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[EDIT: Eijsden, January 30]
Top stories in this issue include: LIEGE AIRPORT EUR 50M - covering planned investments; JFC ECONOMIC IMPACT, noting the EUR 150m per annum economic impact of the military presence on the Euroregional economy; SOLLAND SOLAR EXPANDS...[more]
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MAASTRICHT IN PARIS
[BIZ: Maastricht January 30]
On Wednesday February 6h and Thursday February 7h , the annual trade show Bedouk will be held in Paris. Bedouk is the French trade show for Incentive Travel, Meetings and Events. The Maastricht Convention Bureau (MCB) will be present....[more]
BRANTANO: 100% MACINTOSH
[BIZ, Maastricht, January 29]
Macintosh Retail Group has announced that the number of shares tendered by the expiry of the squeeze-out period relating to the offer for Brantano NV on January 22, 2008 was 91,639.This means that Sumi NV, a Belgian subsidiary ...[more]
AUTOMOTIVE CAMPUS
[BIZ: Spa Francorchamps, January 28]
The Walloon region is supporting automotive education and is developing the automobile campus in Spa Francorchamps with an additional subsidy of EUR 2.7m. Within two years this competence center will have completed 23,000...[more]
JFC ECONOMIC IMPACT
[BIZ/GOV: Brunssum January 28]
JFC, the Joint Force Command, which has its headquarters in Brunssum, South Limburg (NL) is a major player in NATO’s military structure, but it is also a major player in the economy of Meuse-Rhine, with special reference to the...[more]
CATERING FAIR PRIZE
[BIZ/LEI: Maastricht, January 27]
During the 54th edition of the BBB catering fair in Maastricht, a new restaurant ‘Vanille’ in Eijsden came first in the international team cooking competition held on January 23. Restaurant Vanille was up against well-known...[more]
AMBIORIX OWN SHOPS
[BIZ: Tongres, January 25]
The exclusive shoe manufacturer Ambiorix of Tongres is going to start opening its own shops to sell its distinguished shoes. Ambiorix shoes are available at present in a range of shops but the management is going to open shops where...[more]
ALKEN MAES TO HEINEKEN
[BIZ: Alken, January 25]
The British brewer Scottish & Newcastle has agreed to a takeover by Heineken and Danish company Carlsberg. This means that Alken Maes will fall to the Dutch brewer Heineken, which is paying GBP 7.6bn with Carlsberg....[more]
SOLLAND SOLAR EXPANDS
[BIZ: Heerlen, January 25]
Solland Solar opened a new production hall at its Avantis site on January 24. Solland Solar is the biggest producer of Solar (photovoltaic) cells in the Netherlands. The expansion means production will triple from around 60 to 170...[more]
ASTERIX AT THE OLYMPICS
[BIZ/LEI: Liège, January 25]
Bouli Lanners, the celebrated Liège filmmaker, is taking to the boards himself (at least on film) and is playing the role of Samagas, the king of the Greeks, in the new French-language film ‘Asterix at the Olympic Games’. He was...[more]
ENERGY PREMIUM
[BIZ: Hasselt, January 24]
By way of an exception, 500 Limburg families can receive a provincial premium of EUR 250 this year if they have a solar powered boiler or have solar cells on their roofs. As a result of the successful action last year, where there...[more]
UNUSED BUSINESS SITES
[BIZ: Hasselt, January 24]
POM Limburg, the development company, has taken the initiative to set-up negotiating teams to convince the owners of unused business sites to get their sites back on the market, because POM wants to increase the number of business...[more]
APS VODAFONE CARNIVAL HIT
[BIZ: Maastricht, January 24]
Vodafone is offering a special ring tone which is based on the winning carnival song called ‘Dao Kump Maria’. It can be downloaded from Vodafone for EUR 1.50....[more]
STASSEN CIDER BACK HOME
[BIZ: Aubel, January 23]
The cider producer Stassen is back in the hands of the Stassen family. Scottish & Newcastle don’t believe it’s part of their core business these days. Stassen is the cider market leader in Belgium and The Netherlands and wants to develop...[more]
100 JOBS AT EUROCALL
[BIZ: Beek, January 23]
The Limburg call center Eurocall wants to take on another 100 staff. Their call center has been established at the Technoport Europe site Maastricht-Aachen airport since October. The social engagement of the company and company philosophy...[more]
DUTCH-GERMAN BUSINESS DAY
[BIZ: Aachen, January 22]
The Chambers of Commerce in Aachen and Limburg are organizing a consultants’ day for Dutch companies interested in the German market and for German companies interested in the Dutch market. It will be held at the World Trade Center...[more]
DSM AND ROQUETTE
[BIZ: Heerlen, January 22]
