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IT’S ALL A MATTER OF FEELING
[EDIT: Maastricht, March 15]
The TEFAF art fair set the intellectual tone for the week at its “Business Meeting”. A link between business ethics and esthetics -interpreted as ‘feeling’- was the topic of the Robert Nortman Lecture, given by Professor Danica Purg...[more]
NEW VOICE AT THE IHK
[EDIT: Aachen, March 10]
Bert Wirtz gave the annual presidential address for the Aachen Chamber at the Euro press at Aachen for the first time this March, having taken over the president’s job on June 16 of the previous year. He pointed out that 2008 was ...[more]
CHELSEA PENSIONERS STAND UP FOR MAASTRICHT
[EDIT: London, March 8]
In their great hall, the walls of which are covered with oak panels listing battle honors going back for centuries, the Chelsea Pensioners, resplendent in their red dress uniform, stood up for the Maastricht Anthem. This was the start...[more]
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TEFAF OVERVIEW
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 15]
TEFAF Maastricht is unique. The world’s best dealers bring their finest pieces to this most influential of art and antiques fairs and this attracts collectors and museum curators from around the globe who cannot risk staying away....[more]
WINDMILLS FOR FORD
[BIZ/INFRA: Genk, March 13]
The Electrabel Power Company is building two 4 MW wind turbines at Ford Genk. This is what 2,000 families use on an annual basis and represents an investment od EUR 7 m and between 4-5% of Ford’s power consumption. It is the first...[more]
FIRST TEFAF SALES
BIZ: Maastricht, March 13]
Major sales on the first day of the TEFAF included Portrait of a Young Man by Peter Paul Rubens which was bought for a price under EUR 5 million from Bernheimer-Colnaghi Fine Old Masters of Munich and London by a private collector....[more]
EUR 25M VAN GOGH.
[BIZ/LEI: Maastricht, March 12]
One of the top exhibits at the international art and antiques fair, the TEFAF in Maastricht, will again be this year a painting by Van Gogh. He painted the park of the St Paul Hospital in 1889 during his stay in this psychiatric...[more]
LRM INVESTS IN PRATO
[BIZ: Genk, March 11]
The Limburg (B) development company, LRM, has taken a 30% stake in the Genk IT specialist Prato. The company develops IT systems and software products for flexible applications and is also going to look into other areas. The company was...[more]
LIEGE BUSINESS MEETS
[BIZ: Liège, March 11]
The Liège economic development agency, SPI+, is organizing a special day for business-to-business meetings, restricted to the province and to suppliers of services to SPI+ and to public authorities, at La Fabrik in Herstal on Thursday,...[more]
START-UP CENTER
[BIZ/GOV: Aachen, March 10]
Two years after the completion of the Start-up Center NRW in the Aachen region, the Chamber of Commerce and the Trades Chamber have looked at the results and have decided that it is an attractive and effective instrument for economic...[more]
NEW CHOCOLATE FACTORY
[BIZ: Übach-Palenberg, March 10]
A new chocolate factory is being built in Übach-Palenberg. It will be completed within a year and will represent an investment of EUR 30m and a new production facility. It will produce chocolate for supermarkets. The region hopes...[more]
DE WEIJERHORST INVESTS IN KRIYA
[BIZ: Geleen, March 10]
Stichting de Weijerhorst has acquired a minority stake in Kriya Materials B.V. in Geleen. Kriya Materials started its activities two years ago and is based at the Chemelot Campus in Geleen. The company develops and produces high-end coating...[more]
MIKROS IMAGE IN LIEGE
[BIZ: Liège, March 10]
Mikros Image is a post-production company at the forefront of the special effects industry, committed to bringing together artistic creativity, state-of-the-art technology and efficient organization. It has now set up in Belgium at the...[more]
MEUSE-RHINE PURCHASING
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 10]
There is to be a conference of the purchasing and logistics associations VIB, BME and NEVI on Monday March 23 from 17:00 at the University of Maastricht. For information contact Lieven Quintens: tel 043 388 3778.
