düren....[more]
EUROPEAN SKI CUP
[LEI: Landgraaf, November 7]
There has been a European slalom competition at the indoor ski slope at Landgraaf in which skiers from 22 nations took part. The competition on the 500m-long slope started with a qualification round, and is another milestone on Landgraaf’s...[more]
TEXTILE MUSEUM
[LEI/EDU: Aachen, November 7)
The textile museum at the Komerich Estate mill will open next summer and a voluntary organization will run it. The machinery is ready and all that is required is the written information. This will provide an important note on Aachen’s...[more]
LUDWIG FORUM OVERVIEW
[LEI: Aachen, November 7]
The Ludwig Forum has a series of shows for the rest of the year through to 2006, which include a look at art in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion from December 3 through January 15, a book exhibition for children from November 11 through December...[more]
LEONARDO DA VINCI
[LEI: Kerkrade, November 4]
The Industrion museum in Kerkrade is holding a major exhibition on Leonardo da Vinci, the Renaissance man, almost 500 years after his death. The exhibition will run from December 27, 2005 through September 4, 2006. There will be a...[more]
TREE DAY AT MUSEUMS
[LEI: Liège, November 4]
On Saturday, November 19, the Day of the Tree, the Liège museums — including MAMAC, the Musée d’Ansembourg, the Musée de l’Art Wallon, and the Musée d’Art Religieux et d’Art Mosan — are going to celebrate trees. Entry is free between...[more]
CHRISTMAS IN VALKENBURG
[LEI: Valkenburg, November 3]
There will be a major Christmas time event in Valkenburg that will run from November 18 through December 31. It will include a musical opening with well-known Limburg artists, including Sjef Diederen. There will be a light show...[more]
CONCERTS ON THE BARGE
[LEI: Liège, November 2]
The celebrated barge moored in Liège will be holding a concert by the Turlu Tursu group, which introduces audiences to different styles of accordion music from around the world. The concert is being held on November 26 at 21:00. On Friday,...[more]
HEERLEN’S EUR 50M THEATRE REFIT
[LEI: Heerlen, November 2]
On October 29 (at 13:30) Heerlen’s theatre held a topping out at its restored building. Mayor, Toine Gresel, and deputy Odile Wolfs from the province, attended the ceremony. This is a milestone in the refurbishment of the theatre,...[more]
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