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TOP STORIES
[EDIT: Eijsden, December 30]
The following stories catch the eye in this issue:Docmorris Moves To Avantis;
Liege Port With Zeebrugge;
German Eco-Stickers;
Belvedere Maastricht;
Coloring Peking Gold; and
Hidden Champions. ...[more]
RENAISSANCE MAN
[EDIT: Maastricht, December 29]
Niveau Magazine’s December issue not only covers Meuse-Rhine with a splendid article on Visé and Basse Meuse and its customary bevy of vegetable-clad beauties, it also has an article by Jules de Limbourg on Maastricht’s true Renaissance...[more]
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CITY LOFTS IN BERINGEN
[BIZ: Beringen, December 28]
The British company City Lofts is going to build at a new location on the coal harbor in Beringen. This will provide 300 jobs in the first phase. The company specializes in energy saving packages for the construction of houses and...[more]
VODAFONE MOBILE INTERNET
[BIZ: Maastricht, December 28]
Vodafone has announced a new mobile Internet rate with savings of 50% on national rates and 85% on international rates. Check the website for details....[more]
AACHENMUENCHENER BLDG.
[BIZ; Aachen, December 27]
On January 8, 2008 construction of the new AachenMünchener building will be started at the Borngasse/ Franzstraße intersection in Aachen. It will represent an investment of EUR 100m and is expected to provide 1,000 jobs. It also confirms...[more]
RWE & GE STORAGE TECH
[BIZ/INFRA: Essen/Cologne, December 27]
RWE Power has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with GE for the joint development and validation of a zero-emission storage technology (Advanced Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage -AA-CAES) with higher efficiency...[more]
INTER-NED NEWS
[BIZ: Düsseldorf, December 22]
From January 8 through 12 in Essen, there will be an international construction fair, Deubau, with the Netherlands as a partner; and, on January 10 the focus will be on The Netherlands. Another issue in the newsletter is the minimum...[more]
OUTLANDER FOR BORN
[IND: Born, December 22]
Mitsubishi has decided to transfer European production of its 7-seater Outlander, a compact crossover SUV to NedCar, Born, S. Limburg from May 2008. The company currently produces the Outlander at its Nagoya Plant in Japan.This means ...[more]
IBV VERVIERS SEEKS STAFF
[BIZ: Verviers, December 21]
Director Jan Verhelst is starting in January to look for 100 new staff to look for a plant in Burtonville (Vielsalm), which is almost ready. IBV makes wood chips that are used for wood-powered central heating. There is a saw mill...[more]
PEKET PROTECTED
[BIZ/GOV: Brussels, December 21]
The Walloon gin known as Pékèt is to be a protected designation, as are the words jenever, graanjenever, jonge jenever/genever or oude jenever/genever, which may only be used in Belgium and The Netherlands.This is one of a ...[more]
LAST CHAMBER NEWS
[BIZ: Maastricht, December 21]
The newspaper produced by the Chamber of Commerce in South Limburg is to close down just within sight of its 25th anniversary; As a result of the merger between the chambers in Venlo and Maastricht. From January 1, 2008, there...[more]
LIOF CRADLE… VOUCHER
[BIZ: Maastricht, December 21]
The Limburg development company, LIOF, is going to make EUR 150,000 available to acquaint 20 Limburg companies with the cradle-to-cradle principle. Essentially, it means, instead of designing cradle-to-grave products, dumped in...[more]
HIDDEN CHAMPIONS
[BIZ: Wavre, December 20]
In its December issue, ‘Dynamisme Wallon’, the Walloon business magazine publishes a list of world leaders among Walloon companies in a bilingual French/English edition. The publication is available in its entirety on line (at the link)...[more]
TEFAF SHOWCASE
[BIZ/LEI: Maastricht, December 20]
The seven candidates for the TEFAF showcase, which is a new idea from the European Fine Arts Fair in Maastricht, have been selected from 80 candidates in 11 European countries, the US and Japan. A special selection committee...[more]
ENCI TO DIG THROUGH 2020
[BIZ: Maastricht, December 20]
The cement factory ENCI has started proceedings for a permit to continue to excavate marl limestone from its quarries near Maastricht. The current permit ends on January 1, 2010. They are now asking to continue to 2020....[more]
