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LANDMARKS/TOP STORIES
[EDIT: Eijsden, June 30]
One Landmark was the departure of Michael Wirtz from the Aachen Chamber of Commerce where he had been President for 11 years. He was appointed an honorary President and 200 guests headed by NRW’s Minister for the Economy, Christa Thoben,...[more]
LOGISTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
[EDIT/LOG: Eijsden, June 28]
The pressure of container traffic on Europe’s main ports has led to growth in inland ports, inland waterways and locations for value added logistics - business parks. There is also a concern to make more sensible use of rail transport....[more]
AACHEN’S DUTCH CONSULATE STAYS
[EDIT/GOV: Aachen, June 23]
There had been speculation about a reduction of Dutch consulates in Germany but the government had the good sense to realize that, in Aachen at least, the honorary consulate plays a vital role in the relationship between the two countries....[more]
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WALLOON SOLAR SURFACES
[BIZ: Liège, June 30]
Immoquest has listed the area covered by photovoltaic panels, used in logistical and industrial locations in Belgium. The figure amounts to 23.1 million m² for logistical locations to which 1.5 million m² must be added for project sites.Belgium ...[more]
MECOM IN HOLLAND
[BIZ: Maastricht, June 30]
The European Journalism Center in Maastricht reported in its newsletter that the Mecom Newspaper group, now the owner of the Limburg Media Group, is to cut up to 465 jobs at its regional business Wegener in The Netherlands. Mecom owns...[more]
NEW KWANTUM MD
[BIZ: Maastricht, June 29]
The Managing Board of Macintosh Retail Group has appointed Mr RJ Berns (46) as Managing Director of subsidiary Kwantum effective July 1, 2008. Rob Berns has extensive experience at Kwantum. Since July 1, 2005 he has been the Purchasing...[more]
UMICORE CLEAN TECHNOLOGY
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Olen/Eijsden, June 27]
Materials technology group Umicore is make a significant increase in its production capacity for germanium semi-conductor substrates for use in high-efficiency solar cells. Umicore will also invest in the expansion of its...[more]
MACINTOSH: BAD H1 MARKET
[BIZ: Maastricht, June 27]
So far, the disappointing market conditions Macintosh Retail Group reported on April 22, 2008 have continued into the second quarter. The decrease in consumer confidence was clear in the shoe, clothing, bicycle and telecom retail...[more]
MOSA:SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
[BIZ: Maastricht, June 26]
Mosa, the tile manufacturer in Maastricht, wants to expand by building a new plant for floor tiles. The MD, Arthur Thomaes, says that this will provide 140 new jobs to add to the current total of 550. The location is on a vacant site...[more]
ANHEUSER-BUSCH REJECTS INBEV
[BIZ: St. Louis Mo, June 26]
Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc., a leading global brewer, has announced that its board of directors has unanimously determined that the unsolicited, non-binding proposal by InBev (with a major base in Jupille) to acquire all outstanding...[more]
DSM AND CRUCELL WITH AVID
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Leiden/ Parsippany, USA, June 25]
DSM Biologics and Crucell N.V. has announced that they have entered into an agreement with Avid Bioservices, Inc. of Tustin, California to join their Vendor Network. Under the terms of the agreement, Avid will...[more]
LIEGE BUILDS HOMES
[BIZ/GOV: Liège, June 25]
Liège City Council has concluded its house-building program for the next two years. The program involves 20 projects and envisions the construction of 200 houses. This represents an investment of EUR 22m. The City has received EUR 13...[more]
WORLD PASTRY CHAMPIONSHIP
[BIZ: Liège, June 25]
On August 31 and September 1 the fourth edition of the Amoretti Pastry Championship will take place in Nashville, Tennessee. Jean-Philippe Darcis, of Verviers and Liège, will be part of the Belgian team with Serge Alexandre and Marc Ducobu....[more]
SOBATECH WINS SME PRIZE
[BIZ: Maastricht, June 25]
