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REVELATIONS FROM AACHEN-EIFEL
[EDIT: Aachen, January 30]
Revelations from the Aachen Eifel Euroregional gastronomic region web site, which is linked below, not only tell us about the best restaurants and interesting aspects of them, but they also include a column by Aachen’s Meuse-Rhine...[more]
TOP STORIES
[EDIT: Eijsden, January 30]
This is a longer letter than usual and it is difficult to pick out the highlights. There are some interesting events in the leisure section including a review of a guide to Liège [Le Petit Futé, Liège 2007] . Liège Airport figures...[more]
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WALLOON OFFICE MARKET
[BIZ: Liège, January 30]
Mayor Willy Demeyer opened the press conference and Christophe Nihon MD, of DTZ Wallonia gave an assessment of the Walloon office market, with a focus on Liège. He was summarizing a DTZ research document, published in January 2007 and...[more]
SERVATIUS’ STRUCTURE
[BIZ: Maastricht, January 29]
Servatius, Maastrichts’ housing association has chosen a more transparent structure and new locations. Servatius Housing at Statensingel 2, Servatius Real Estate at Sphinxlunet 1-3, Servatius Development at Peter Debyeplein 15 and...[more]
ANATECH ON GOOGLE EARTH
[BIZ: Sittard, January 29]
Anatech has been selected by Syntens, the business innovation network, for a place on Google Earth. Anatech owes this distinction to its ranking in the Top 100 innovative SMEs for 2006. It was selected jointly by Syntens and ‘bizz’,...[more]
FLANDERS IN TOP 5
[BIZ: Brussels, January 26]
Belgium is 20th in the World Economic Forum’s competitive index and Flanders is fifth on the same index. Following Switzerland, Finland, Sweden and Denmark comes Flanders, followed in turn by Singapore, the US and Japan.(Source: ...[more]
SCHEUTEN + LIOF
[BIZ: Sittard/Venlo/Maastricht, January 26]
Scheuten Solar and the Limburg development company LIOF have together taken over the activities of the Sittard company Micro Precision Technologies BV (MPT). The company arose from the Sittard Philips location. MPT...[more]
MISSING EMERGING MKTS
[BIZ: Davos, January 25]
Despite the size and remarkable growth of emerging markets, a surprising number of companies are falling short of achieving their business goals. In fact, just 47 percent of the more than 440 senior executives surveyed by Deloitte’s...[more]
STORK EXPANDS AT CHEMELOT
[BIZ: Sittard-Geleen, January 25]
Stork Industry Services has expanded its service provision at the Chemelot Research and Business campus with a Rapid Response Service Center effective January 1. This expansion follows the takeover of DSM Research’s technical...[more]
HERMES SOLD TO CONNEXXION
[BIZ/LOG: Maastricht, January 25]
The Province of Limburg is going to sell its shares in the Hermes Groep NV to Connexxion because Hermes no longer has a public transport concession in Limburg. In order to support policy as well as possible, the Province of...[more]
STRATEGIC INNOVATION
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Maastricht, January 25]
Merit Maastricht reports that to be successful in 2009 strategic decisions have to be taken now in 2007. The Strategic Innovation program is to be extended through December 31, 2007. It also involves a best practice project,...[more]
SHUTTLES FROM PARKING LOTS
[BIZ/LOG: Maastricht, January 25]
The Maastricht-based parking company Q-Park is going to run two shuttle trains, know as park-shuttles, from its parking garages, garages and sites on the eastern bank of the Meuse to the center of Maastricht. Mark van Haasteren,...[more]
PRIVATE EQUITY AND SMES
[BIZ: Aachen, January 25]
The Verviers-Eupen Committee of the Belgian Financial Forum is holding a Euroregional seminar on Family Business and Private Equity, which will deal with the role and significance of private equity and venture capital for SMEs. This...[more]
EUR 1BN FOR PROBLEM HOUSING
[BIZ/GOV: Roermond, January 24]
The housing association Wonen Limburg is going to invest a maximum of EUR 1bn over the next five years in impoverished districts in various municipalities in the province of Limburg. The Vernieuwde Stad [the renewed city] the...[more]
LICOM WITH VAN BOLDRIK GROUP
[BIZ/GOV: Heerlen/Eindhoven, January 24]