Royal DSM N.V. and the French starch and starch-derivatives company ROQUETTE have joined forces to implement and commercialize the fermentative production of biorenewable succinic acid, which -amongst other applications- opens the...[more]
IN-JOY
[BIZ: Liège, January 22]
Pierre Hamblenne is a young Liègeois who has developed the new In-Joy brand, which comes from ‘enjoy’ and being ‘in’ and specializes in stylized T-shirts. For 2008, it has a collection of polo shirts and T-shirts exclusive for the ladies....[more]
TRIANEL OFFSHORE WIND PARK
[BIZ: Aachen, January 22]
The Meuse-Rhine Trianel Group is expanding its production portfolio with its City power works. On the wind energy front, 40 of its partners are working on the development of the Borkum-West II offshore wind park. Trianel and its partners...[more]
NEW Q-PARK
[BIZ: Maastricht, January 22]
On January 22 Q-Park and the City of Maastricht opened a new parking lot in Cabergerweg which is within walking distance of the city center. This is seen as a contribution to solving the issue of mobility in the city....[more]
SIGNATURE FLIGHT SUPPORT, LIEGE
[BIZ/LOG: Liège, January 20]
Liège Airport has announced the establishment on its site of Signature Flight Support, a US-based company specializing in business aviation handling. As the sector’s leading company, Signature Flight Support has a global network...[more]
REAL ESTATE IN AACHEN
[BIZ/GOV: Aachen, January 18]
The City of Aachen now has data on private real estate resources that is virtually complete. This derives from a project at the College for Public Administration in Cologne and was led by the lawyer Professor Bernhard Schreven in...[more]
VODAFONE DIGITAL FRAME
[BIZ: Maastricht, January 18]
Vodafone is the first mobile operator in The Netherlands which is going to include a digital photo frame with its SIM card. The mobile digital frame will be called the Vodafone 520 Photoframe and will have an internal memory of...[more]
LIEGE AIRPORT EUR 50M
[BIZ/LOG: Liège, January 18]
Philippe Lawson writes in La Libre that Liège Airport is going to diversify the management of its property and commercial activities and that a new operator for handling activities is expected in 2008. They are expected to return...[more]
MUEHLNER IMAGE FOLDER
[BIZ: Spa-Francorchamps, January 16]
The Spa-Francorchamps motor racing company, Mühlner Motorsport, is presenting all of its company information in four languages, in French, Dutch, and German — the local languages — and also in English. The information is...[more]
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ADAC AIR RESCUE
[INFRA: Munich/Aachen, January 22]
ADAC, the German Automobile Club’s air rescue service, and the authority for public safety and disaster rescues have noted that there is an increase in the use of the emergency helicopter services. The 44 ADAC choppers had...[more]
DHL BIO-LOGISTICS DC
[LOG: Opglabbeek, January 21]
DHL Exel Supply Chain has opened a new warehouse in Belgium. This 14,000m2 distribution center is on the Opglabbeek Healthcare campus and DHL will be supplying its customers Europe-wide with medicines and medical aids from here....[more]
LIEGE STATION DISTRICT
[INFRA/BIZ: Liège, January 18]
The Walloon regional government has approved the plans for the renovation of the Liège district of Guillemins. The area to be upgraded is between the new TGV station and the Meuse. The architects Dethier have made proposals for...[more]
WIM BOSMAN CONTRACT LOGISTICS
[LOG: Genk, January 16]
Wim Bosman Contract Logistics has invested EUR 4m in the construction of three new halls at the South Center location in Genk. In 2008, a further EUR 2.5m will be invested in expansion of this capacity, which runs to 14,000 pallets at...[more]
VOLAREWEB CUT BY ECOTAX
[LOG: Maastricht, January 16]
As we noted additionally in our last newsletter, the Italian low-cost airline Volareweb is to stop its flights to Malpensa, Milan, after March 31. The route was started up in October 2007. The passenger figures were rising, but...[more]
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EUREGIONALE 2008
[GOV: Aachen, January 30]
The long-awaited EuRegionale 2008 program is scheduled for presentation May 3, with an event in Aachen. Local info is available in Heinsberg through February 19. Check the web site....[more]
DG DEMANDS
[GOV: Eupen, March 25]
Prime Minister Karl Heinz-Lambertz of the Belgium German-speaking region and Senator Berni Collas are in Brussels to put their position to the Octopus Group. This working group comprises 18 representatives of the democratic parties and...[more]
WATER BUFFERS
[GOV/INFRA: Maastricht, January 24]
The regional water authorities for Roer and Overmaas are going to build 10 rain water buffers from mid-February in the municipalities of Eijsden, Gulpen-Wittem, Margraten and Stein to reduce damage caused by flooding water...[more]
