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[EDIT: Eijsden, November 30]
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MAASTRICHT 5; AACHEN 3...
[BIZ/LEI: Maastricht, November 29]
Maastricht now has five Michelin-starred restaurants, the most recent addition to this select company is the Aux Coin des Bonnes Enfants restaurant. It is run by George Taselaar, the son of the celebrated gastronome and wine...[more]
ARDENNES OUTLET CENTER
[BIZ: Verviers, November 29]
The Ardennes Outlet Center, Shopping Mall is scheduled to open on December 9. Half of the 10,000m² has already been let. Brands on sale will eventually include Nike, Puma, Gerry Weber, Butch, David Harley, No Excess, Trespass, bianca,...[more]
STIENSTRA INVESTMENTS TOP DOG
[BIZ: Heerlen November 29]
Stienstra Investments have been voted the best landlord for the 5th year in succession. In 2005, the “Nederlandse Woonbond” the Dutch Housing Association organized the vote for the 9th time. Fourteen tenants’ organizations and ...[more]
BOVIL & MULTICOM DDB MERGE
[BIZ: Maastricht, November 28]
Bovil, Maastricht's biggest advertising agency and Multocom DDB from Eindhoven are to merge, effective January 1, 2006. The Eidhoven Branch will be called Bovil DDB. Bovil will retain a regional focus, with Multicom on the international...[more]
HEIDELBERG IN KAZAKHSTAN
[BIZ: Heidelberg, November 28]
Heidelberg Cement, parent company of the ENCI in Maastricht and Lixhe (Visé) has taken over the Buchtarma Cement Comany in Kazakhstan. They are planning to sell 2 million tonnes of cement next year. The plant employs 1,300 and...[more]
TNT: GERMAN POSTAL OFFENSIVE
[BIZ/LOG: Hanover, November 29]
Dutchman, Mario Frusch (48) is the new Chairman of the Board of EP Europost. EP Europost AG & Co. KG, capitalized at EUR 40m, is a joint venture of the Dutch TPG Post (71%) and the German Hermes Logistics Group (29%), a susidiary...[more]
ETHIAS ARENA-GRENSLANDHALLEN
[BIZ/LEI: Hasselt, November 26]
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest, with its 80m viewer potential in 16 European states, was held in the Ethias Arena at the Grenslandhallen in Hasselt on November 26. The audience of more than 16,000, in the presence of Prince...[more]
WINTERLAND BIGGER THAN EVER
[BIZ: Maastricht, November 26]
The seventh Winterland Vrijthof fair in the middle of Maastricht will run from November 26 to January 8, and can expect more than a million visitors from home and abroad. There will be a skating rink, a Christmas market, and old-fashioned...[more]
ICE-TRAINS PREPARED FOR FRANCE
[BIZ: Wegberg, November 26]
Five ICE-trains for the German-French routes are to be upgraded at the Siemens rail test center in Wegberg-Wildenrath over the next six months. These third generation ICE-trains are to be specially equipped. The value of the contract...[more]
ENECO CO-SPONSORS WINTERLAND
[BIZ: Maastricht, November 26]
ENECO Energy has stepped forward as a co-sponsor of Winterland Maastricht with the Bavaria brewery. Regional Director of ENECO Energy, Jos Muller, says that the company wants to support associations, groups, and events in the city....[more]
CALL FOR INVESTORS IN EISDEN
[BIZ: Maasmechelen, November 25]
The Limburg investment group LRM, the owner of the former mining site in Eijsden (Maasmechelen), Belgian Limburg, is calling for potential investors for the, as yet, undeveloped city-zoned area of 30 hectares. In the northwest,...[more]
F1: BOUGHT OUT BUT STILL BOSS
[BIZ/LEI: London, November 25]
CVC has acquired a controlling interest in the Formula One Group, a matter of vital interest to the Spa-Francorchamps circuit and the Walloon Government. Two years ago, the Belgian Government was persuaded to alter its Tobacco...[more]
AMB MUTUAL FUND
[BIZ: Cologne/Aachen, November 24]
On November 2, AMB Generali Asset Managers, the fund company and asset manager of the AMB Generali Group, issued a AMB Generali Euroland Protect mutual fund for institutional investors. The advisor for this fund is Capital...[more]
MEUSE-RHINE TRIANGLE BUSINESS
[BIZ/GOV: Liège, November 24]
Mr. Julien Mestrez, Deputy of the province of Liège, gave his consent to the provincial support for the Intereg III project called ‘The Meuse-Rhine Triangle’. This is a campaign for the promotion of inbound business investment,...[more]
MACINTOSH 2005: STRONG GROWTH
[BIZ: Maastricht, November 23]
Higher turnover and operating result on continuing activities:
