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ONE-LINERS+
[EDIT: Eijsden, February 27]
The EU Committee of the Regions is to hold a summit on March 5 through 6 in Prague.There will be Walloon Competitive Cluster Assessment Seminar March 2 & 3 at Liège Business School (HEC). Heusden-Zolder’s P&V Electrotechniek ...[more]
CAPITALS OF CULTURE
[EDIT: Liège, February 22]
The referendum, which was held on the option of Liège as a candidate for Europe’s cultural capital in 2015, was not successful because it did not achieve the quorum of 19,000 necessary to hold a valid vote. This means that Mons...[more]
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EASY EXPORTING FOR SMES
[BIZ: Liège, February 28]
Bruno Bernard and Laetitia Vignaud have produced a short (124pp), practical and readable handbook on exporting for small businesses. It is full of practical advice,e.g.: on watching your alcohol intake when doing business in Eastern...[more]
ANTIQUARIAN OF THE YEAR
[BIZ: Maastricht, February 26]
The Maastricht antiquarian, Ton Stille — who has his shop at Rechtstraat 85, in Maastricht — has been selected by the magazine Boekenpost as its first ‘Antiquarian of the Year’. Boekenpost is a bi-monthly magazine for those interested...[more]
MOSA EXPANDS
[BIZ: Maastricht, February 25]
Royal Mosa the tile-makers have seen strong growth in turnover and profits over the past 10 years. Almost 8 million m² of tiles find their way annually to 30 countries on 4 continents from the factories in Maastricht. Now the company...[more]
CAMPUS EUREGIO
[BIZ/EDU: Koslar, February 24]
Initiatives for new training positions are ongoing in Germany and this is promoted by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research and the European Union. There will now be a job starter project called Campus Euregio, which...[more]
FORD GENK GETS EUR 60M
[BIZ: Genk, February 24]
Ford is going to invest EUR 51m in its plant in Genk (Belgium) and the Flemish government is putting EUR 7.2m, this was announced by Kris Peeters, the Flemish prime minister, on VRT Radio after a meeting between the Flemish government...[more]
RWE INDEPENDENCE
[BIZ/INFRA: Essen, February 24]
RWE is reorganizing its ultra-high voltage network into an “Independent Transmission Operator (ITO)” and thus taking the early initiative to address one of the key points of the Third European Energy Package currently being discussed...[more]
NUON GOES WITH VATTENFALL
[BIZ: Amsterdam, February 23]
Dutch Nuon and Swedish Vattenfall have announced they will join forces to form a leading European energy company. The combination will boost the transition towards a climate neutral operation by 2050 through joint investment programmes....[more]
ELECTRIC POWER LINKS
[BIZ/INFRA: Brussels, February 20]
Elia is the Belgian transmission system operator, transmitting electricity from producers to distribution system operators and major industrial users and being responsible for importing and exporting electrical energy to and...[more]
FORD: AACHEN & COLOGNE
[BIZ: Eupen, February 20]
The Ford Company in Cologne and the Ford Research Center in Aachen are said not to be threatened by the current state of the world economy and that of the automotive industry in particular. This was apparently made clear to the premier...[more]
WATERMILL POWER
[BIZ/INFRA: Valkenburg, February 20]
The municipality of Valkenburg is going to reactivate the old watermill on the Geul River to generate electricity. A test revealed that three of the five watermills in Valkenburg are able to produce green power. The starting...[more]
ESSENT SIGNS WITH RWE
[BIZ/INFRA: Essen, February 20]
RWE AG and Essent N.V., the Arnhem-based leading Dutch utility, highly active in Limburg, have reached another milestone on their way to completing the companies’ proposed partnership. Following positive advice from the Essent...[more]
STAR APIC IN BELFAST
[BIZ: Liège, February 20]
Mercator Suite 7, the new version of Star Apic’s cartographic production software, will be shown for the first time to the general public on the Star Apic stand at the IMTA (EAME) Trade Show & Conference in Belfast (Northern Ireland)...[more]
THE 50+ FAIR: PAPI’ON
[BIZ/LEI: Liège, February 19]
The Papi’on 50+ fair has been held now for 13 years. It offers a lot of different things, commercial organizations, innovative approaches to the senior market, with 140 exhibitors. Check the website below for further details. The ...[more]
NEW ERP FOR AZM
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, February 19]
Magma IT Solutions has completed an integrated information system and enterprise resource system (ERP) for Maastricht University Hospital (AZM). The hospital completed the first phase of the project at the beginning of...[more]
BELGO-GERMAN MASTERCLASS
