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A VIEW OF HEAVEN
[EDIT: Houthem St Gerlach, January 30]
It is worth standing still to look at the baroque frescoes of the church of Saint Gerlach in Houthem-St. Gerlach. In fact, once you raise your eyes aloft, in this exquisite jewel of a church, you will be transfixed (See...[more]
DG AT 25
[EDIT: Eupen, January 30]
Today is the 25th anniversary of the grant of legislative competence and regional government powers to Belgium's German-speaking Community (DG)...[more]
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AWEX BUSINESS DAYS
[BIZ: Eupen/Liège, January 28]
“Business Days’ will be held by the Walloon Export Association AWEX to provide information through the end of March. In Eupen at the beginning and end of March this will be in cooperation with the development company and focus...[more]
NEW TRIANEL GAS MAN
[BIZ: Aachen, January 28]
On May 1, Ulrich Jotzo will take over portfolio management for gas acquisition at Trianel GmbH, the cross-border power company. He will develop services and products related to the optimization of gas acquisition....[more]
STAR APIC ON SHOW
[BIZ; Liège, January 28]
Star Apic, the GIS specialists, will be participating at the Salon des Mandataires on February 12 and 13, 2009, in Marche-en-Famenne (Belgium). The aim of this event is to bring together representatives of local authorities and businesses...[more]
TOMORROW’S WORLD
[BIZ: Heerlen, January 28]
On Wednesday 28 the innovative program ‘Tomorrow’s District’ started at 10:00 at the Avantis European Science and Business Park. During the program presentations were given on the implementation. Mr Seijben, the director of Avantis,...[more]
AIXTRON SOLAR TOOL
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Aachen, January 27]
Aixtron AG has announced the Institute of Nuclear Energy Research (INER), based at Taoyuan, Taiwan, ordered an AIX 2800G4 Planetary Reactor system for the production of Germanium / III-V based solar cells in Q4 2008.The...[more]
LIMBURG NL PROPERTY PRICES RISE
[BIZ: Maastricht, January 26]
Property prices in Dutch Limburg have risen during the past year. The average house is around EUR 209,000, an increase of about 2%. Primarily in Maastricht and Weert. However sales fell by 13%....[more]
SOFTGRIP TILES
[BIZ: Maastricht, January 26]
The tile manufacturer Mosa has developed a sustainable tile, called ‘Softgrip’. This is the first eco-tile from Mosa and it’s made up of bits and pieces of other tiles. It uses the cradle-to-cradle principle, which means no waste,...[more]
AMERICAN MATCHMAKING PROGRAM
[BIZ: Columbia, SC, January 25]
Many European SMEs want to enter the American markets but do not because they do not believe they have the resources to retain a multinational consulting firm to help them. So, they “start” and “stop” by attending trade shows...[more]
PROGRESS AT CHEMELOT
[BIZ: Geleen, January 22]
Chemelot is destined to be an international campus for innovative business and there has been a presentation of developments there in recent years. Among the new companies is CYMACO which is building a new test shop for acetylene cylinders...[more]
SOLAR POWER FROM ERKELENZ
[BIZ: Erkelenz, January 21]
The Sonnenschein eG, an association established in October in which everyone can participate, is pleased to announce its first sustainable energy project. This is a solar-powered building in the form of the Luise Hensel primary school...[more]
CIS AND XILLION ICT SOLUTIONS
[BIZ: Weert, January 20]
The CIS Group in Weert has taken a stake in Xillion ICT Solutions BV in Maastricht. As a result of this, there is a strong and independent innovative IT service provider with more than 100 permanent staff with quality, knowledge and...[more]
ARION ACCELERATED GROWTH
[BIZ: Geleen, January 19]
Arion is one of the selected growing companies that started on January 20 in an accelerated growth program. The program is an initiative of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and was opened by the Minister Maria van der Hoeven. The program...[more]
DSM CSHE & M
[BIZ: Heerlen, January 19]
DSM has announced that Luca Rosetto (1963), Business Unit Director Europe / Americas within the DSM Anti-Infectives Business Group, is to become Corporate Vice President Safety, Health, Environment and Manufacturing (CSHE&M) with effect...[more]
TV LIMBURG
[BIZ/MEDIA; Roermond, January 17]
TV Limburg is changing. The revolution has taken place on the Flemish side and now it’s the turn of the Netherlands. The idea is to make it a popular channel and give it that Limburg feeling, and also to double the Market share...[more]
LIMBURG’S NANOTECHNOLOGY