Sobatech, from Maastricht, has won the SME innovation prize for 2008. This is an initiative of the SME organization for Limburg, and the regional broadcast L1. The prize was awarded during a live business program on L1. Sobatech has...[more]
LIOF KEEPS TSM SHARE
[BIZ: Maastricht, June 25]
LIOF will remain a 14.4% shareholder of The Silicon Mine (TSM), the first silicon plant in The Netherlands, at Chemelot in Geleen. In the second financing round last March, Essent and the De Weijerhorst foundation became shareholders...[more]
SPI+ BUSINESS PARKS
[BIZ: Liège, June 24]
Revenues of EUR 12.8m and profits of EUR 2.2m reveals that the Liège provincial development company SPI+ had an excellent year in 2007. This also applied to the German-speaking region in the province. There was a sale of 50 hectares in...[more]
CENTRICA WANTS SPE
[BIZ: Brussels, June 24]
The British gas company Centrica, the parent company of Luminus, already established in Limburg and elsewhere, still wants to exercise its preferential right of purchase, in respect of the Belgian power company SPE. It recently became...[more]
INADEQUATE DUE DILIGENCE
[BIZ: London, June 24]
The Mondaq weekly newsletter carries an article by Phillipp von Raven on management liability based on inadequate due diligence in corporate acquisitions in Germany. ...[more]
SABIC: NEW PP COMPOUNDING PLANT
[BIZ: Genk, June 23]
SABIC is to build a new compounding plant in Genk, Belgium. The plant will have an initial production capacity of 110kt SABIC® PPcompound and 30kt of SABIC® STAMAX long glass fiber PP. It is expected to come on-stream at the beginning of...[more]
PAION AG AQUIRES CENES
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Aachen/Cambridge, June 23]
The management board of Paion AG and the board of directors of CeNeS Pharmaceuticals plc, have announced that, following court orders being filed with the registrar of companies, the scheme related to the recommended...[more]
WIERTZ NEW BRANCHES
[BIZ: Eurode, June 23]
The Limburg temporary employment agency Wiertz Personeelsdiensten is opening three new branches in the coming months. This is within the ambitious growth strategy of the company and relates to developments in the labor market and employment...[more]
QUITO, MANTA, GUAYAQUIL
[BIZ: Aachen, June 23]
In the context of business contacts with Ecuador, there will be a fact-finding mission to Ecuador, November 22 through November 28 this year. The mission will go to the capital city of Quito and to the Pacific ports of Manta and Guayaquil....[more]
REACH REGULATORY SUPPORT
[BIZ: Aachen, June 23]
CONUSBAT is providing regulatory affairs expertise for global specialty chemical and polymer processors requiring EU REACH compliance. Servicing the polymer-/specialty chemicals industries and its consumer product sectors for cosmetics...[more]
EVS Q1 2008
[BIZ: Liège, June 20]
EVS Broadcast Equipment in Liège achieved revenues of EUR 25.40m in Q1 2008, representing a rise of 27.8% over the same period last year. On the basis of steady exchange rates the rise would have been 32.7%. In Europe the rise was 109.8%...[more]
BERRYER DEVELOPMENT
[BIZ: Liège, June 20]
Pierre Berryer (co-administrator, Royal Sélys d’Invest & Corporate S.A.) and Jean-Louis Berryer (administrator, d’Invest & Corporate S.A) are involved in a number of interesting real estate projects including: - The Hotel Royal Sélys ...[more]
LIGHT FANTASTIC
[BIZ: Aachen, June 20]
Cosinova is a company in Aachen that produces luminous building elements - the neuroLED intelligent lighting solutions - which will be starting serial production in Aachen in October. The company attracted a great deal of attention at...[more]
TECHNOLOGY IN FARMING
[BIZ: Libramont, June 19]
The agricultural fair at Libramont from July 25–28 July will have a focus on the globalization of technology with discussions and examples of the applications of new technology in the field of agriculture....[more]
GENK SPORTS & RECREATION
[BIZ/LEI: Genk, June 19]
10,000 m² of the trading area in the sport and recreation cluster at the Crystal Arena in Genk have already been let, according to Jos Vaessen of KRC Genk. The city government of Genk has approved the plan; and, in September, the provincial...[more]