[BIZ/EDU: Maastricht, February 19]
Vojislav Miljanovic (KAM3) and Werner Couck (Mediastra) were put forward as German and Belgian experts to present a Master Class on Euroregional business in Meuse-Rhine at a conference in the Maastricht Center for Entrepreneurship...[more]
LIEGE GIS FOR SCHAERBEEK
[BIZ: Liège, February 18]
Following a competitive tendering process STAR-APIC has been selected to provide GIS technology by the Commune of Schaerbeek, a community near Brussels of more than 100,000 inhabitants. Schaerbeek wanted to implement a complete new...[more]
DSM RECORD YEAR/Q4 DOWN
[BIZ: Heerlen, February 18]
- Full year operating profit up 10% to EUR 903 million; Q4 down 35% to EUR 123M
- Continuing strong performance from Life Sciences businesses and DSM Dyneema in Q4
- Most Materials Sciences businesses severely impacted by downturn...[more]
BIG BUSINESS GOES WALLOON
[BIZ: Liège, February 18]
Large companies are interested in the Walloon country. Both Google and Microsoft are setting up there, and there is also interest from the pharmaceutical industry. Wyeth, recently taken over by Pfizer, is going to set up a new building,...[more]
POWER TRANSMISSION
[BIZ/INFRA: Brussels, February 18]
Coreso, the first regional technical coordination center, to be shared by several TSO’s (transmission system operators), started its activities on February 16 and was officially inaugurated today Wednesday February 18 by Dominique...[more]
KAISERPLATZ GO-AHEAD
[BIZ: Aachen, February 18]
The city council in Aachen decided by a large majority to go ahead with the redevelopment of the Kaiserplatz Galerie shopping area in the city center. This represents and investment of EUR 228m for an area of 17,000m2 that has to be...[more]
BOOKS, PRINTS &…
[BIZ/LEI: Maastricht, February 18]
The Maastricht Antiquarian Book and Print (MABP) fair will be held in the heart of Maastricht from March 19 through 21 in 2009. The fair is to be held in the XIV14th century Church of Saint Jan; and, as the fair coincides with...[more]
EVS UK IS MOVING
[BIZ: Liège, February 17]
EVS, the leader in instant tape-less technology for live and near-live productions, is moving its customer support office in the UK to a new location. The relocation will allow EVS to improve its service level and bring it closer to...[more]
JUPILER SUMMER BEER
[BIZ: Liège, February 17]
The AB InBev brewers are going to promote their Jupiler beer in festivals. These will be the festivals at Werchter, Graspop, Dour and Lokeren, where they will move from Stella Artois to Jupiler. Frederic Landtmeters, the marketing director...[more]
NRW AUTOMOTIVE CLUSTER
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Aachen, February 17]
Eight hundred automotive suppliers in North-Rhine Westphalia are going to look at new prospects in the business for the next three years by developing a national network of science and business. This activity, supported by...[more]
SABIC IN GENK
[BIZ: Genk, February 16]
The Saudi Comany Sabic has laid the foundation stone for a new plant in Genk. Sabic or Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, is a world-leading manufacturer of chemicals, fertilizers, metals and plastics. Actually construction, in ...[more]
TELEVESDRE AT 20
[BIZ/LEI: Verviers, February 16]
On Friday, February 13 the Verviers television station Télévesdre broadcast from the casino at Spa to mark its 20th anniversary. Survival has been possible because of help from the Province of Liège and the municipalities in...[more]
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LIMBURG PARTNERS ANTWERP
[LOG/GOV: Hasselt, February 20]
An agreement has been signed in Hasselt between the Province of Limburg (B) and the Port of Antwerp. The Limburg Logistics Platform and the Port of Antwerp are going to develop an extended Antwerp-Limburg gateway. This cooperation...[more]
WATERWAYS
[LOG: Liège, February 17]
There are a number of major issues in waterway logistics and one of them is the maintenance backlog in the Walloon country. The Walloon minister of port infrastructure has now come up with a solution enabling dredging to take place....[more]
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UWC EUR 22M
[EDU: Maastricht, February 27]
The current plan for a United World College (UWC) in Maastricht, to be built behind the MVV football stadium, adjacent to the A2 highway entrance to the city, is budgeting for a EUR 22m investment and scheduled to open in August...[more]
MAASTRICHT DEBATES
[EDU: Maastricht, February 24]
On Wednesday March 11, 8.00 PM, a public debate will take place in the light of the European elections 2009.The EU and Democracy: internal and external challenges. How the EU is coping with democracy both internally and externally....[more]
LIMBURG ACROSS BORDERS...