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Maastricht, January 17]
Nanotechnology is ready for a takeoff in Limburg. Expectations are that the market for nanotechnology will be worth EUR 450bn in 2010. This figure has been calculated on the basis of the wide range of feasible applications...[more]
DSM AUDIT AND COMPLIANCE
[BIZ: Heerlen, January 16]
DSM has announced the appointment of Hans van Suijdam, present Director of Strategic Projects in China, as Director of Corporate Operational Audit and Compliance Officer effective April 1, 2009. Hans van Suijdam’s current assignment ...[more]
HYDROGEN ECONOMY
[BIZ: Maastricht, January 16]
During a meeting on the Interreg IV-A European funding program for Flanders and the Netherlands, the managing committee said that it wanted to contribute EUR 3m to the cost of the Hydrogen Region project. The concrete project proposal...[more]
BOOSTING LED CAPACITY
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Aachen, January 16]
Aixtron has announced an order for a MOCVD system* from Showa Denko K.K., a Japan based leading manufacturer of Ultra-High-Brightness (UHB) LEDs received in the first quarter 2008.This order is for one AIX 2800G4 HT Planetary ...[more]
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CROSS-BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE
[INFRA: Heerlen, January 29]
The Aachen Traffic Association, (AVV) responsible foe Aachen’s public transport, has made an interesting proposal for cross-border public transport. The proposal is for them(AVV) to tender a joint bid, with the Province of Limburg...[more]
MAA TO PISA
[LOG: Maastricht, January 29]
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, has announced that it will launch a new route from Maastricht-Aachen airport to Pisa (Florence) in Tuscany. The new route will be launched on April 1, with 3 flights per week. See the...[more]
5.2% MORE BY THALYS
[LOG: Brussels, January 23]
The high-speed Thalys train carried 5.2% more passengers last year than the year before. On the Paris-Brussels line there was an increase of 8.4%. Other Belgian destinations recorded 11.3%. Brussels-Cologne saw a 6.3% increase and...[more]
LOGISTICS IN AACHEN
[LOG: Aachen, January 20]
There will be a program on logistics offered by the Chamber of Commerce in Aachen between February 27 and March 14, on Fridays and Saturdays from 09:00 to 16:30 at a cost of EUR 440. It will cover the principles of logistics, elements...[more]
INLAND WATERWAYS
[LOG: Antwerp, January 16]
NEA, a publication specializing on the inland waterways, says that Europe invests too little in this form of transport. Of the EUR 800bn invested in infrastructure in Europe since 1995, only 1% has been used for inland waterways. The...[more]
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CHARLEMAGNE FOR THE MEDIA
[GOV: Aachen, January 28]
Frauke Gerlach, the chair of the Charlemagne Medal for European Media, and the Mayor of Aachen, Dr Jürgen Linden, have said that the organization will be presenting a ‘Reporter Without Borders’ medal this year in the Charlemagne context....[more]
EUR 5BN FOR HOUSING
[GOV: Eupen, January 26]
A major housing construction program has been proposed by the SP regional parliamentary member Edmund Stoffels. The proposal, supported by the socialist party in the Walloon government envisions an investment of EUR 5bn in the coming...[more]
AACHEN FOR MAASTRICHT CAPITAL
[GOV: Aachen, January 26]
There is support from Aachen for Maastricht’s attempt to become Europe’s cultural capital in 2018. Other cities in the Euroregion such as Liège and Hasselt, and now Aachen will participate in the project. The Cultural Committee of the...[more]
SEE OF ROERMOND AT 450
[EDU: Roermond, January 23]
The Episcopal See of Roermond is preparing festivities to mark the 450th birthday of the diocese. At the high point of this celebration, there will be a pilgrimage to Rome, which will run from April 30 through May 7. The Bishopric...[more]
LIMBURG AND LIMBURG ONE
[GOV: Stokkem, January 23]
During a meeting launched to mark editorial cooperation between the Dutch newspaper ‘Dagblad de Limburger’ and the Belgian paper ‘Het Belang van Limburg’, the Governor of Dutch Limburg, Léon Frissen, called for more cooperation between...[more]
GREEN VISITS TRIANEL SITE
[GOV: Aachen, January 22]
A delegation from the German Green party, with Claudia Roth, visited the site of the new coal-fired Trianel plant in Lünen, which is expected to be completed in 2012 and to employ 1,000. The Greens are against coal-fired plants, but...[more]
TWO LIMBURGS JOIN HANDS
[GOV: Stokkem, January 22]