CHARLEMAGNE MEDIA PRIZES
[GOV: Aachen, January 22]
The director and actor Fatih Akin and the French film and theatre director Abdellatif Kechiche are receiving this year’s Charlemagne Medal for the European Media. The awards will be made on April 24 at 17:00. Both prospective prize...[more]
HASSELT U MAGAZINE
[EDU: Hasselt, January 22]
The January issue of the Hasselt University Magazine is out. It comes out four times a year and this issue covers:- the strategic importance of nanotechnology towards a sustainable and intelligent future
- Diamond as a top material
- ...[more]
TURKISH TOP
[GOV: Maastricht, January 20]
On February 9-10 there will be a meeting of the HOTIAD, the Dutch Turkish Entrepreneurs Association, a second economic summit for Turkish businesses. This will take place in Maastricht. The organizations have linked their business...[more]
EUR 190M FOR MARSHALL PLAN
[GOV: Namur, January 18]
The Walloon region is selling shares in Arcelor for EUR 190m to increase the funding for the Marshall Plan, which is directed at modernizing and redirecting the Walloon economy. The Walloon region has 1.4% of Arcelor; after the sale...[more]
CHARLEROI AIRPORT CHINESE?
[GOV/LOG: Charleroi, January 18]
The Walloon region wants to sell 25% of Charleroi (‘Brussels South’) airport to a private partner. There is interest from both France and China. Liège Airport is also a member of the Les Aéroports de Paris (ADP). Further, Ryanair...[more]
DG/FLANDERS CO-OP
[EDU: Eupen, January 18]
Belgium’s German-speaking community’s Minister of Education Oliver Paasch and his Flemish colleague Vandenbroucke have extended cooperation between the communities in education. After an exchange of ideas, it was stated that the German-speaking...[more]
AWARD FOR ROWWEN HEZE
[GOV: Maastricht, January 18]
The Governor of Limburg Leon Frissen made an award to the singer Rowwen Hèze, who has, over a period of 20 years, made a considerable impression on the Limburg music scene....[more]
SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY
[GOV: Düsseldorf, January 17]
A series of cross-border projects on sustainable fuels and vehicle technology were the result of a conference called ‘Connecting Clean Mobility’ held on November 14-15 in Arnhem. With the support of the North-Rhine Westphalian EnergieAgentur...[more]
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LIFETECHLIMBURG TAKES OFF
[LIFE-SCI: Hasselt, January 23]
On January 23 there was a major meeting at the Province of Limburg in the presence of Governor Stevaert, Deputy Marc Vandeput, Luc De Schepper, Rector of Hasselt University, and LRM Directory Stijn Bijnens to initiate the new...[more]
BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS PROGRAM
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht January 22]
Maria van der Hoeven, Minister van Economic Affairs opened the new office of the Biomedical Materials Institute (BMM) at Chemelot in Sittard-Geleen January 21. The Biomedical Materials program (BMM) is a public private partnership,...[more]
LIMBURG HEALTH FOUNDATION
[HEALTH: Maastricht, January 22]
To ensure that Limburg donations are devoted to research in Limburg the Limburg Health Foundation (HFL) has been set-up. Research costs money, medical research as well, and the HFL — with its relations within the region — and...[more]
AZM BEST IN IN VITRO
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, January 18]
The Netherlands Magazine for Medicine (NTvG) has presented the results of ten years research into in vitro treatment in The Netherlands, giving the results of five in vitro fertilization centers for 2006. For the second year...[more]
PARKSTAD HEALTH VALLEY
[HEALTH/GOV: Heerlen, January 16]
The municipality of Heerlen has agreed to a master plan for a Parkstad ‘Health Valley’. Within this health valley, Heerlen will have three partners — the Mondriaan Care Group, Sevagram and Atrium Medical Centre — who will join...[more]
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CRIF IS NOW SIRRIS
[SCI-TECH: Liège, January 18]
SIRRIS, the collective centre for the Belgian technology industry, was founded in 1949 under the name of CRIF-WTCM by the Agoria federation, which was itself called Fabrimétal at the time. This change of name is the symbol of a...[more]
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OPERA FESTIVAL MAASTRICHT
[LEI: Maastricht, January 28]
The premiere of the opera Cendrillon will be on friday February 15. It has moved the Theater aan het Vrijthof to set up a special opera and music festival. This is to be the beginning of a new tradition which will start each spring...[more]
3D CINEMA AT INDUSTRION
[LEI: Kerkrade, January 22]