[GOV: Maastricht, February 20]
The Limburg provincial government has responded with great satisfaction at the motion put by Messrs Schinkelshoek (CDA), Heijnen (PvdA), and Van Beek (VVD), who submitted a motion for the national government to work actively with...[more]
EUR 19M FOR MALMEDY
[GOV: Malmédy, February 20]
Malmédy is planning a record investment of EUR 11m in the current year. In recent years, investment volumes were around EUR 4m. The majority, with mayor André Denis, has presented a new plan, and in this plan the investments will...[more]
JANE GOODALL IN LIEGE
[EDU; Liège, February 20]
The celebrated British primatologist, Dame Jane Goodall, will be giving a lecture at the University of Liège on Monday, March 2 at 19:30, in the Salle académique, place du 20-Août 7, in Liège. This is part of Liège’s Darwin year (see...[more]
AACHEN GARDEN SHOW
[GOV: Aachen, February 18]
The Aachen city council has decided to be a candidate for the International Garden Show (IGA) in 2017. The show will be decentralized and cover an area of 118 hectares. The area next to the RWTH Melaten Campus and the Westbahnhof has...[more]
AACHEN SUPPORTS MAASTRICHT
[GOV: Aachen, February 18]
The Aachen city council has decided to support Maastricht in its efforts to become Europe’s cultural capital in 2018. The city of Aachen expects sustained positive effects for culture, education and a whole range of other things as...[more]
CODART CONFERENCE
[EDU/LEI: Maastricht/Aachen, February 18]
The Bonnefanten Museum and Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, in Maastricht and Aachen respectively, are going to host an international cross-border meeting of 140 Dutch and Flemish art experts from March 15 through 17, during...[more]
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MRI SCANNER FOR MAASTRICHT U
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, February 20]
The University of Maastricht is acquiring a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner for EUR 36m. This scanner will be used initially for neurological examinations and in the near future it will be assigned to a special building....[more]
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SUMKAY AT BOOK FAIR
[LEI: Liège, February 27]
The Liège photographer Sumkay is exhibiting at the Book Fair in Brussels. Check the website for examples of his work and details of the exhibition.
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LA TRAVIATA IN LIEGE
[LEI: Liège, February 25]
La Traviata an Opera in three acts, with Music by Giuseppe VERDI and the Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave (after the play by Alexandre Dumas the Younger, La Dame aux camellias) will start at the Royal Walloon Opera on March 12 (Check...[more]
OLD MUSIC
[LEI: Alden Biesen, February 24]
On June 28, 2009 there will be a festival of old music, the Basilica Festival of Flanders Music at Alden Biesen, and the focus will be on Dutch-language songs — ‘Dat vlakke land’ (The flat country). Check the program for details.[HR...[more]
INDUSTRION→ DISCOVERY CENTER
[LEI: Kerkrade, February 24]
The Industrion is going to close on Sunday, March 1, which will be its last day. In June, at the same location, a new experience will be opened to the public: the Discovery Center.
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MICHIEL BORSTLAP
[LEI: Maastricht, February 24]
There will be a dinner evening with the Michiel Borstlap trio at the Golden Tulip Apple Park Hotel in Maastricht, entitled: A tribute to Steffie. This will take place on Saturday, March 21 from 18:00 at the Golden Tulip Apple Park....[more]
MUSEUM OF WALLOON LIFE
[LEI: Liège, February 20]
After four years of work the museum of Walloon life is open to the public again. This is one more step in a whole series that it has undergone since the 18th century. The museum enables you to look at life in the Walloon country in...[more]
FESTIVAL OF ENGRAVINGS
[LEI: Liège, February 20]
There will be an International Engraving Biennial event at Liège showing engraving as it is practiced in many European countries today. It will be held during the Engravings Festival from February 20 through March 5 in museums and other...[more]
JACQUES DONNAY
[LEI: Dalhem, February 20]
In the Châteaux at Dahlem there will be an exhibition of the work of Jacques Donnay (which you can see at the link below) from April 11–19, rue Henri Francotte 11, every day from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 14:00 to 18:00.Mr Donnay ...[more]
CULTURE FROM BASSENGE
[LEI: Bassenge, February 19]
There is new information on the Bassenge website which will keep you up-to-date on cultural developments in this French-speaking area, neighboring Maastricht. Look at the online magazine, Le Canard sur le Geer, at the website....[more]
FREE LIMBURG MUSEUMS
[LEI: Tongres, February 19]
From May 20 through the end of August all Limburgers will be able to go to the Gallo-Roman Museum in Tongres and the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht free of charge. Both have got something to celebrate this year. The upgraded and...[more]
JACOB BACKER
[LEI: Aachen, February 19]
On March 12 there will be an exhibition of the great virtuoso Jacob Backer (1608/09-1651), with 42 paintings and 8 drawings from this important Dutch artist of the 17th century. The exhibition, which is being held jointly by the Aachen...[more]
MUSIC IN THE BARN
[LEI: Fouron, February 16]
At the beginning of March concerts will resume in the Barn in Fouron. Check their website for further information. As an added inducement, there is the presence of Fouron’s splendid apple wine.[SR...[more]
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