LIMBURG MISSION TO CHINA
[BIZ: Heerlen, June 19]
In cooperation with the German and Belgian Chambers of Commerce in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion, a fact-finding mission to China is to be organized in October this year by the Limburg Chamber of Commerce. The mission will visit Ning-po,...[more]
STATISTICAL YEARBOOK
[BIZ: Aachen, June 18]
The regional statistical facilities have been mentioned in this journal before, but there is now to be a new edition of the statistical yearbook, which originally appeared as the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion in Figures for 2007. Check the website...[more]
LEG SELLS TO GOLDMAN SACHS
[BIZ: Aachen, June 18]
More than 700 homes belonging to the state development company LEG are going to change ownership because LEG is selling its housing to the Whitehall real estate fund of Goldman Sachs, which has been buying up a lot of housing in Germany....[more]
CAMPSITE FOR SALE
[BIZ: Houthalen-Helchteren, June 18]
Flanders Tourism, who run the Kelchterhoef recreational site in Houthalen-Helchteren, have reached an agreement by means of which ‘The Binnenvaart’ at the site can be sold to a private company. Kelchterhoef made it clear...[more]
ALSTOM AND ESSENT
[BIZ/INFRA: Liege, June 18]
Alstom has concluded a number of contracts with the Dutch company Essent worth close to a billion Euros that includes the creation in The Netherlands of a combined gas and steam plant (1,280 megawatts). Within these contracts Alstom ...[more]
TNT TAKES LHS TO COURT
[BIZ/LOG: Liège, June 18]
TNT, the express cargo operator, has submitted an interim injunction at the court in Liège. It wants Liège Handling Services (LHS) to stop a number of its activities at Liège Airport. In TNT’s view, LHS has no right to carry out certain...[more]
BERNISTER BUSINESS PARK
[BIZ: Malmédy, June 18]
There is a new business park near Malmédy called Bernister. The 50-hectare park is one of SPI+’s leading projects. It offers room for 40 to 60 businesses close to Verviers where the business parks are more or less full, and in the vicinity...[more]
WORLD’S HIGHEST
[BIZ: Würselen/Dubai, June 18]
Pleyers of Würselen, the innovative construction company, which provides solutions for the surface protection of building materials, has received a major contract for a building with 900 apartments, called Burj Dubai. There will...[more]
LIOF AND LEISURE
[BIZ: Maastricht, June 18]
The Limburg development company LIOF is going to play a proactive role in the further development of the Limburg leisure sector. In addition to the role that it already plays in large-scale leisure projects (like Gaia Park), LIOF now...[more]
INTERNED NEWS
[BIZ: Düsseldorf, June 18]
According to the newsletter which deals with the relationship between North-Rhine Westphalia and The Netherlands, there has been a great deal of praise for the knowledge network that runs between The Netherlands and North-Rhine Westphalia....[more]
DSM CHEMELOT SERVICES
[BIZ: Geleen, June 17]
DSM has announced that the site services and manufacturing services at the Chemelot industry park in Geleen (Netherlands) will be differently organized in preparation for sale of the DSM Agro, DSM Melamine and DSM Elastomers business groups,...[more]
DSM: SWISS OK PREVENTASE
[BIZ: Heerlen/Delft, June 17]
Following authorization by the French and Danish authorities in 2007, DSM Food Specialties has announced the approval of PreventASe™ as a processing aid from the Federal Office of Public Health in Switzerland. After in-depth examination...[more]
TOHO TENAX NEW LINE
[BIZ: Heinsberg, June 16]
The largest carbon fiber producer in Europe is increasing its production capacities at the Oberbruch Industrial Park. Toho Tenax Europe GmbH has laid the foundation stone for a new production line on its Heinsberg-Oberbruch site in...[more]
JAPAN AT FRANCORCHAMPS
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Francorchamps, June 16]