The turnover of Macintosh Retail Group’s continuing activities (excluding Superconfex) for the period July to mid-November 2005 (week 46) clearly rose compared with...[more]
INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE SURVEY
[BIZ/INFRA: Aachen, November 23]
The 2004 Survey of Industrial Real Estate in the Aachen Region was able to cover 45 of the 46 municipalities. For the first time, this provides a survey by lot, using Geographical Information Systems (GIS). A total of 212 industrial/business...[more]
CONTI: AACHEN NOT IN DANGER
[BIZ: Aachen, November 22]
The Continental car plant in Aachen is not in danger following the close down of car tire production in the main plant in Hanover. In Aachen and Korbach (Hessen) there is no danger, according to Continental. Aachen and Korbach have...[more]
BOMBARDIER
[BIZ: Aachen, November 22]
After a weak 2005 Bombardier, the train builders in Aachen, have seen the light at the end of the tunnel. In an article in the Aachener Zeitung the plant manager Frank Iffländer is positive about the future. In particular, demands...[more]
THE LIEGE OFFICE MARKET
[BIZ: Liège, November 22]
International business real estate specialists DTZ note that the City of Liège seems ready to take a second look at a third business park. This prognosis is based on the balance between supply and demand. A supply estimated at 1% in...[more]
PHONE DIRECT FROM MISTER MAIL
[BIZ: Maastricht, November 22]
Mister Mail, the oldest e-marketing bureau in The Netherlands, is introducing a new option in The Netherlands: Direct phone from the mail. This new facility makes it possible to make a phone call from an e-mail. Companies and organizations...[more]
BIOCOAT
[BIZ: Liège, November 19]
The cooperation between the University of Liège and the steel giant Arcelor has produced a new project called BioCoat, which will be headed by Professor Joseph Martial (one of the founders of Eurogentec). It will be examining new methods...[more]
BY CHOPPER TO THE TEFAF
[BIZ: Maastricht, November 19]
The art and antique fair the TEFAF in the MECC in Maastricht, one of the world’s leading exhibitions of its type, will be accessible to helicopter traffic from Liège Airport and MAA in Maastricht. TEFAF runs from December 10 to...[more]
BANK REPORTS ON PORT
[BIZ: Brussels/Liège, November 19]
Belgium’s National Bank has given an assessment of the Autonomous Port of Liège in a report made public in ‘Le Soir’ at the link below. In terms of tonnage handled, the Port of Liège is maintaining its position as the second ...[more]
NEW RADISSON HOTEL IN HASSELT
[BIZ: Hasselt, November 18]
The brand new Radisson SAS Hotel has opened in Hasselt. It is located in one of the biggest towers at the TT Center on Torenplein and has 126 rooms and suites. Guests of the hotel will have access to the fitness club, and the TT Center...[more]
WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES
[BIZ/LEI: Aachen, November 18]
The World Equestrian Games to be held in Aachen from August 20 through September 3, 2006, have already sold 300,000 of the 500,000 tickets and 40,000 tickets have been sold for the final of the dressage. Seats have already sold...[more]
MORE BUSINESS SITES IN GOUVY
[BIZ: Gouvy, November 17]
The municipality of Gouvy is to extend the municipal building Halconreux by ten hectares. This will provide space for incoming business. There will also be a public skating rink at the station in Gouvy....[more]
HELIPORT FOR LOMMEL
[BIZ/LOG: Lommel, November 17]
The City of Lommel is planning to develop a heliport at its Maatheide business park. Test flights have been planned to assess the effects of the heliport on the environment. Those taking the initiative for the heliport want to...[more]
COGEN.: LUTOSA- ELECTRABEL
[BIZ: St. Eloois Vijve, November 17]
Lutosa, the Walloon producer of deep-frozen potato products, is investing with Electrabel in a process to turn potato waste into green energy. At its operation in Sint Eloois Vijve a co-generation plant is coming on stream...[more]
POWER FROM LIEGE AND BRUSSELS
[BIZ/INFRA: Liège, November 17]
The Liège intercommunal cable utility ALE-Télédis and its Brussels company Brutélé are going to work together next year. The two cable networks have 613,000 subscribers and want to offer what is called ‘triple play’ next year....[more]
BORDERS: ENERGY ALLOCATION
[BIZ: Brussels, November 16]