The two Limburg newspapers Het Belang van Limburg (on the Belgian side) and Dagblad de Limburger (on the Dutch side), and the provincial governments of Belgium and Netherlands Limburg have been getting together to do some research....[more]
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
[EDU: Maastricht, January 21]
The target is to establish an international educational center at the Geusselt Stadium area in Maastricht, with its own campus for children between the ages of two and 19. This initiative, which dates from 2005, should lead to a...[more]
A MOSASAURUS FROM PARIS
[EDU: Maastricht, January 20]
The skull of Maastricht’s mosasaurus (a dinosaur), which has been in the Natural History Museum in Paris since 1795, is coming back to Maastricht. This famous fossil will be the most attractive exhibit in the ‘Darwin, Cuvier et...[more]
MANAGEMENT IN MAASTRICHT
[EDU: Maastricht, January 17]
The Maastricht Business School will be offering a range of management courses in this New Year, on finance, business, and general management, and there will be a unique class in innovation as part of the Limburg Acceleration Agenda...[more]
SCHOOL FOR THE EUROREGION
[EDU: Maastricht, January 16]
Two Maastricht primary schools, St. Aloysius and Wijck, are taking on a Euroregional shape. Although everybody has to speak English, it is important for people in Parkstad Limburg to speak German and important for people in Maastricht...[more]
RWTH FLOODED BY STUDENTS
[EDU: Aachen, January 16]
Aachen’s RWTH University is an enormous success. The only problem is that it has got 10,000 new students that need a roof over their heads, and so there are major development plans through to 2017. Because Aachen is surrounded by areas...[more]
EPSA 2009
[GOV: Maastricht, January 16]
From January 1, 2009 all public sectors at all levels from all over Europe are invited to submit their applications for the European Public Sector Award, which is organized by the European Institute of Public Administration (EPSA)...[more]
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SUMMUM MAGAZINE
[HEALTH/LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, January 28]
Summum Magazine is the magazine designed for external relations and staff of the Maastricht University Medical Center. The new issue in 2009, a crucial year in the view of the chairman of the board, Guy Peeters, covers...[more]
SKILLS3 AT BOSTON FAIR
[LIFE-SCI/BIZ: Aachen/Boston, January 26]
The Skills3 project is an initiative undertaken by various parties from Aachen, Maastricht, Hasselt, and Liège, and is supported both by Provincial and European subsidies. Skills3 is intended to strengthen the Euroregional...[more]
NL/B HOSPITAL CHOICE
[HEALTH: Maastricht, January 24]
From next year patients will be free to choose whether they want to be treated in a Dutch or Belgian hospital. The hospitals in Maastricht, Tongres and Genk are working to remove all obstacles as quickly as possible. The biggest...[more]
ONCOMETHYLOME TOP
[LIFE-SCI: Liège, January 23]
OncoMethylome Sciences has announced that Gerard Vaillant will join its Board of Directors to as a replacement to Dr. Christian Schneider, and that Gert-Jan Renardel de Lavalette has been hired as Chief Operating Officer.
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BIOMEDICA
[LIFE-SCI: Liège, January 23]
Biomedica has become a ‘must attend’ conference in Europe. The third edition will take place in Liège Belgium at the Palais de Congrès on April 1 and 2. More than 20 nations and 1200 representatives from companies and research institutes...[more]
AZM OPEN DAY
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, January 23]
On Saturday, January 23 the AZM University Hospital in Maastricht will hold an open day from 10:00 to 16:00, in the hall at level 4. This will allow those interested to get a wide range of information on the hospital and what...[more]
EURO IMAGING AT MAASTRICHT
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, January 21]
The faculty of psychology and neurosciences at the University of Maastricht has received a EUR 3m subsidy from Europe to set up a Neurophysics training network. The subsidy will assist in training 12 PhDs and two post-docs...[more]
FRED BOLLEN LEAVES LIOF
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, January 19]
Fred Bollen, the senior project director for life sciences at LIOF, is leaving the development company as of March 1, 2009. Dr Bollen decided some time ago that he wanted to work independently and offer his expertise and services...[more]
BRAIN JOINS DSM ON ENZYMES
[LIFE-SCI: Heerlen, January 16]
BRAIN AG and DSM are to join forces in the fields of enzyme systems and strain development for the fermentative production of specialty chemicals.