Licom NV, with 5,000 workers, is one of the biggest employers in Limburg and it’s decided to develop new accommodation for its activities with the Van Boldrik Group BV from Eindhoven and the Investium Vastgoed from Breda....[more]
ORGANIC MILK FROM MUH
[BIZ/NUTRITION: Bronsfeld, January 24]
The Milk Union Dairy (Molkerei Milchunion Hocheifel, MUH) increased the sales of its organic milk projects by 25% last year. The demand is extremely great, according to an announcement from the company. MUH is at the Green...[more]
CYCOS NEWS
[BIZ: Aachen, January 23]
When Microsoft 2007 becomes available at the end of this year, there will be a call for the latest unified communications solution by Cycos, mrs 7.00. Some companies have already changed. mrs 7.00 is compatible with a range of telephone...[more]
MAN STOPS HOSTILE BID
[BIZ: Brussels, January 23]
The German truck maker MAN has halted its takeover attempt for its Swedish competitor Scania. MAN has a 14.3% interest in Scania and wanted to take over the other shares for in excess of EUR 10bn. Scania and its most important shareholder,...[more]
EURODE TRANSCENDS BORDERS
[BIZ: Herzogenrath/Kerkrade, January 23]
The Eurode Business Center (EBC) is the first cross-border service provider, a symbolic building, and it has in the recent past established itself as the location for international activity. In 2006 there were 196 events...[more]
NATURAL GAS STATION
[BIZ: Aachen, January 23]
After a test period, from January 27, motorists can officially fill up at the Aachen district’s first natural gas service station. It is situated at the Aral gas station in Eschweiler, close to the highway at Rue de Wattrelos 4, and...[more]
LIEGE AIRPORT FIGURES
[BIZ/LOG: Liège, January 23]
Liège airport’s figures for 2006 look good. It handled 406,525 tons of cargo, which puts it in Europe’s top 10 cargo airports in eighth position, the figures for 2006 are also 24% up on those from 2005 when Liège suffered a dip,...[more]
QUALITY ASSISTANCE AT EURONEXT
[BIZ: Liège, January 22]
Quality Assistance, which is concerned with food monitoring, wants to increase its capital by EUR 25m by going public on Euronext Brussels. The company will be offering training programs for staff of large pharmaceutical companies next...[more]
TATA EVERYWHERE
[BIZ: Brussels, January 22]
VSNL, an Indian telco, is going to offer its services on the Belgian market at the start of 2008 via the French telco Cipris, which it owns. VSNL has been in the hands of the Indian multinational Tata since 2002. In 2005 VSNL bought...[more]
DOC MORRIS WINS AGAIN
[BIZ: Heerlen, January 22]
The Heerlen-based online pharmacy, Doc Morris, can reopen its only subsidiary in Germany again. This was decided by the court in Saarlouis on Monday in a decision which states that the Dutch company could open its branch in Saarbrücken,...[more]
SPRING FAIR… FOR WOMEN
[BIZ/LEI: Maastricht, January 20]
From March 25 through April 1 the 51st Spring Fair [Lentebeurs] will take place in the MECC in Maastricht. This is devoted to women with a focus on beauty, delicious [taste?] , free time, living and shopping....[more]
ELECTRIC CAR FROM BORN
[BIZ: Born, January 20]
Peter Kamps writes that Tata from India and First Auto Works from China have been mentioned as future parties who might want to build cars at Born. But there is also a Dutch company called e-Traction. The company wants to cooperate with...[more]
CLUSTER OPPORTUNITIES
[BIZ: Wavre, January 20]
In the context of the forthcoming FP7 European funding projects for innovation, the CUSTOMERM Project is looking for partners. The CUSTOMERM Project intends to undertake R&D in Rapid Manufacturing ideas for small series industrial production...[more]
ING BANK SELLS IN BELGIUM
[BIZ: Brussels, January 19]
The bank insurer ING wants to sell a great part of its Belgian insurance activities — 840 people are employed in this area and it produces one-third of the premiums. Unions are concerned and are asking for security. ...[more]
TRENDBOX IN AACHEN
[BIZ: Aachen, January 19]
On October 15, 2009 Trendbox will be opened in Aachen. This is a shopping center to be built on the site of the Büchel parking garage; one of a chain of new shopping centers in Europe with a focus on clothing, restaurants. There will...[more]
ELIA TO SELL EMISSION CERTS
[BIZ: Brussels, January 19]
Elia is going to sell its green power certificates for the seventh time to the highest bidders. The 313 certificates in question were issued by the VREG in 2005 and 2006.