Elia and RTE have recently announced a new allocation formula for cross-border capacity on the French/Belgian border to be implemented as from January 1, 2006. Industrial users in Belgium and in France have reacted with surprise...[more]
REIBEL SOLAR ENERGY
[BIZ: Brussels, November 16]
The Brussels transport and energy company Reibel intends to produce two million kilowatt hours of electricity via solar power next year. The investment will come from its IPO. Reibel wants to market electricity through its Belpower...[more]
EUROCARBON TO INNOVATE
[BIZ: Sittard, November 16]
During the 2005 SME day at the Parkstad Limburg Stadium, Martin Eurlings of the Province of Limburg presented the first ‘Innovation Voucher’ — worth EUR 6,500 — to Stephan Voskamp of the Sittard company, Eurocarbon. Mr. Eurlings said...[more]
SINGAPORE:EUR 70M IN ZEEBRUGGE
[BIZ/LOG: Hasselt, November 16]
The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) is going to make further investments in Zeebrugge. This is of great interest to this area because it will clearly mean an increase in container shipments.The news was given after a visit...[more]
HIGHWAY LIGHTING FOR UMTS
[BIZ/INFRA: Namur, November 16]
Around 60 highway light pylons on the Walloon highways will be used as transmitters for the broadband mobile UMTS network. This will improve reception quality for 3G cell phones. The charges will be paid by the telcos to the Walloon...[more]
INDUSTRIAL PARK SALE IN LONTZEN
[BIZ: Lontzen, November 16]
The municipal council of Lontzen has agreed to the planned sale of the industrial park in Herbesthal to the investment company of SPI+, the province of Liège’s development company, for a price of EUR 3.5m. The municipality purchased...[more]
EUR 163M RING ROAD
[BIZ/INFRA: Maastricht, November 16]
Decisions on time, money, and quality have been established in an agreement between the Province of Limburg and Parkstad Limburg relating to the construction of an outer ring road. The municipality of Nuth will be signing...[more]
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ELECTRABEL: EUR 1BN FOR NL
[INFRA: Brussels, November 21]
Electrabel is considering building three power plants in The Netherlands with a total capacity of 1,600 megawatts. These will be two gas-fired plants in Lelystad and a Coal-biomass cofiring plants in the Maasvlakte near Rotterdam....[more]
UAE ON USD 9.7BN SPENDING SPREE
[LOG: Hasselt, November 20]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) have announced that they are going to buy a number of Boeing aircraft to the value of USD 9.7bn (EUR 8.2bn).Sheik Ahmed Saïd al-Maktoum, the president of the UAE, announced that 24 777-300ERs, ten ...[more]
BUSCH TUNNEL TO COST MORE
[LOG: Aachen, November 18]
The Busch Tunnel, which is on the Liège–Aachen TGV route, struck a patch of loose sand in the area on which the 711m tunnel has to be built - as we reported earlier. In order to prevent collapsing on the existing 355m, the construction...[more]
COCA-COLA LOGISTICS
[LOG/BIZ: Barchon, November 16]
The US Coca-Cola Corporation is going to restructure its logistical activities in Belgium, which will mean a loss of jobs. The distribution center in Barchon, near Liège, will be closed but the locations in Chaudfontaine and Hasselt...[more]
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GULPEN BREWERY AWARD
[GOV: Aachen, November 29]
Aachen's Kathy Beys Foundation has awarded the 2005 Meuse-Rhine Euroregional Prize for the Environment to the Gulpen Brewery for its exemplary environmental policy. The brewery only uses locally produced ingredients and it supports...[more]
MEUSE-RHINE LANGUAGES
[EDU: Seraing, November 25]
There is a major conference on languages in Meuse-Rhine on Wednesday, November 30, at the CAMPUS 2000 of the Haute Ecole Léon-Eli Troclet in Jemeppe (Seraing). The principal topic will be the promotion of neighboring languages in...[more]
BIONET PROJECT
[EDU: Jülich/Aachen District, November 24]
The Aachen-Düren BioNet project is now starting in the Jülich technology center. 35 training places will be created in the Aachen-Düren region through to the end of the project, which is financed by the Federal Ministry...[more]
EUREGIONALE FUNDING
[GOV: Cologne, November 18]
According to Hans-Peter Lindlar, the Regierungspresident (governor) responsible for the Aachen region from Cologne, quoted in the Aachener Zeitung, the EUR 120m in funding expected for Euregionale 2008 could be reduced by half. Among...[more]