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FSI HEDGING SOFTWARE
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 10]
FS Innovators BV has launched a new product called FSI Hedging SoftwareTM. The company has offices in Maastricht and Champaign, Illinois. It develops new risk management products and methods in the areas of energy and raw materials....[more]
GREEN POLYMERS…
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Heerlen/Lestrem, March 9]
DSM and the French starch and starch-derivatives company ROQUETTE confirmed during the international Life Sciences Forum, BioVision, that its bio-based succinic acid demonstration plant in Lestrem (France) will be operational...[more]
BEST BELGIAN WINE
[BIZ: Vliermaal, March 9]
The Flemish Association of Sommeliers has decided that Belgium’s best wine this year is from Vliermaal in the province of Limburg. The Schorpion swart brut was tested by an international jury last October and declared the best Belgian...[more]
MALMEDY BUSINESS PARK
[BIZ/INFRA: Malmédy, March 9]
Malmédy industrial area is going to be transformed into a mixed area. This allows various forms of trading to be carried on. There has already been a public investigation of the project.
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ROCKET PARTS FROM LIEGE
[BIZ: Liège, March 9]
Techspace Aero (Safran Group) has signed a contract, to be completed over the next 5 years, for some 300 units of flight equipment for the European Ariane 5 spacecraft.Following the order placed by Arianespace at Astrium for 35 new Ariane ...[more]
DSM AND HIDDEN HUNGER
[BIZ: Heerlen, March 9]
DSM has announced a scientific breakthrough in tackling iron deficiency and malaria in partnership with the World Food Program. It has found a new way to resolve a longstanding nutrition problem – using its enzyme expertise to provide...[more]
TOP TECHNOLOGY CONT…
[BIZ/GOV: Liege, March 4]
Within the context of the ‘top technology region’, there has been an initial bilateral meeting between the Dutch Province of Limburg and the Province of Liège. There was representation from 44 Dutch businesses, which came to meet their...[more]
SEKISUI DOUBLES PVB OUTPUT
[BIZ: Geleen, March 4]
Sekisui Chemical will be adding a new line to its production plant for interlayer film raw materials resin for laminated glass on the Chemelot Industrial Park at Geleen (the Netherlands). This line will be it’s second production facility...[more]
TOP CHEESE FROM MEUSE-RHINE
[BIZ: Lyons, March 2]
At the end of January, the world’s biggest gastronomic fair was held in Lyons. This is the SIRHA, the Salon International de la Restauration, l’Hôtellerie et de l’Alimentation, with 1,100 accredited journalists in attendance. This fair...[more]
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EUPEN-OSTENDE INTERCITY
[LOG: Eupen, March 9]
Minister Wathelet is supporting the rail link between Eupen and Ostend with the proposal of the Mayor of Verviers Claude Desama for a combined tram and train connection between Welkenraedt, Verviers and Spa. In relation to the tram-train...[more]
ETHIOPIAN MAIDEN FLIGHT
[LOG: Liège, March 5]
On Thursday, March 5 the first wide body MD11 aircraft of Ethiopian Airlines made its inaugural flight to Europe, destination Liège Airport. The aircraft departed from Addis-Ababa and, after a tech-stop in Cairo, reached Liege Airport in...[more]
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ALUMNI CHAPTER IN INDIA
[EDU: Maastricht, March 12]
On April 4, 2009 the Maastricht School of Management (MSM), with its chapter representative Ms Priyanka Jayashankar, will organize the first alumni gathering of the Maastricht School of Management in New Delhi in India. During this...[more]
MICRO-REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
[EDU: Geelen/Heerlen, March 11]
Chemtrix and Zuyd University in Heerlen will jointly be setting up the first bachelor’s
program in the field of microreactor technology in the Netherlands. Their work will be supported by DSM Pharmaceutical Products, Chemtrix’...[more]
LUXEMBOURG-LIMBURG
[EDU/GOV: Maastricht, March 10]