Interested parties may submit their bids using the document...[more]
GENK SOUTH MOBILITY CENTER
[BIZ: Genk, January 19]
LRM, the Limburg (B) Investment Company, the Ewals Group (logistics) and De Scheepvaart* have together invested EUR 21.5m in the development of a total Mobility Center project for Genk South. The project is part of the Limburg plan and...[more]
AMBIORIX SHOES TAKEOVER
[BIZ: Tongres, January 19]
Ambiorix the custom-made shoe manufacturer in Tongres has been taken over by the Vavedin family group. This was reported during a meeting of the Works Council. The new owners have taken over 100% of the shares of Ambiorix, which were...[more]
PROCESS TECHNOLOGY JOBS
[BIZ/GOV: Maastricht, January 19]
Eighteen companies, including DSM and Essent, have set up a web site to recruit workers for process technology jobs. At the site linked below pupils from VMBO secondary schools and those employed can find information about companies...[more]
E.ON POWER PLANT: BERINGEN
[BIZ/INFRA: Beringen, January 18]
The German energy company E.on has bought a 20-hectare site in Beringen in Belgian Limburg. E.on plans to build a major power plant that will be coal fired and also use biofuels. It is scheduled to start up in 2014 with a capacity...[more]
3W ON THE GERMAN MARKET
[BIZ: Maastricht, January 18]
The Maastricht project developer 3W is going to target Germany in the coming years. 3W is the property of the ING Bank and the Vleugels family in Maastricht and has developed a number of projects in The Netherlands and Belgium....[more]
BUSINESS PLANS
[BIZ/GOV: Maastricht, January 17]
Help is provided at the link below for people concerned with developing their business plans. It is the result of close cooperation between the Chamber of Commerce, the communications network Syntens and the LIOF, the Limburg...[more]
BELGIAN ROAD TOLL
[BIZ: Maastricht, January 17]
A proposed Belgian road toll of EUR 60 for all foreign cars using Belgian roads has caused disquiet, not only on the Dutch front. The governors of North Brabant, Zeeland and Limburg, Mrs Hanja Maij-Weggen and Messrs Wim van Gelder...[more]
HOEGAARDEN WHITE AT JUPILLE
[BIZ: Jupille, January 16]
It has been announced that InBev is going to start brewing Hoegaarden’s white beer in Jupille. The brewer has said that on the basis of consumer tests, Jupille’s Hoegaarden has met the required quality tests. In the first phase the...[more]
SKYWIN PROJECTS
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Liège, January 16]
The Walloon aerospace cluster SkyWin has added four new projects to the current line; research and development projects which give a clear indication of the new dynamism created by the cooperation between the universities, research...[more]
PART OF IMERYS TO ANTWERP
[BIZ: Liège, January 16]
The French group Imerys has plans to move part of its production from Lieze (near Liège) to Antwerp. The Imerys Minéraux Belgique plant will move its production of kaolin to Antwerp in the context of the arrival of a new European platform....[more]
FLANDERS’ CHILEAN RIGHTS
[BIZ/GOV: Hasselt, January 16]
Flanders has purchased CO2 emission rights from a Chilean subsidiary of the Machiels construction group from Hasselt. This involved a sum of EUR 2m. Flanders has to reduce its production of greenhouse gases by 5.2% in 2012 as against...[more]
ABERTIS & WALLOON AIRPORTS
[BIZ/LOG: Brussels, January 16]
The Spanish group Abertis is interested in taking over the airports at Liège and Charleroi. It has been in touch with the Arthur D. Little organization which has made a study of the Walloon air transport sector. The Walloon minister...[more]
BIOGAS ON LINE
[BIZ/INFRA: Baesweiler, January 16]
The Biogas plant in Baesweiler became operational on January 26. It is run by Natur Power GmbH and, as they say, it does leave a certain odor in the air but this has something to do with the start-up process.Three buildings ...[more]
HEIJMANS COMPLETES OEVERMANN
[BIZ: ‘s Hertogenbosch, January 16]
Heijmans NV and German Oevermann GmbH & Co. KG have definitively concluded the transfer of the relevant assets and liabilities. The signing of the agreement for the partial takeover by Heijmans was announced on November 30,...[more]
WOOD CONSTRUCTION WEBSITE
