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BELGIUM
[EDIT: Eijsden, December 30]
Herman A. Van Rompuy (Etterbeek, 1947) is a Flemish politician and member of the Christian Democratic party - CD&V ( formerly CVP). He is to be the next Prime Minister of Belgium, succeeding Yves Leterme. Mr Leterme has resigned...[more]
ENERGY RESEARCH & APPLICATIONS
[EDIT: Eijsden/Aachen, December 29]
Research into sustainable energy is currently a major global preoccupation. In Meuse-Rhine, a new energy research institute has been established at the RWTH University in Aachen, in cooperation with E.On, the German power...[more]
NORWAY & INDIA
[EDIT: Eijsden December 29]
Readers of this newsletter will recall that we often have a brief editorial comment headed ‘top stories’. This is our estimate of these stories’ importance. However, in this interactive age, we asked ourselves if it wouldn’t be possible...[more]
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MUEHLNER MOTORSPORT 2008
[BIZ/LEI: Francorchamps, December 28]
The Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium based Mühlner Motorsport Team can look back on one of its most successful racing seasons. Renate-Carola and Bernhard Mühlner’s ambitious team entered 35 races in four different championships.
...[more]
KAISERPLATZ GALLERY
[BIZ: Aachen, December 23]
In the spring of 2009, the construction of the Kaiserplatz-Galerie shopping center will start in Aachen. This will be a 15,000m2 gallery between the Kaiserplatz and the Adalbertstraße. It will represent an investment of EUR 240m and...[more]
BUSINESS WITH GUTS
[BIZ: Maastricht, December 23]
A book has been published about leading figures in the Limburg business community. It is authored by Gerrie Coerts of the Financiele Dagblad and the publisher is Limburgse Toppers. The book covers 12 leading Limburg business personalities...[more]
CRADLE-TO-CRADLE
[BIZ: Maastricht, December 23]
At the Centre Céramique in Maastricht there will be an exhibition called ‘Cradle-to-Cradle: Hype or the Future’ through February 21, 2009. The exhibition not only explains what Cradle to Cradle is, but also shows how companies...[more]
T-POWER GAS TURBINE
[BIZ/INFRA: Tessenderlo, December 19]
T-Power, a joint venture between Siemens Project Ventures, Tessenderlo Chemie and Advanced Power, has invested EUR 440m in the construction of a gas turbine at the site of Tessenderlo Chemicals. A consortium of ten banks...[more]
RAMADA PLAZA LIEGE
[BIZ: Liège, December 19]
Louis Sohl, who used to run the Hotel Maastricht, has since December 1 taken over the Ramada Plaza Liège City Center Hotel which is part of the Irish Prem hotel group. Louis Sohl, who comes from Maastricht, has had a national and international...[more]
ARION INTERNATIONAL
[BIZ: Maastricht, December 19]
One year after the establishment of Arion, the MD Erik Joosten called upon the Limburg development company LIOF for some start-up capital. The company, based in Geleen, specializes in products that improve the ease of use and efficiency...[more]
PARKSTAD BIZ PARKS
[BIZ: Parkstad, December 19]
The two business parks in Parkstad Limburg, the Koumen and Strijthagen, have gone through a considerable facelift. At the beginning of 2009 they will also be given a green touch, and in April 2009 a start will be made on the Lindelaufer...[more]
GERMAN-DUTCH BUSINESS
[BIZ: Avantis, December 19]
On March 25 and June 17 there will be special Dutch–German consulting sessions at the World Trade Center building in Avantis, between Heerlen and Aachen. Dutch entrepreneurs who want to enter the German market and German business...[more]
TRUCK STICKER
[BIZ: Aachen, December 18]
Since October 2008 a truck toll has been levied in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark and Sweden using a digital Euro sticker or vignette. It covers all goods vehicles of 12 tons and above. This simplified system is used...[more]
EU TAX DATABASE
[BIZ/GOV: Brussels, December 18]
Those who want to do business across borders can now consult an online database that provides information about taxation in the various EU member states. It includes income tax, wage taxes and value added tax (VAT). It also has...[more]
PAYING AND BEING PAID
[BIZ: Roermond, December 18]
As regards payment, what are the opportunities and what is usage across the border? What are the traps? How can you reduce the risk of clients not paying to a minimum? Is it worth taking out export credit insurance, for example?...[more]
SPECIAL HOTELS
[BIZ/LEI: Amsterdam, December 18]
The hotel guide Bijzondere Hotels (Special Hotels) is out, with a new author and a new collection of addresses for Belgium and the Netherlands. One notices that in our region they mention Hostellerie Saint-Roch in Comblain-la-Tour....[more]
SENOR TECH TO VENLO
[BIZ/LOG: Maastricht, December 18]
The Taiwan Company Senor Tech, a global specialist in point-of-sale solution provision, has decided to establish its European head office and warehousing activities with Janssen Distribution Services in Venlo, at the Venlo...[more]
LIOF BUSINESS CENTERS
[BIZ: Maastricht, December 18]