At the end of May, the Walloon Automotive Cluster and the Automobile Campus welcomed the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) to Francorchamps. This enabled the 20 JAMA representatives to see the technical...[more]
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BIKES AT THE STATION
[LOG: Aachen, June 27]
A bicycle facility has been opened at Aachen’s main railroad station, which will be available from 05:30 to 22:30 and at the weekends from 10:00 to 18:30. The bikes will be under shelter. This is useful for people who always use their...[more]
SUPER TRUCKS
[LOG: Beringen, June 27]
The Flemish Minister Hilde Crevits has proposed to the Flemish government that 5 super trucks (Ecocombis) be allowed to travel on the E13/E17 highway between Beringen and Ghent for a trial period of one year. These Ecocombi super trucks...[more]
LIMBURG LOGISTICS PLATFORM
[LOG: Venlo, June 26]
The European Logistics Platform Limburg (ELC) and its Belgian sister organization Logistiek Platform Limburg (LPL) are holding an annual meeting together this year, on September 18, in the restored mine buildings in Genk. The days’ topic...[more]
RYANAIR: 100,000 PASSENGERS
[LOG: Maastricht, June 25]
On June 2, 2007 Ryanair started scheduled flights between Maastricht Aachen Airport and Barcelona Girona. This was expanded in October/November with Valencia and Alicante. Ryanair thought that this would produce 100,000 passengers...[more]
FLIGHTS TO ALBANIA/KOSOVO
[LOG: Liège, June 24]
Liège Airport has started direct flights to Albania and to Kosovo. The flights will be carried out by the Albanian company Belle Air on Tuesdays and Thursdays to Tirana and Pristina. At a later point the frequency will be raised to three...[more]
PLC BORN
[LOG: Born, June 22]
A barge terminal was established in Born in 1990 which links the inland waterways at main ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp with Limburg. It’s turned out to be a success and there is now a rail terminal and a public logistics center. ‘LIOF ...[more]
ABX & DSV JOIN FORCES
[LOG: Brussels, June 21]
On June 21 DSV Group entered into an agreement with 3i (3i Group plc and 3i funds), the ABX management team and other shareholders to acquire all of the shares of XB Luxembourg Holdings 1 SA, the parent of the ABX LOGISTICS Worldwide...[more]
KEEPING THE MEUSE CLEAN
[INFRA: Eijsden, June 20]
The water that flows into Eijsden Limburg has a long history but it is no longer polluted. In Oupeye, just north of Liège, along the Albert Canal the largest purification unit in the Walloon country (and one of the biggest in Europe)...[more]
L’ORTYE LOGISTICAL HUB
[LOG: Stein, June 20]
The inland port at L’Ortye/Port of Stein is an important logistical hub in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion. It’s only two kilometers from the highway hub at Kerensheide, and its ideal location makes it equally accessible from The Netherlands,...[more]
DHL EXPANDS IN OPGLABBEEK
[LOG: Opglabbeek, June 18]
DHL has opened a new terminal in Opglabbeek. The construction of this extra warehouse means that the surface area has increased from 4,500m2 to 7,800m2. The two existing warehouses have been modernized and from this terminal both DHL...[more]
MERIT MEDICAL: HQ & DC
[LOG/LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, June 18]
Merit Medical Systems, a leading manufacturer and marketer of proprietary disposable devices used primarily in cardiology and radiology, has announced the opening of its new European headquarters and distribution center in...[more]
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THE LIEGE BOTANICAL GARDEN
[GOV/LEI: Liège, June 28]
The Interreg III program provided EUR 865,000 between 2006 and 2008 for cooperation among three botanical gardens: one in Kerkrade (Limburg, NL), Park Natuur & Cultuur (Limburg B) and a Liège botanical garden. The project has been developed,...[more]
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
[GOV: Maastricht, June 25]
EUR 1.75m for sustainable energy is a sum that’s being offered by Bert Kersten, the deputy to encourage councilors responsible for the environment to get together and work on sustainable energy options. The EUR 1.75m is to help with...[more]
RECORD FOR RIA OOMEN?