[BIZ: Büllingen, January 16]
There is an expansion of a special wood market in Büllingen (linked below). There is a wide range of custom-based solutions. The equipment allows the production of handmade, quality elements and the range of products runs from dried...[more]
TNT POST WINS CENTRICA
[BIZ/LOG: Amsterdam, January 16]
TNT Post, the main challenger to Royal Mail in England, has confirmed earlier reports that it has been awarded a contract to handle around 170 million items of mail for Centrica, the leading supplier of energy in the UK. The...[more]
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ROTTERDAM TO USE SAVITRAK™
[LOG: Mountain View, Calif. January 30]
Savi Networks today announced that it has extended the SaviTrak™ real-time information service to key terminal locations at the Port of Rotterdam, Europe’s largest port and a transportation gateway linked to more than...[more]
WORK ON THE A2
[LOG: Maastricht, January 25]
The A2 highway, which crosses the Dutch-Belgian border between Maastricht and Liège, will undergo a major upgrade, from May through November 2007, from the Europaplein roundabout in Maastricht to the Belgian border in both directions....[more]
CLEAN WATER INITIATIVE
[INFRA/GOV: Davos, January 24]
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and the Safe Water Network today announced a program to develop small scale community based solutions to bring safe water to neglected populations. The 12-month program will target several developing geographies,...[more]
HEALTHCARE LOGISTICS
[LOG/LIFE-SCI: Amsterdam, January 22]
Harm Beerens in Logistiek Nieuws reports that if hospitals were to contract out their logistical activities this would represent a saving of EUR 56m on inventory costs alone. This is one of the conclusions in a report on...[more]
POPULATION STATISTICS
[INFRA: Maastricht, January 20]
Maastricht's population has fallen slightly to 119,033 as of January 1, 2007. Last year the population was at 120,137 and the year before 121,495. Liège, on the other hand, is growing. At the end of last year, it had a population...[more]
NO INLAND RAIL LIBERALIZATION
[LOG: Brussels, January 20]
European Parliament is scrapping its plans for the liberalization of domestic passenger rail traffic. During a vote on January 20 the required majority was not achieved. This means that in Belgium no other rail companies other than...[more]
MERZBRUECK AIRFIELD
[LOG: Würselen, January 19]
In a council meeting of February 1 the first decisions will be taken with regard to the planning of the Merzbrück business area with the status quo for the airfield. ...[more]
BETTER SEAPORT LINKS
[LOG: Brussels, January 16]
If Belgium’s ports are to have better links with the hinterland, there has to be more investment in the road and rail infrastructure and more efficient use must be made of the current infrastructure. This was stated during a conference...[more]
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EU’S DOORSTEP
[EDU: Maastricht, January 28]
The European Journalism Center is organizing a series of seminars to give journalists more information about the EU’s new neighbors. The seminars will address key issues of discussion between the EU and the participating countries,...[more]
LIMBURG IN AACHEN
[GOV: Aachen, January 25]
On Tuesday, January 30 the ministers of the Dutch province of Limburg headed by Governor Leon Frissen will be holding a council meeting in the Aachen City Hall at the invitation of the City and University of Aachen. The session will...[more]
ST GEORGE’S AACHEN
[EDU: Aachen, January 25]
In future it might be possible to say that you played for the First XV of the St. George’s, Aachen, because a private international school called St. George’s School is to be established in Aachen. Its program will be in English and...[more]
SCHOOLS’ LITERARY PRIZE
[EDU/LEI: Aachen, January 25]
Our announcement of the Literary Prize for Schools in December was unfortunately misplaced in the Business section. It can be found there. However, we can write that on February 5 at 18:00 at the St. Maartens College in Maastricht...[more]
ALMA MASTER CLASS
[EDU: Hasselt, January 24]