The Industrion museum in Kerkrade is now able to offer visitors from the Euroregion something unique in films: it now has a fully equipped 3D cinema. The theatre at the Industrion is open during museum opening hours and you can watch...[more]
JAN CORNELISZ VERMEYEN
[LEI: Maastricht, January 22]
There is to be an exhibition of the work of Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen at the Bonnefanten museum in Maastricht. The exhibition will run from January 29 through May 30. There will be presentations by Professor Martens of the University...[more]
MASKED BALL FOR ALL
[LEI: Aachen, January 21]
On Saturday, February 2 there will be a special carnival event from 14:30 to 16:30 at the Ludwig Forum for International Art on the Jülicher Straße in the form of a masked ball.Parents and children can put on their most grisly masks, ...[more]
CULINARY DISCOVERIES
[LEI: Aachen, January 20]
There is a new book on restaurants in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion with special tips, 22 original recipes, information about food and wine, and a look into the kitchens of some specialists. The new book is by Josef Heinen who has been...[more]
CHARLEMAGNE CUP
[LEI: Kerkrade, January 19]
The CDA, the Christian Democrats in The Netherlands, want to hold a Euroregional football tournament for the Charlemagne Cup. This would be among the four top football clubs in the region and they are: Alemannia Aachen (Aachen), Racing...[more]
MARCHING TROPHY
[LEI: Eijsden, January 19]
Six allied walking clubs from the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion have decided to run an annual walking competition to promote the region, its beautiful countryside and its cultural riches. The organizations participating are: the De Veldlopers...[more]
FOUR NEW MOVIE THEATRES
[LEI: Liège, January 18]
New art-movie house Sauvenière on the Place Xavier Neujean in Liège opens in March and it will have four screens. The four existing screens attracted 6% more visitors in December than the month before. The French community in Belgium...[more]
ARCHEOLOGY AND TGV
[LEI: Eupen, January 18]
There is an exhibition on archeology and the high-speed TGV train in the BRF broadcasting center in Eupen through March 9, and this is free of charge. It arises from the construction of the high-speed train from Brussels to Aachen and...[more]
LADY CHEF
[LEI: Huy, January 18]
Arabelle Meirlaen has been selected Lady Chef by Ambience for Belgium. Her restaurant Li Cwerneu is at the Grand Place in Huy and we recommend that you visit the website for details....[more]
11 DAYS NON-STOP
[LEI: Kerkrade/Obergurgl, Austria, January 18]
In the context of the activities of SnowWorld, there is an attempt on an 11-day skiing record in Ötzthal in Austria, which is being supervised by Limburg physiotherapists. This skiing activity is available on the...[more]
TERRITORIA PHOTOS
[LEI: Liège, January 18]
From February 16 through March 30 the 6th International Photography and Visual Arts Biennial will be held in Liège. This is known as Territoria. The theme makes it possible to cover a lot of contemporary issues, and it runs from mental...[more]
JEAN DEL COUR (2)
[LEI: Liège, January 18]
During the preparation of the Jean Del Cour exhibition (Liège, October 19 -February 3), about which we have written before, attempts have been made to obtain further information about the artist and his work. This has led to the discovery...[more]
CARNIVAL DICTIONARY
[LEI: Aachen, January 17]
A new Carnival Dictionary has been published in Aachen which is available free of charge. ...[more]
PRINCESS CARNIVAL
[LEI: Aachen, January 17]
Princess Gloria of Thurn and Taxis was the Lady Knight selected for the Aachen carnival show ‘Wider den tierischen Ernst’ this year. The Princess showed that she was quite able to hold her own, under the circumstances, in a show that...[more]
RHAPSODY IN BLUE
[LEI: Aachen, January 16]
In a first performance of a ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ program, the actress Martina Gedeck and pianist Sebastian Knauer will be paying homage to the 110th birthday of George Gershwin on February 8 at 20:00 in the Ballsaal of the Alte Kurhaus...[more]
CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE
[LEI: Liège, January 16]
The Royal Walloon Opera is putting on ‘Il Matrimonio Segreto’ by Domenico Cimarosa from February 1 through 9. Partly based on the 1766 English comedy ‘The Clandestine Marriage’ by David Garrick and George Colman, Domenico Cimarosa’s...[more]
LA BUTTE AUX BOIS
[LEI: Lanaken, January 16]
Like other connoisseurs, Governor Steve Stevaert extended the back of his wrist to receive a dollop of caviar without touching his elegant broad pin-stripe charcoal-grey suit. Having rapidly dispatched it, he said to those around him,...[more]
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