LIMBURG CHAMBER
[BIZ: Maastricht, December 20]
The committee responsible for selecting a new chairman for the Limburg Chamber of Commerce has chosen Bertha Verhoeven (64). She will succeed Jan Mans. Bertha Verhoeven has been with Hovuma Magazijnstellingen B.V. in Reuver for...[more]
EU TAX DATABASE
[BIZ: Maastricht, December 20]
Businesses who do work across borders need information about income tax, wage tax and VAT and social security. Check the website....[more]
IBAN AND BIC CODES
[BIZ: Maastricht, December 20]
From 2008 it will be compulsory to use IBAN and BIC codes with all foreign payments. You can find out about this by look at the website below....[more]
EUROPEAN VAT SEMINAR
[BIZ: Maastricht, December 20]
On March 11, at the Amrâth Hotel in Born, there will be a seminar on ‘VAT in the European Union’. It will be run by the chamber of commerce in cooperation with KPMG Meijburg & Co VAT specialists. It starts at 13:30 and ends at...[more]
SUCCESS FOR DOCMORRIS
[BIZ: Karlsruhe, December 20]
DocMorris has achieved partial success in its court battles. The most recent judgment is that the company’s reliability in respect of prescription medication has to be checked once more. This means in essence that they have to have...[more]
BORN WELLNESS CENTER
[BIZ/HEALTH: Born, December 20]
The Born Wellness Center is the first in the Netherlands to present a new type of sleeping chair. Last year this modern wellness center opened on the outskirts of Sittard in Born, and after a spectacular opening it has made a...[more]
COLORING PEKING GOLD
[BIZ: Peking/ Düren, December 20]
A gold-glittering monolith of woven metal mesh is to grace the Chinese National Grand Theatre in Peking, the future venue for world class opera/theatre concerts and it is the work of GKD – Gebr. Kufferath AG, company from Düren....[more]
BELVEDERE MAASTRICHT
[BIZ: Maastricht, December 20]
Covering almost 700 acres (280 ha), one fifth of the area of the city, the Belvédère project will represent a gross investment figure, approaching EUR 3bn and take a generation (21 years) to complete. Belvédère in Italian literally...[more]
LIOF ACCELERATES
[BIZ: Maastricht, December 20]
Limburg’s Acceleration Agenda planning and implementation office is moving to LIOF, the province’s development company. The team’s focus is on regional economic development for specific innovative, industrial/business clusters....[more]
SITA TADEMA TO GENK
[BIZ: Maastricht, December 19]
Sita Tadema, the Director of the Kruisheren Hotel in Maastricht is moving at the end of January to a new challenge at the Carbon Hotel in Genk....[more]
CEGEKA AND MICROSOFT
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: December 18]
The Hasselt IT company Cegeka and the Belgium-Luxembourg department of Microsoft have signed an agreement for the development of a computerized medical workstation. The medical workstation is for doctors, nurses and pharmacists and...[more]
CONTI WARNS ABOUT CO2 RULES
[BIZ: Düsseldorf, December 18]
Mark C Schneider, writing in the German business paper Handelsblatt, notes that the automotive supplier Continental, which has a major base in Aachen, is warning politicians not to go too far with their CO2 reduction programs so...[more]
DOCMORRIS MOVES TO AVANTIS
[BIZ: Avantis, December 18]
The European Internet pharmacy based in Kerkrade is moving its operations to the Avantis cross-border science and business park, between Heerlen and Aachen. It has signed for a 10,000m2 option, where they expect 300 to be employed...[more]
DUTCH BUY UP GERMANY
[BIZ: Übach-Palenberg, December 17]
There is increasing interest by Dutch buyers for land in the German district of Heinsberg, near the border where both the price and the environment are much sought after. The local bank is delighted with this interest in buying...[more]
UMICORE
[BIZ: Eijsden, December 17]
The Belgian materials group Umicore, with locations in Meuse-Rhine, has entered into an agreement for the takeover of the Imperial Smelting and Refining company of Canada. The Canadian company, located in Toronto, is the most important...[more]
TRIANEL ATTRACTS POWER SAVERS
[BIZ: Aachen, December 17]