The Jacques Delors Chair has presented a new volume in its Master Class series called ‘Water and Energy in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion: An Intercultural and Multidisciplinary Approach, Volume 2’. The book is the result of successful...[more]
PHYSICS BEST IN HASSELT
[EDU: Hasselt, January 24]
The Physics Inspection Committee has judged the Bachelors degree in physics at the University of Hasselt as the best in Flanders. The university received eight top grades for the content level, coherence, presentation, practicals and...[more]
LIMBURG’S CULTURAL BIOGRAPHY
[GOV: Maastricht, January 24]
The Province of Limburg is going to put its cultural heritage on view in a cultural biography. The provincial assembly is looking at a request from the provincial executive as to how the province can contribute to the establishment...[more]
CHAMBERS INTERNATIONAL BIZ
[GOV: Sittard, January 23]
The chambers of commerce for South and North Limburg and the Dutch government’s economic affairs department with the ABN AMRO bank are holding a national/international trade day on April 18 at the Fortuna stadium in Sittard. There...[more]
MAASTRICHT TREATY 2
[GOV: Maastricht, January 23]
The Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Ben Bot will be participating in the symposium to mark the 15th anniversary of the Treaty of Maastricht on February 7....[more]
THE PAPERLESS CLASSROOM
[EDU: Maastricht, January 23]
The Maastricht company Edupaper.nl is going to provide a special type of computer to school children that will enable them to both read and write, make notes and everything else that one has to do in a classroom without having to...[more]
RENE VAN DER LINDEN RE-ELECTED
[GOV: Strasbourg, January 22]
René van der Linden (Netherlands, EPP/CD) was today unanimously re-elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Strasbourg-based Council of Europe (PACE) for a third mandate of one year. Among PACE highlights and priorities ...[more]
CHARLEMAGNE PRIZE IN BRUSSELS
[GOV: Aachen, January 22]
On Monday, January 22 at 13:00 the German Federal Minister Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of the Council of the European Union, will open an international exhibition on the Charlemagne Prize with portraits of the winners of this...[more]
SUSTAINABILITY & INNOVATION
[GOV/BIZ: Sittard, January 20]
Peter Kamps, writing in Dagblad de Limburger, has interviewed Jef Pleumeekers, a major figure in Limburg political life, who has been a deputy governor, senator and mayor of Heerlen and now he’s the director general of SenterNovem,...[more]
MIDWIFERY AT HOGESCHOOL ZUYD
[EDU: Heerlen, January 20]
The School of Midwifery in Heerlen, dating from 1913, is moving from one ministry to another and this means that on September 1, 2008 it will offer a Bachelors degree. A Declaration of Intent has been signed for a feasibility study...[more]
MAHHL SECURITY CONFERENCE
[GOV: Aachen, January 20]
On Friday, January 19 in Haus Löwenstein, Aachen there was a conference on security in the MAHHL cities of Maastricht, Aachen, Hasselt, Heerlen and Liège. Mayor Jürgen Linden, the mayors of the MAHHL cities, and representatives of the...[more]
SIMULATION SCIENCE
[EDU: Aachen/Jülich, January 19]
The RWTH University of Aachen and the Jülich Research Center have announced the start of their German Research School for Simulation Sciences [See issue 142. ED.] . This is based on the system employed in the English-speaking...[more]
PAYING FOR POLICING
[GOV: Aachen, January 19]
The MAHHL cities of Maastricht, Aachen, Hasselt, Heerlen and Liège have been preoccupied with the issue of security recently. They met recently for the first time in Aachen and now again to discuss cross-border police activities in...[more]
LAW TEXTS IN GERMAN
[GOV: Eupen, January 19]
As part of a program to translate French-speaking texts of legislation into German the demands of Belgium’s German-speaking community have been successful. In the recent period, a series of laws, royal decrees and ministerial decrees,...[more]
AACHEN-RHEIMS
[GOV: Aachen, January 17]
On January 27 in the Coronation Hall of the Aachen City Hall the mayors of Aachen and Rheims are to mark 40 years of a partnership between Aachen and the French city of Rheims. Check the website for further details....[more]
JUNCKER: CHARLEMAGNE EULOGY
[GOV: Aachen, January 17]