A new book, Luxembourg-Limburg, published in French and Dutch, will be coming out in April. The book contains 19 exclusive contributions and a CD with music played on organs in Luxembourg and Limburg, and a series of photographs...[more]
ENGLISH-LANGUAGE KINDERGARTEN
[EDU: Aachen, March 10]
The city of Aachen wants to improve its international profile by offering English-language kindergarten groups. At the beginning of the next kindergarten year, 2009-2010, in August this group will start up in the city. Look at the website.[SR...[more]
BRITISH AMBASSADOR IN DG
[GOV: Eupen, March 10]
The British ambassador to Belgium has visited the Capaul engineering company, in Eupen, which includes Rolls Royce among its clients. The ambassador, Dr Rachel Aron, visited the government and parliament of Belgium’s German-speaking region....[more]
EPSA 2009
[GOV: Maastricht, March 10]
There is a call for applications which ends on March 20 for the European Public Sector Award for 2009. This focuses on the improvement of performance in public service delivery, citizen involvement, new forms of partnership, and leadership...[more]
‘NO’ TO WINDMILLS
[GOV/INFRA: Simpelveld/Bocholtz, March 9]
In the Dutch municipalities of Simpelveld and Bocholtz at least 800 citizens have taken a stand against new windmills in Aachen and have presented a petition against them. The plan was to extend the existing wind park...[more]
EUR 5M FOR THE EIFEL
[GOV: Bitburg-Prüm, March 9]
The German government has established a fund of EUR 625m for the Rhineland palatinate. The Eifel district of Bitburg-Prüm will receive EUR 3.1m for school and children’s projects and the Vulkan Eifel district will receive EUR 2.4m....[more]
BENELUX AND THE GOVERNORS
[GOV: Brussels, March 9]
The secretariat general for the Benelux has had a meeting with the governors of the border provinces to examine ways of solving cross-border problems in the area. The new Benelux treaty of 2008 and the joint program allows for attention...[more]
MONEY LAUNDERING
[EDU: Maastricht, March 7]
There was a master class given at the Business School at the University of Maastricht by anti money-laundering specialists from Maastricht University, Interpol, the Polish Government, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Credit Suisse Switzerland,...[more]
JOS HESSELS
[GOV; Maastricht, March 6]
Jos Hessels, a member of the second chamber of the Dutch parliament from Montfoort in Limburg, will most be taking over the position of Herman Vrehen of the Dutch province of Limburg, who has recently stepped down.
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NEW RESTAURANT
[EDU: Liège, March 6]
There is to be a new restaurant in the north of the Sart Tilman campus at Liège University. Check the website.
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OPERA SUPPORT
[GOV/LEI: Maastricht, March 5]
The province of Limburg is making the sum of EUR 102,500 available for three Euroregional opera projects. EUR 75,000 will go to cooperation between the Opera Zuid foundation, Collegium ad Mosam, Opera Studie Nederland and the Royal...[more]
CONTRASTIVE DICTIONARY
[EDU: Eupen, March 5]
A new contrastive German-Dutch dictionary has been published by Siegried Theisen (emeritus professor at the University of Liège) and Caroline Klein (assistant lecturer at the Institute for Germanic Studies at Louvain La Neuve). It is designed...[more]
EUROREGIONAL GRAPHICS PRIZE
[EDU: Aachen, March 3]
From Sunday, September 29 through Sunday, October 24, 2009 the ninth Euroregional graphics competition will be held in Brunssum by the Ilse Frankenthal Foundation and the theme is ‘Graphics +’. This includes a prize of EUR 2,500 for young...[more]
HENRI KOCH INTERNATIONAL
[EDU: Liège, March 2]
The fourth annual Henri Koch violin competition for pupils at conservatories of music in Belgium and abroad was held under the auspices of the Friends of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège, Wallonia and Brussels. It took place in the auditorium...[more]
GERMAN EMERGENCY NUMBER
[GOV: Aachen, March 2]
There is to be an emergency telephone number for the public services in Germany, 115. More information is available at the link.