The Trianel energy company has been able to attract 100,000 customers for its private power products. At the beginning of September the business was the first on the market with rates that promoted energy saving and, at the same time,...[more]
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NEW SORTING CENTER
[LOG: Neufchâteau, December 21]
GLS ABX Belgium Distribution, a postage service, has a new 3 000 m ² depot and sorting center at Lahérie-Neufchâteau, using RFID technology and video checking, which is unique in Belgium. Clients will be able to determine the...[more]
TNT BY ROAD IN CHINA
[LOG: Liège/Singapore/Shanghai, December 19]
TNT China, with a major hub in Liège has announced the expansion of its Asia Road Network into China. TNT thus becomes the first integrator in Asia to operate an integrated road network linking over 120 cities in...[more]
LIEGE PORT WITH ZEEBRUGGE
[LOG: Liège, December 17]
A delegation from the Port of Zeebrugge and the Zeebrugge business community, led by the Chairman and Managing Director of the port Joachim Coens, came to the Port of Liège to develop synergies with the prospect of future cooperation....[more]
MORE MAA VACATION FLIGHTS
[LOG: Maastricht, December 17]
Maastricht Aachen Airport will be offering more charter flights in the 2008 summer season compared with last year. There are more direct flights, new tour operators, companies and destinations. There will be a choice of 15 destinations,...[more]
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DG GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
[GOV: Eupen, December 20]
The government of the German-speaking community is preparing 17 new decrees, according to the minister in a statement made in St. Vith. These concern domestic care, help to youth, care of historic monuments, protection of the countryside,...[more]
GERMAN ECO-STICKERS
[GOV/INFRA: Berlin, December 28]
Eco-stickers are required for motor vehicles in use in Germany (including foreign-licensed vehicles) in specified green environmental zones, to certify the particle emission status of the vehicle. Regulations come into effect...[more]
EURO MBA RANKED 5TH
[EDU: Maastricht, December 21]
The blended Euro*MBA program offered by an international consortium of five European business schools/universities (including Maastricht University’s Business School) has been ranked 5th in the world in its category in The Economist's...[more]
TARIFF TRANSPARENCY
[GOV/INFRA: Brussels, December 21]
The Commission for Electricity and Gas Regulation (CREG) has approved the proposed electricity transmission tariffs submitted by Elia for the period from 2008 through 2011. The proposed tariffs were drawn up in connection with...[more]
INTERIM BELGIAN GOVERNMENT
[GOV: Brussels, December 20]
The former Belgian premier Verhofstadt has succeeded in forming an interim government. King Albert has sworn in a new team of minis, on the French side, the Socialists, Liberals and Christian Democrats. Verhofstadt will remain premier...[more]
MAJOR MUNDO PROJECT
[EDU: Maastricht, December 20]
At the end of 2007 Mundo, the development cooperation center at the University of Maastricht, heard that it had been selected for three new development projects. These are for the development of educational programs for universities...[more]
EUR 16M FOR DG TOWNS
[GOV: Eupen, December 20]
Nine German-speaking municipalities in Belgium will, this year, receive funds amounting to EUR 16m, which is 400,000 more than last year. Most of the money, (EUR 4m) will go to Eupen. The government has also established the subsidies...[more]
UCM ACCREDITATION
[EDU: Maastricht, December 20]
The University College Maastricht (UCM) has received the Accreditation Organization of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO) award for the quality of its graduates. This is the first time that this rating has been awarded in higher...[more]
ORDENSBURG EIFEL PARK
[GOV: Düsseldorf/Schleiden, December 19]
The North-Rhine Westphalian government has decided to free the way for the use of a 100 hectare area in the Eifel national park. This is the wartime institution of the Ordensburg, an institution used for training Nazi...[more]
MERCURE MONEY FOR E.BELGIUM
[GOV: Eupen/Namur, December 17]