Jean-Claude Juncker, the prime minister of Luxembourg, and the Charlemagne Prize winner of 2006 will give the eulogy for this year’s winner, Dr Javier Solana. The Charlemagne Prize will also play a role in the visit of the prime minister...[more]
LIMBURG DESIGN EXPERIENCE
[GOV/EDU: Maastricht, January 17]
Max Barenbrug, Pierre van Melick, Jan des Bouvrie, Karin Bloemen and master chef Angélique Smeinck will be at the first Design Experience 07 show on February 1 in the MECC in Maastricht. This event is designed to inspire people...[more]
EUR 1.8BN MORE FOR NRW
[GOV: Düsseldorf, January 16]
The North-Rhine Westphalian Assembly, with the votes of the CDU (Christian Democrats) and FDP parties, has approved the budget for the current year. The state government can expend EUR 49.6bn, around EUR 1.8bn more than last year....[more]
ELECTRICITY LIBERALIZATION
[GOV/BIZ: Namur, January 16]
Various municipalities in the Walloon region are concerned about the consequences of the liberalization of the energy sector, which has meant that they lose their share of revenues, but that the costs of electricity are rising at...[more]
STOLBERG COMPROMISE
[GOV: Stolberg, January 16]
There have been questions in the City Council in Stolberg about the development of the Euregionale 2008 project ‘Forum Zinkhütter Hof’. Apparently there needs to be some changes so that the media idea for the project will be presented...[more]
MAASTRICHT TREATY SYMPOSIUM
[GOV: Maastricht, January 16]
On February 7 1992, in Government House in Maastricht, the Treaty of Maastricht was signed, which largely determined the development of the European Union. It was the initial event that culminated in the introduction of the Euro...[more]
MARKING BORDERS
[GOV: Aachen/Prüm, January 16]
On January 16 the relevant documents were signed in Prüm for the marking of borders in the German-Belgium border region. Pursuant to the German-Belgium border agreement of November 1929 and the treaty between the Federal Republic...[more]
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TRANSCENDING BOUNDARIES
[LIFE-SCI: Liège, January 30]
The life sciences community is getting its act together across the borders. It is transcending barriers and the major academic centers & regional development agencies in Aachen, Liège, Maastricht and Hasselt are concentrating their...[more]
EUROREGIONAL VASCULAR SURGERY
[LIFE-SCI/EDU: Maastricht/Aachen, January 25]
The Maastricht University Hospital AZM and Aachen’s University Hospital the Klinikum are going to train German and Dutch doctors in the vascular surgery specialism. The medical authorities in North-Rhine Westphalia...[more]
NEUROSCREEN
[LIFE-SCI: Liège, January 22]
The European research network Neuroscreen, which focuses on neurodegenerative disease was officially launched in Liège on January 24. Certain neurodegenerative diseases are not actually diagnosed until the patient has died. For...[more]
DR LOUIS WILLEMS
[LIFE-SCI: Hasselt, January 17]
This month marks the centiennary of the death of the Hasselt physician Louis Willems. Dr Willems worked in 1852 on preventive inoculation, was widely praised as a scientist, winning the French Prix Barbier in 1884, and finally...[more]
HASSELT U MAGAZINE
[LIFE-SCI: Hasselt, January 16]
The January issue of the University of Hasselt’s Magazine has a Life sciences’ focus and includes the following topics: Life sciences as the fastest growing economic sector; from genes to health; a unique Msc in bio-electronics...[more]
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EUR 4.6M FOR NANO-ELECTRONICS
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, January 26]
Thomas Rachel, the Parliamentary Secretary of State for the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Achim Bachem, the Chairman of the Board of the Jülich Research Center, and Hans Lüth, the Director of Research for Key Technologies...[more]
SUPER COMPUTERS AT JUELICH
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, January 20]
Supercomputers have become a permanent fixture in the science community. Computer simulations are one of the tools used by researchers to explain how proteins fold in the body, how semiconductors function, how water vapor rises...[more]
HIGH-TECH PIPING