[GOV: Brussels, June 25]
The South Limburg politician Ria Oomen has a good chance of being re-elected to the European parliament next year. If she succeeds, she will be the longest sitting member of the European parliament from The Netherlands ever. This means...[more]
SMALL BUSINESS ACT
[GOV/BIZ: Brussels, June 25]
Most jobs in the EU are provided for by Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) - companies of 250 employees or less. They have a crucial importance for the future development, but very often face enormous bureaucratic hurdles...[more]
DG/LIEGE AGREEMENT
[GOV: Aywaille, June 24]
At Chateau Harzé in Aywaille, a cooperative agreement has been signed between the German-speaking community (DG) and the province of Liège. The agreement is valid through 2012 and it defines the areas in which the bodies will continue...[more]
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE
[GOV: Parkstad, June 24]
There is to be a conference entitled ‘Organizing Strengths — Empowering Medium-size Cities to Tackle Demographic Change’. It will be held on September 17 in Pirmasens (Germany), where the project cooperative group will be headed by the...[more]
MONEY FOR POLITICOS
[GOV: Maastricht, June 23]
Members of the Dutch Limburg Provincial Council are asking for an increase in their salary, which has not been increased since 1991. The part-time salary for these ladies and gentlemen is EUR 1,100 per month and they would like to...[more]
MEUSE-RHINE BACKS MAASTRICHT
[GOV: Maastricht, June 20]
The Meuse-Rhine Euroregion and the cities of Liège, Aachen, Hasselt, Heerlen, and Sittard-Geleen are going to cooperate closely with Maastricht in its effort to become Europe’s cultural capital for 2018. The councils responsible for...[more]
PRINCE ALBERT OF MONACO
[GOV: Liège, June 19]
In the context of a visit to Belgium, Prince Albert II of Monaco came to Liège in the company of Prince Philippe of Belgium. He visited the Spacebel center at Sart-Tilman, and then he was a guest at Liège’s City Hall. In the afternoon he...[more]
BUDAPEST EIT SITE
[EDU: Brussels, June 18]
Contrary to earlier expectations in Meuse-Rhine, the ministers of the European Union have chosen the Hungarian capital of Budapest to be the headquarters of the new European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). The European...[more]
SUSTAINABLE NEIGHBORHOODS
[GOV: Maastricht, June 18]
The EU Interreg SUN project on Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods is going to cooperate in the improvement of poor areas. The cities of Liège, Eupen, Heerlen, Verviers, Genk and Aachen, all within Meuse-Rhine, are going to cooperate on...[more]
BENELUX TREATY
[GOV: The Hague, June 18]
The new Benelux Treaty was signed in The Hague on June 17. This was possible after Yves Leterme, the Belgian premier, and Dutch PM, Jan-Peter Balkenende were able to normalize relations between The Netherlands and Belgium after conflicts...[more]
PSYCHOLOGY AND LAW
[EDU: Maastricht, June 18]
Leading figures from the world of international law and psychology will be in Maastricht from July 2 through 5 for the 18th annual conference of the European Association of Psychology and Law. During the congress a range of topics...[more]
FUEL CELL COMPETITION
[EDU: Aachen/Düsseldorf, June 17]
In the competition for schools known as the ‘Fuel Cell Box’, pupils from the St Ursula Gymnasium in Aachen achieved the first place. The Minister of Science Christa Thoben presented their award in Düsseldorf. The idea of the...[more]
DIGITAL IDENTITY MISUSE
[EDU: Heerlen, June 17]
A major five-year project on the social and ethical aspects of digital information is to be carried out by the Hogeschool Zuyd. It has EUR 1.8m available for the project which is designed to develop policy. It will focus on the issue...[more]
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BIO-REGIONS INNOVATION