EUROREGIONAL BRAND
[GOV: Stolberg, November 18]
On November 30 the Euroregionale 2008 Agency will give its stamp of approval to the ‘Forum Zinkhütter Hof’. This is a symbolic act, but it is a milestone for Stolberg. The project will then be one of the few officially approved candidates...[more]
LIFE PROTECTS NATURE
[GOV: Eupen, November 17]
Five environmental protection projects are to receive EU funding in the Walloon and Luxembourg regions. The projects fall under the LIFE program and, in particular, the one important part of this is the program to protect the Freshwater...[more]
DEMOLISHING DROIXHE TOWERS
[GOV: Liège, November 17]
The ongoing saga of the real estate development plan in Droixhe, Liège, has taken another turn, with the possible contribution of the Walloon region of a sum to cover the cost of the demolition of the four tower blocks concerned. This...[more]
MAHHL MAYORS GET CLOSER
[GOV: Maastricht, November 17]
The mayors of Maastricht, Aachen, Hasselt, Heerlen, and Liège — the MAHHL cities — are working towards a closer relationship between their cities for the new funding period for grants from European structural funds from 2007 to...[more]
CHARLEMAGNE PRIZE IN BRUSSELS
[GOV: Aachen/Brussels, November 16]
In Brussels, eight former winners of Aachen’s Charlemagne Prize will meet with high-ranking European politicians to discuss the future. Pat Cox, a former president of the European Parliament, will moderate the session, and...[more]
AIRCRAFT NOISE SOUNDPROOFING
[GOV: Namur, November 16]
The 500 homes within range of the airports of Liège and Charleroi in the Walloon region will receive a soundproofing grant in respect of aircraft noise. This will mean 1,200 houses in the affected areas will have been insulated by 2008...[more]
THE LIMBURG BRAND
[GOV: Hasselt, November 16]
In his inaugural address to the province Steve Stevaert, the Governor of Belgium Limburg said that he wants to turn the province of Limburg into a strong brand. Governor Stevaert said that the biggest challenge will be to develop...[more]
WGR-PLUS STATUS FOR PARKSTAD
[GOV: Heerlen, November 16]
The seven municipalities of Parkstad Limburg have elected to use a shared approach for their economic problems. They have achieved this by agreeing to the WGR-Plus program that allocates authority over budgets to the Parkstad entity,...[more]
MEUSE-RHINE ARCHITECTURE PRIZE
[EDU: Heerlen, November 16]
The Meuse-Rhine Architecture Prize, which was awarded for the fifteenth time in the Glaspaleis in Heerlen this year, went to Alex Montiel Aguilar from the School of Architecture in Maastricht for ‘The Racket Club’; second was Dirk...[more]
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THE ALMA-GRID PROJECT (2)
[LIFE-SCI: Liège, November 29]
Interreg III alma-grid project, which we have discussed before, is holding a major presentation for the press in English in Liège from 14.30 to 16.on December 15, with the presence of leading players from the four universities.To ...[more]
A FUNCTIONAL ARTIFICIAL PROTEIN
[LIFE-SCI: Aachen, November 23]
Dr. Cecile Van de Weerdt of the molecular biology lab at the University of Liège will talk to the BioClub on December 6, 2005, at 18:00 at the Sammelbau Chemie at the RWTH University in Aachen, Seminar Room 38A II, Worringer Weg...[more]
THE POWER OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS
[LIFE-SCI/EDU, Maastricht, November 22]
To what extent are motivations we ourselves give for our behaviour the actual motives? When are our ‘conscious’ choices in fact directed by our subconscious? Dr. Reinout Wiers wrote a book together with his colleague Alan...[more]
PHARMACEUTICALS IN DISPUTE
[LIFE-SCI/BIZ: Hasselt, November 19]
The general association of pharmaceuticals producers Pharma.be is in uproar. The three biggest players — Janssen Pharmaceutica, GSK, and UCB, which all have important bases in Belgium — feel that their interests are poorly...[more]
ONE-DAY MALARIA CURE
[LIFE-SCI: Turnhout, November 16]
Dafra Pharma, a Flemish pharmaceutical company in Turnhout, bordering Meuse-Rhine, has developed a new combined therapy that cures malaria after a one-day, three-pill course of treatment. This revolutionary method will be launched...[more]
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THE HYDROGEN ECONOMY
[SCI-TECH: Maastricht, November 17]
Given the right support, there could be 5-10 million fuel cell vehicles globally by 2020...