Thanks to DSM’s experience in producing and marketing specialty chemicals...[more]
EUR 3.6M FOR RWTH
[LIFE-SCI: Aachen, January 16]
Aachen’s RWTH University has received funding for three projects in the PreSeed North-Rhine Westphalian transfer project. The project’s concerns are ‘smartCUT’, which is concerned with the implementation of sensor-integrated instrumentation...[more]
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FUSION COMPUTER
[SCI-TECH: Jülich/ Sunnyvale CA/Yokneam Israel, January 29]
Mellanox® Technologies, Ltd, a leading supplier of end-to-end connectivity solutions for data center servers and storage, today announced that its ConnectX® 40Gb/s InfiniBand adapters, 40Gb/s InfiniBand...[more]
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DESTINATIONS DELVAUX - TRAVELS
[LEI: Liège, January 30]
The “Travels” exhibition brings up the 20th century visual arts by means of the collections of 3 Liège museums: the Museum for modern and contemporary Art, the Museum for Walloon Art and the Print Room and Drawing Collections. Discover...[more]
STARS AT CADOGAN HALL
[LEI: London, January 30]
The Maastrichter Ster and Melinda Hughes will be giving a concert on Sunday, March 8, from 2:30pm - 4:30pm Cadogan Hall, Terrace in London. The Ster (star) is one of the biggest and most famous male-voice choirs in the Netherlands and...[more]
ORCHID SHOW
[LEI: Aachen, January 27]
From January 30 through February 1 there will be an International Orchid Show in Soers in Aachen. These will be rare orchids from all over the world at the City Gardens in Aachen Soers (Krefelder Str. 295). The motto of the show will...[more]
ARCHEOLOGY ROUTE
[LEI: Bilzen/Lanaken/Riemst, January 26]
The Limburg municipalities of Bilzen, Lanaken and Riemst are planning an archeological route. These towns want to have their history in the iron and bronze ages, and in the Roman period, better known. The route will also...[more]
MISS AND MR EUREGIO?
[LEI: Aachen, January 25]
The Euregio Wirtschaftsschau, a fair and exhibition in Aachen, is holding the ninth Miss and Mr Euregio competition between March 6 and 15. Last year 80 men and women above the age of 16 registered and, after presenting themselves in...[more]
AACHEN’S SEPTEMBER SPECIAL
[LEI: Aachen, January 22]
Between September 25 and October 4, 2009 Aachen will be holding a ten-day special live entertainment program for the third time in the heart of the old city. The festival is being held later this year so that it doesn’t conflict with...[more]
LIEGE UNIVERSITY THEATER
[LEI: Liège, January 22]
On Thursday, February 3 at the cafeteria of the University Theater in Liège, Quai Roosevelt 1b, the 26th international drama program will be presented, which will run from February 16 to 22. The program will include participation from...[more]
JOHN FLOORE GOES TO BANGKOK
[LEI: Maastricht, January 16]
John Floore has departed as the director of the Limburg Symphony Orchestra. He has been here for 12 years and has achieved a very great deal, and put the orchestra on the map, by organizing special events, developing relationships...[more]
CARNIVAL WINE
[LEI: Maastricht, January 16]
The first wine for 2009 is for sale. This is the Maastricht carnival wine, The ‘Tempeleers Vastelaovend Cuvée’. A young wine made with a range of grapes from the South of France: grenache, cinsault and carignan supplemented by cabernet...[more]
LUC BOY AT GLONS
[LEI: Glons, January 16]
There will be an exhibition of the work of Luc Boy at the cultural center in Glons on February 7 and 8, with an introduction on February 6, at 19:30 at the Cultural Center at Glons, rue St Pierre, 8.Check the website for further information ...[more]
THE WITCHES’ SABBATH
[LEI: Haccourt, January 16]
There will be the famous celebration of the Witches’ Sabbath at the Salle La Renommée, Rue des Tavernes, Haccourt, and there will be an ‘ascent to the throne’ and processions with people in witch’s costumes on Saturday, January 31....[more]
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