[LIFE-SCI: Düsseldorf, June 30]
The second BioRegions Innovation Prize will be awarded this year. The closing date for applications is August 15. The prize will be gawarded to products or technologies that have beenj registered for a patent but have not yet...[more]
CROHN’S 30 CHROMOSOME REGIONS
[LIFE-SCI: Liège, June 29]
According to a study published online in ‘Nature Genetics’ this week, more than 30 genetic zones with a predisposition towards Crohn’s Disease, have been identified. Go to the website for further information....[more]
MIDWIVES AT 95
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, June 27]
The 95th anniversary of the Academy of Obstetrics in Maastricht was celebrated with a symposium at the Grand Hotel de l' Empereur on June 27. From September 1 the academy will be an independent faculty at Hogeschool Zuyd....[more]
PHARMACELL IN BMM PROJECT
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, June 24]
BMM has announced today that seven projects will receive research funding for over EUR 50 million. This is the first part of a total budget of EUR 90m. Dutch universities, university medical centers, charity foundations (Nederlandse...[more]
SWINE FEVER
[LIFE-SCI: Bitburg, June 24]
In the period from July 4 through 6 in the German Eifel there will be a campaign to inoculate wild boar against swine fever. According to the environmental ministry for the Rhineland Palatinate, the medication represents no danger...[more]
LIFETECZONE
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, June 24]
LifeTecZONe, a new branch organization for companies concerned with product innovation in biomedical and medical technology, has received a promise of a grant of EUR 1.4m for a group of 26 companies in the context of the innovation...[more]
OMS SIGNS WITH LAB CORP
[LIFE-SCI: Liège, June 23]
OncoMethylome Sciences has announced today that it entered into a supply agreement with Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings (LabCorp®). OncoMethylome agreed to sell reagents to LabCorp for detecting methylation of the Vimentin...[more]
TECHNICAL ENGLISH
[LIFE-SCI/EDU: Aachen, June 23]
The Aachen-based company CONUS Business Advice and Training is now offering online interactive learning via the English newsletter for the life science and medical sectors of the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion.As people are facing ...[more]
BIOMEDICA NOTES
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, June 20]
The Biomedica conference that was held in Maastricht on April 16 through 17 attracted 800 small businesses, scientists and students. The Rabobank set-up a new fund to support innovation and new development in the life sciences,...[more]
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FLEMISH/DUTCH FUEL CELL
[SCI-TECH: Brussels, June 23]
Flemish and Dutch companies are going to cooperate in the area of the hydrogen economy and fuel cell technology. The cooperation is a consequence of the presentation of the Flemish/South-Dutch hydrogen regions master plan to the...[more]
DSM SCI-TECH AWARDS
[SCI-TECH: Heerlen, June 17]
2008 the German researcher Andreas Walther, who will obtain his doctorate from the University of Bayreuth (Germany), won the first prize in the (South) 2008. The international judging committee, chaired by Dr. Manfred Eggersdorfer,...[more]
JUGENE STILL TOPS
[SCI-TECH, Jülich, June 17]
Jülich’s JUGENE computer is still Europe’s fastest and sixth in the world. The list of top computers is headed by five in the US. Computers of the high-performance class like JUGENE will be involved with a high data throughput and...[more]
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CROSS-BORDER DIALECT
[LEI: Maastricht, June 28]
One element that binds major parts of Meuse-Rhine is the local dialect. Jean Frins, a 25-year old linguist, of the Dutch Association for Literature, is investigating this dialect. The most important aspect is that the language, in...[more]