The time horizon for the Hydrogen Economy is long - it is at least 20 years away for developed countries. But long-term change...[more]
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WHAT’S ON IN MAASTRICHT
[LEI: Maastricht, November 28]
In February 2006, the Maastricht Uitburo will open as part of the local tourist office. This will provide a complete overview of leisure time activities in Maastricht. A national network of these offices will also inform visitors...[more]
EURIPEDES' MEDEA
[LEI: Heerlen, November 25]
There will be performances of Euripides' Medea on December 6, 7, 8 and 9 by students of the Bernadinus College in the Thermenmuseum, Heerlen.On the 6th & 8th the traditional version of the tragedy will be performed and on the 7th...[more]
TITANIC — THE MUSICAL
[LEI: Liège, November 25]
‘Titanic’, the musical that has won five Tony Awards, will be on at the Royal Walloon Opera from December 16 to 31 this year. Check the website for details, tickets, and prices....[more]
ALL ABOUT HASSELT
[LEI/GOV: Hasselt, November 25]
The new IN&UIT Hasselt at the corner of Lombard Straat and the Groenplein in Hasselt will have its official opening on December 3. This is a place where people from Hasselt, their guests, and tourists to the city will always be...[more]
WAR AND PEACE
[LEI: Liège, November 25]
On Wednesday, December 6, there will be a premier of the play ‘War and Peace’ in the Théâtre de la Place in Liège. This exclusive evening performance will be preceded by a guided visit to the exhibition ‘Soviet Idealism — Painting and...[more]
THE CHRISTMAS SCENE
[LEI: Liège, November 25]
For several years, the Museum of Religious Art and Mosan Art has held exhibitions of Christmas scenes, cribs, and their accompanying figures from different countries and regions. This year it will be a crib from the Provence (France)...[more]
WORLD CUP PETANQUE 2009
[LEI/BIZ: Maastricht, November 24]
The world championship in petanque, the French game of bowls, will be held in the MECC in Maastricht in 2009. The International Petanque Federation has determined this after its world championship in Brussels....[more]
LITTLE INTEREST IN MRE TV
[MEDIA: Aachen, November 23]
A cross-border television project in Meuse-Rhine is an attractive proposition, but considerable obstacles have to be overcome to achieve it. This is the topic to which the European Media Institute, in cooperation with Belgian Radio...[more]
SAINT NICK ETC.
[LEI: Aachen, November 22]
On the eve of Saint Nicholas’ special day, on Monday December 5, at 20:00 there will be a special talk at the REGIO Aachen, Haus Matthéy, Theaterstr. 67 in Aachen, about the Saint Nicholas customs in the tri-country region. Check the...[more]
THE HISTORY & FUTURE OF LIEGE
[LEI: Liège, November 21]
There is to be an exhibition at the Maison de Métallurgie et de l’Industrie de Liège’ called ‘1905 to 2005: Memoire et Avenir du Pays de Liège’. Liège held the World Exhibition in 1905, when the Liège basin was leading Europe in industrial...[more]
NEW EDITION OF LIEGE GUIDE
[LEI: Liège, November 18]
The ‘Petit Futé’, a guide to Liège, has been published in a 2006 edition. The author is Régine Kerzmann, a professional journalist who works for the Vers l’Avenir Group and writes in Le Jour Liège. The guide is given an enthusiastic...[more]
SHOW JUMPING IN HASSELT
[LEI: Hasselt, November 17]
The twelfth edition of the International Show Jumping event in Hasselt will be held in the Ethias Arena at the Grenslandhallen from February 23–26, 2006. LEXUS will be one of the major sponsors and is lending its name to the ‘Ride...[more]
RIVERBOATS AT CHRISTMAS
[LEI: Maastricht, November 17]
For the first time this year the Rederij Stiphout, which runs boat trips on the River Meuse, is offering a Winter Meuse program. And they will also have vintage double-decker buses making tours from Winterland at the Vrijthof....[more]
ECCLESIASTICAL ART
[LEI: Mönchengladbach, November 17]
In 2004, the Foundation for Research on Glass Painting in the 20th Century started an inventory project of painted-glass art in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion North, and they have already photographed 10,000 works of art in glass...[more]
COLORFUL MEUSE-RHINE
[LEI: Eupen, November 16]
A new book describing the character and differences in Meuse-Rhine has been published by the social scientist Almut Kriele from Vaals. It is called “So bunt ist die Euregio” (The Euroregion is so Colorful). The author is concerned with...[more]
EAST BELGIAN ART PRIZES
[LEI: Eupen, November 16]
The East Belgian International Art Prize went to the 28-year-old artist Stefanie Klingemann from Cologne. The prize is worth EUR 5,000. The Regional East Belgian Art Prize, worth EUR 2,500, went to the 30-year-old artist Romein Van...[more]
OLV BENEFIT CONCERT
[LEI: Maastricht, November 16]
A benefit concert is being held at the Basilica of Our Lady (Onze Lieve Vrouwebasiliek OLV) in Maastricht on December 9 at 20:15. The proceeds of the concert are to aid the restoration of the Basilica, the cost of which is estimated...[more]
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