[SCI-TECH: Düren/Untermaubach, January 17]
Stadtwerke Düren GmbH are completing a major investment project for 2007 in which they’re going to replace 1300m of the existing water mains piping by new pipes at a cost of EUR 500,000. One of the two principal transport...[more]
2006/7 WOLF PRIZE
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, January 17]
The Prize Committee for Physics has unanimously decided that the 2006/7 Wolf Prize will be jointly awarded to Albert Fert, Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS-Thalès, Orsay (France) and Peter Gruenberg, Institute for Solid State Physics,...[more]
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LE PETIT FUTE, LIEGE 2007
[LEI: Liège, January 30]
Le Petit Futé, Liège 2007 is a fairly comprehensive guide to the city and certainly indispensable. It has its own ‘star’ scoring system, indicating its special favorites and it starts off with new restaurants and bars in town and goes...[more]
UNITED NATIONS OF FILM
[LEI: Maastricht, January 28]
Europa Films BV announce the official call for entries for the United Nations of Film - Short Film Festival 2007. The international film festival is open for entries to all countries and is to be held in Maastricht, the Netherlands...[more]
JEAN-PAUL DESSY
[LEI: Liège, January 28]
Wednesday, February 7 at 8 pm, the Liège Philharmonic Orchestra will give a concert chosen by Jean-Paul Dessy, a cellist, composer and leader of the Mons orchestra. It will be held in the Foyer Eugène Ysaÿe (Salle Philharmonique), on...[more]
ROYAL WALLOON OPERA
[LEI: Liège, January 27]
On February 9 the Opera, André Chénier by Umberto Giordano starts at the Royal Walloon Opera. Performances are on February 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17. Check the web site for details.
André Chénier was first produced in the same year as...[more]
ST JOAN OF THE STOCKYARDS
[LEI: Aachen, January 26]
Aachen’s Grenzland Theater has made a tour of 18 cities. From Sunday January 28 they have been performing Bertolt Brecht’s ‘Saint Joan of the Stockyards’. This play transforms Joan of Arc, into Joan Dark, member of a Salvation Army-like...[more]
JOHAN TAHON AND RONNY DELRUE
[LEI: Eupen, January 25]
In the Ikob Museum for Contemporary Art in Eupen there will be an exhibition called ‘Portrait’ of the works of Johan Tahon and Ronny Delrue from February 11 through April 8. The opening is on Sunday, February 11 at 11:30 in Ikob in the...[more]
NOMADS IN COLOGNE
[LEI: Cologne, January 25]
The Museum for East Asian Art in Cologne is holding an important exhibition on the treasures of the Liao dynasty nomads (907-1125) from January 27 through April 22, 2007. This comprehensive exhibition will be the first European presentation...[more]
DG IN THE CULTURAL CAPITAL
[LEI: Eupen, January 23]
Luxemburg and the Grande Région, which includes the Saarland, Lorraine, Luxemburg and the Walloon country is the cultural capital for Europe of 2007. This is the first time that a cultural capital has crossed borders and Belgium’s unique...[more]
AACHEN HELPS PEKING
[LEI: Aachen, January 23]
In preparation for the coming Olympic Games in Peking, the Chinese are building the biggest and most modern equestrian center in the world and they are to be helped in this by investors of the Beijing Rheinstein Equestrian Center and...[more]
FONS HAAGMANS
[LEI: Maastricht, January 22]
Fons Haagmans (1948, Schinnen) is one of the most important artists in The Netherlands today. He searches for the limits of the medium and after an expressionist period, he has arrived at the minimalist and decorative approach....[more]
YOUNG ARTISTS IN HEERLEN
[LEI: Heerlen, January 18]
Following the exhibitions by Susanne Brekelmans, Karel Scholtissen — who is the councilor responsible for the arts — has offered his office to a young artist to present their work to the public. In this case it’s the 24-year-old Michelle...[more]
ORCHIDS IN AACHEN
[LEI: Aachen, January 18]
There will be an international orchid show in Aachen from Friday, February 2 through Sunday, February 4 from 09:00 to 18:00 at the Stadtgärtnerei, Krefelder Straße 295. It is being organized by the German Orchid Society. Admission is...[more]
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