GALLIC VILLAGE
[LEI: Liège, June 27]
There will be the Gallic Village in the heart of Liège from June 27 through July 14, daily from 11:00 to 22:30 on weekdays and to 24:30 on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The Gallic Village welcomes France with its pancakes and Breton cider,...[more]
VAULTING IN AACHEN
[LEI: Aachen, June 27]
The first day at the World Equestrian Festival, CHIO Aachen 2008 (June 27th-July 6th), proved to be the day of the German vaulters - and thus that of the favorites. In 2008 the famous equestrian tournament is being staged over a period...[more]
THE ARCHITECTURE OF SLEEP
[LEI: Maastricht, June 26]
Sigmund Freud regarded the dream as the guardian of sleep. The exhibition ‘State Alpha, on the architecture of sleep’ examines to what extent the same is true of architecture. Opening on Sunday 29 June, the NAI Maastricht is presenting...[more]
MAASTRICHT PREUVENEMINT
[LEI: Maastricht, June 24]
The ‘Preuvenemint’, the traditional gastronomic festival on the Vrijthof in Maastricht, will this year include music. The Limburg Symphony Orchestra and the ‘Mastreechter Staar’ choir will be present for the event. The 27th Preuvenemint...[more]
BURG-REULAND INTERNET PORTAL
[LEI: Burg-Reuland, June 24]
The tourist authorities of the municipality of Burg-Reuland have set-up a new Internet portal, which will give tourist information on the sights, accommodation and gastronomy in the area. There is also a calendar of events....[more]
MADE IN CHINA
[LEI: Kerkrade, June 22]
The new exhibition at the Industrion in Kerkrade is ‘Made In China – Discover 7000 Years of Innovation in One Day’. It’s been open to the public for two weeks but was officially opened on June 22 by the Chinese Ambassador to The Netherlands,...[more]
CULTURA NOVA
[LEI: Heerlen, June 20]
The 18th Cultura Nova summer festival in Heerlen will be held from August 29 through Sunday, September 7. This festival brings with it a wide range of activities including theatre, dance, the Arts, music and film, and a number of a important...[more]
KNIVES & FORKS WITH LUDWIG
[LEI: Aachen, June 20]
Aachen’s Suermondt Ludwig Museum in putting on a display of cutlery. This is with the generous financial support of North-Rhine Westphalia and the City of Aachen. They have received a set of Saxon cutlery of great quality, an extremely...[more]
CITIUS, ALTIUS, FORTIUS
[LEI: Heerlen, June 20]
The ancient Greeks organized the first Olympic Games at Olympia and the Romans took the tradition over and the motto (above): faster, higher and stronger. Roman Coriovallum (Heerlen) is going to have its own games during the summer vacation...[more]
OOIT TONGRES - PLINIUS PARK
[LEI: Tongres, June 18]
The bankrupt theme park Ooit Tongres is going to open up again in the middle of July as the Plinius Park, according to Carmen Willems, the mayor of Tongres. It’ll be a park to walk in without attractions as such and admission will be...[more]
GUIDE TO THE EIFEL
[LEI: Eifel, June 18]
There are eight cycle tours of between 12km and 39km in this guide to the Eifel national park. In 160 pages the book gives thorough descriptions and information about this protected area. It gives links to bus and rail and it’s available...[more]
WALLOON OPERA IN LIMBURG
[LEI: Maastricht, June 17]
On Tuesday, June 17 Mr Mazzonis di Pralafera, the director of the Royal Walloon Opera, and Odile Wolfs, responsible for culture in Limburg, signed an agreement to last for three years. Currently the audiences for opera are growing...[more]
VOLS TROPICAL: JODY BERNAL
[LEI: Vaals, June 16]
Jody Bernal, a 26-year-old Columbian-born, Dutch singer, who is well known for his Latin numbers including ‘Que Si, Que No’, will be on show and performing on July 26 at the Vaals Tropical event. Check the website for details....[more]
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