Occupancy at LIOF’s business centers was up 10% on November 1, 2008, as compared with January 1 of the same year. Interest in the new business site at the Borrekuil business park in Sittard-Geleen increased and five units were...[more]
ISEA GROUP WITH LIOF
[BIZ: Echt, December 18]
The Isea group in Echt specializes in the manufacture and sale of luxury bathroom mirrors and related articles, such as LED lighting. LIOF, the Limburg development company, has recently taken a 24% stake in Isea, providing the company...[more]
PARKSTAD BIZ NEWS
[BIZ: Heerlen, December 18]
The first number of a news magazine for business in Parkstad, Limburg, was published on November 1. According to the mayor of Heerlen, the MKB [Business Parkstad Limburg] , in addition to its website, will be a very important communication...[more]
MECOM CHANGES
[BIZ: London/Maastricht, December 17]
Mecom, the British group, which owns the major newspapers in the Dutch province of Limburg, is going through a difficult period. It is one of those companies largely based on highly leveraged investment and owns 300 titles...[more]
CROSS-BORDER SHOPPING
[BIZ: Maastricht, December 17]
Studies of cross-border consumer retail behavior were made in 2005 and 2007. The Limburg (NL) Chamber of Commerce, the Province of Limburg and municipalities in the Dutch province of Limburg are again examining euroregional retail...[more]
CENTURION BATTERIES
[BIZ: Roermond, December 16]
With the growing interest in power storage in the automotive industry it’s nice to know that Centurion Akku, based in Roermond for 70 years, has an excellent reputation in the European battery market and sells a quarter of a million...[more]
WELLOORD OVERHUIZEN
[BIZ/HEALTH: Maastricht/Bocholtz, December 16]
The Limburg development company, LIOF has taken a 25% stake in Welloord Overhuizen BV. This business is going to transform a traditional manor house farm at Overhuizen in Bocholtz into the largest wellness hotel...[more]
ONCOMETHYLOME EUR 30M CASH
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Liège, December 16]
OncoMethylome Sciences has announced that it has agreed to issue 1,332,877 new shares in a private placement for a total amount of EUR 8.4m. These extra funds will be used to expand OncoMethylome's biomarker development for...[more]
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ENTSO-E
[INFRA: Brussels, December 19]
ENTSO-E (European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity), the new association of European electricity transmission system operators was created on December 19, 2009, by the members of the six existing TSO associations,...[more]
WATER TRANSPORT
[LOG: Brussels, December 19]
The EU has approved a Walloon plan to promote water transport. The program will run from 2008 to 2013 with a budget of EUR 3.5m. Check the link for other developments on the waterway front....[more]
ELECTRABEL & E.ON SWAP CAPACITY
[INFRA: Brussels, December 17]
The Belgian electricity giant Electrabel is going to exchange 1,700MW of production capacity with Germany’s biggest power producer E.ON. This was announced by GDF Suez, the French power company to which Electrabel belongs. Electrabel...[more]
EUR 1.35M FLANDERS/MAASTRICHT TRAM
[LOG/GOV: Maastricht, December 16]
The European Union is providing a sum of EUR 1.35m for the extension of the high-speed tram service to Maastricht from Flanders. The European subsidy will also be used for the harmonization of the various tram/streetcar systems...[more]
TNT & ROYAL MAIL
[LOG: Liège/Amsterdam, December 16]
TNT, the global express services operator with headquarters in Amsterdam and a hub in Liège, has expressed an interest in exploring a strategic partnership with Britain’s Royal Mail. The publication of the Hooper Commission...[more]
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LIEGE CULTURAL CAPITAL
[GOV: Liège, December 24]
There is to be a vote in Liège as to whether Liège should compete as the cultural capital of Europe for 2015. The vote will take place on February 22....[more]
UMBS COURSES
[EDU: Maastricht, December 23]
The University of Maastricht Business School is offering the following programs for 2009. These include financial management for non-financial starters on March0 3; effective leadership on March 9; project management and project...[more]
INDIA AND MAASTRICHT
[EDU: Maastricht, December 18]
The University of Maastricht is going to set up a Maastricht University India Institute. South India and Meuse-Rhine will be linked via a series of knowledge networks, and to give shape to this, the parties involved will include...[more]
SAUDI-MAASTRICHT MED SCHOOL
[EDU/LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, December 18]
The Medical Faculty of Maastricht University, Maastricht UMC+, is to franchise its educational system to a university soon to be built in Saudi Arabia. The wealthy Al-Rajhi family is taking the initiative of establishing...[more]
HASSELT U LANGUAGES
[EDU: Hasselt, December 18]
In the October number of the Hasselt University’s magazine there was an interview with Willy Clijsters, a professor of romance languages at the university. Attention was also given to the EU plan launched in 1989 called the Lingua...[more]
COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS 2
[GOV: Brussels, December 18]