The municipality of Lontzen will receive funding from the second Mercure Development program. According to the SP regional representative Edmund Stoffels, the Regional Minister, Courard has allocated EUR 57,000 for the sidewalk...[more]
FOURONS OKAYS DIALECT
[GOV: Hasselt, December 17]
The Flemish authorities who are responsible for the bilingual Fourons area have agreed that there can be no objection to the use of the local lower Franconian dialect in meetings of the city council. This comes straight from the top,...[more]
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SURGICAL NAVIGATION
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, December 27]
The PoleStar™ N20 Intra-operative MRI System, which has exceptional image quality, provides quality MR images before, during and after surgery right in the OR is now being implemented in Maastricht. These powerful images enable...[more]
BIOMEDICA 2008
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, December 21]
The three life sciences associations, Life Sciences Limburg, LifeTec Aachen-Jülich and Bioliège are again jointly organizing the Biomedica conference 2008, to be held on April 16-17 in Maastricht. More than 1,000 visitors...[more]
PACEMAKER LOCATION
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, December 20]
A PhD dissertation at the University of Maastricht by Ward Vanagt has demonstrated that the location of the pace electrode on the heart is of crucial importance, particularly in young children, for the pump function of the...[more]
INNOVATION IN LIMBURG
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, December 16]
Maastricht University Hospital (AZM) has received a project subsidy of EUR 127,830 for the preparation of a European Vascular Center for Maastricht in Aachen. In this international center for top care and top research, special...[more]
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RWTH/MIT/COLUMBIA IN NANOSCI.
[SCI-TECH: Aachen/New York, December 16]
The RWTH University in Aachen has entered into a research agreement with MIT and New York’s Columbia University for nanoscience research. This is an important step, according to the North-Rhine Westphalian (NRW) Minister...[more]
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ANOTHER RIEU
[LEI: Eijsden, December 25]
Yes, there is another Rieu in Maastricht. This is the film-maker and musician Jean-Philippe Rieu, who produced a new CD, just in time for the holidays. This succeeds earlier CDs in 2005 and 2006. The compositions on Azur, 2007 are...[more]
TAL R/THE SUM
[LEI: Maastricht, December 21]
There is to be an exhibition, as designated in the heading above, at the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht, from January 22, 2008 through April 8, 2008. Tal R (1967, Tel Aviv) has lived in Denmark since he was a year old and is...[more]
GERMAN ART IN CHINA
[LEI: Peking, December 21]
Sino-German efforts towards climate and environmental protection are a shared tradition extending over decades. There have been many success stories. Now a new effort is underway, seeking to raise consciousness of environmental issues,...[more]
BELGIAN RESTAURANTS
[LEI: St. Trond, December 20]
Smaak Magazine, a leading culinary magazine in Belgium, organizes a survey amongst its readers for the star restaurants of the year, and this year the choice has gone to De Fakkels in St. Trond. The chef and owner and his wife Nicole...[more]
COOK MAGAZINE
[LEI: Hasselt, December 19]
A new magazine on food and drink called Cook Magazine is to appear on February 20, edited by Meuse-Rhine gastronome and author Henri Wynants. It’s designed for the amateur chef and wine lover. It will also provide information on clubs,...[more]
TRIPOINT PARTY, AACHEN MAY 3
[LEI: Aachen, December 17]
The EuRegionale 2008 program will be presented on May 3 in the Aachen Katschhof square, between the City Hall and the Cathedral. The program will include 150 presentations from the whole tripoint country region of Belgium, The Netherlands...[more]
FRANCE 2 BACK
[MEDIA: Maastricht, December 16]
FRANCE-2, the French television station, is back on the @Home system, FRANCE-3 is not yet back, but Sky News seems to have disappeared. Further information is available from Jan-Hein Visser. Check his website.
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