The Committee of the Regions has published their political priorities for de period of 2008-2010. The first is implementing de Lisbon agenda’s goals for growth and jobs. Second is to face the challenge of climate change and the sustainable...[more]
LIMBURG (B) 60HA NATURE RESERVE
[GOV: Hasselt, December 17]
Three Limburg nature reserves are going to expand. In total the province will have an additional 60 hectares of nature reserve. The areas concerned are the Mombeek Valley in Alken-Hasselt, which will get another 11 hectares; the valley...[more]
COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
[GOV: Brussels, December 17]
The Committee of the Regions (CoR), which was born in the Treaty of Maastricht, will have been in existence for 15 years in 2009. The objective of the Committee of the Regions was to encourage other European regions to play more...[more]
THE REGIONS ON THE CRISIS
[GOV: Brussels, December 16] ]
In the latest issue of the Newsletter of the Committee of the Regions (no 62, dec 2008-jan 2009), Luc van den Brande, president of the Committee of the Regions, states that the financial crisis has confirmed that the public and...[more]
LIEGE TOURISM
[GOV: Liège, December 16]
In 2007 the Tourist Federation for the Province of Liège drew up a strategic plan to increase the attractions of Liège to the tourists. The plan was to be implemented from 2008 through 2012. Tourism is extremely important for the economy...[more]
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CARDIOSTICK WINS
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht/Alkmaar, December 19]
As we mentioned in Issue 191 on September 25, Maastricht University Medical Center’s Cardiostick - an encoded card with a USB stick function that can be read immediately, revealing the relevant patient history - was...[more]
LIFETECZONE
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, December 18]
LifetecZONe, the organization for biotech and medical devices in the South-East Netherlands concerned with product innovation, has moved its headquarters from Maastricht to Roermond. Check the web site and newsletter for new...[more]
QUEEN VISITS CANCER CENTER
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, December 16]
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands will be visiting the recently opened cancer center of Maastricht UMC+ on Wednesday afternoon, January 14 between 15:00 and 16:30. During the visit the unique patient-oriented idea of the center...[more]
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SACD PRIZE FOR BOULI LANNERS
[LEI: Brussels, December 24]
The actor and director Bouli Lanners, from Kelmis has won the Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (SACD) film award for 2008. The prize is worth EUR 2,500 and was presented at the Brussels film festival. The 43-year-old...[more]
THE BISHOP’S PALACE
[LEI: Liège, December 23]
A book has been published which traces 1,000 years of the history of the palace of the Prince-Bishops and Liège. It’s published by Mercator Editions, is 320 pages long, costs EUR 60, and has text by Francis Balace, Bruno Demoulin, Laurent...[more]
DUTCH FAVOR WALLOONS
[LEI: Eupen, December 23]
Dutch tourists are showing their preference for the Walloon country in the figures. In the first three-quarters of 2008 the number of visitor went up by 9% to 4.8m. This makes the Walloon country the first port of call for the Dutch...[more]
WORLD TABLE-FOOTBALL
[LEI: Maastricht, December 20]
In Nantes, there will be a world championship for table football between January 8 and 11 2009. There will be men’s, ladies’, junior and senior teams; singles and doubles; and handicapped people will also be eligible for the doubles...[more]
OSCAR NIEMEYER EXHIBITION
[LEI: Heerlen, December 18]
On Friday, March 6 through Monday, June 1 the Schunck Glaspaleis –now the official name of Heerlen’s Glass Palace - will present a special exhibition of the Brazilian architectural legend, Oscar Niemeyer (1907, Rio de Janeiro). The...[more]
NEWSPAPER MUSEUM CHANGE
[MEDIA: Aachen, December 18]
The International Newspaper Museum (IZM) in Aachen, when it reopens in May 2009 on the Charlemagne Route, will have experienced a considerable change. The plan is to turn it into an interactive center for media history. The new concept...[more]
TASTE IN LIMBURG (B)
[LEI: Hasselt, December 18]
In the tourist magazine for the Belgian province of Limburg for December 2008 and January/February 2009 the focus is on taste. It looks at Hasselt, the capital of taste. In particular with its Jenever, or gin route, and there are...[more]
RENT-A-HORSE
[LEI: Hasselt, December 16]
The Belgian tourist authorities are going to start an experiment of renting horses to the visitors to the Limburg Campine. From the summer a special Limburger bus will take tourists to special areas in the Meuse country, the Hesbaye,...[more]
ANCIENT EGYPT IN MAASTRICHT
[LEI: Maastricht, December 16]
At The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) in Maastricht (March 13 to 22, 2009), the most important event of its kind in the world, Rupert Wace Ancient Art will show a remarkable array of treasure. Rupert Wace, one of the most respected...[more]
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