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LIEGE BEST PLACE TO WORK
[EDU: Liège, March 2]
The American magazine The Scientist revealed in its March edition its seventh annual investigation of the ‘Best Places to Work’ for post docs and among the top ten was the University of Liège in 9th place. Check the results at the website....[more]
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TOXICOGENOMICS CENTER
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, March 12]
Maastricht UMC+ hospital and university are going to investigate the establishment of a European center for toxicogenomics to determine its economic feasibility. Toxicogenomics embraces the development of methods to test the...[more]
MAASTRICHT & EINDHOVEN
[HEALTH: Maastricht/Eindhoven, March 10]
The Máxima Medical Center in Eindhoven/Veldhoven and Maastricht University Hospital (AzM and the faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences) are undertaking a study on extensive cooperation and synergies for patient...[more]
DSM LOWERS PRESSURE
[BIZ: Heerlen, March 9]
DSM is pleased to announce that its unique blood pressure management ingredient, tensVida™(1) (formerly known as TensGuard™(2)), won the NutrAward for the most innovative, evidence-based health and nutrition ingredient. Selected by a...[more]
INNOVATION IN THE LIFE-SCIENCES
[LIFE-SCI: Hasselt, March 4]
Innovation will be the key in the development of the life sciences which, a key sector in Limburg. A start is being made on LifeTechLimburg@work, a new project of LifeTech Limburg, the Limburg life-sciences platform, which will be...[more]
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OLIVIER EXHIBITION
[LEI: Maastricht, March 15]
It’s not always easy to keep up with Guy Olivier’s unquiet spirit. Unorthodox observations, unexpected connections, unfinished thoughts, surreal digressions and impulsive actions seem to define his realm of ideas. Apart from being...[more]
ART IN VALKENBURG
[LEI: Valkenburg, March 14]
The cloisters of Château St Gerlach and the treasury of the church of St Gerlach are going to hold an exhibition from March 14 through 29, which will run from 11:00 to 17:00 daily. Three galleries and artists will be represented:...[more]
NEW DRIVING RANGE
[LIE: Maastricht, March 12]
A new driving range has been opened at the Maastricht International Golf Club on March 12. It is in the Dousberg area of Maastricht and is an indoor facility with red bricks and oak doors and wooden beams, using the design of the...[more]
EURIARTES FESTIVAL
[LEI/EDU: Heerlen, March 11]
The annual program of the EuriArtes Festival has been published, with all EuriArtes performances. This includes the Orpheo series, with young artists, the International Amadeo Chamber Music Festival with top musicians, and the International...[more]
UNDERGROUND PATHWAY
[LEI: Valkenburg, March 10]
From Friday, April 3 through 5 an underground church pathway in Valkenburg and Maastricht will be open to the public. Hidden chapels and churches from the time of the French revolution will be open to visitors. After the French ...[more]
THE TERRACOTTA ARMY
[LEI: Maaseik, March 10]
The Terracotta Army exhibition to which we have referred earlier has already attracted 150,000 visitors. The exhibition will run from March 16 through 31, and will be open from 10:00 to 21:00. See Issue 188.
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FILM FESTIVAL
[LEI: Aachen, March 10]
There will be a film festival in Meuse-Rhine called “Made in Europe” from March 22 through 29, which will look at Europe for the third time. Maastricht and Aachen are cooperating with the organization. See the website.[SR...[more]
IN AFGHANISTAN
[LEI: Maastricht, March 9]
There is an exhibition of the photographs by Hans Stakelbeek on the second floor of the Centre Céramique in Maastricht, from March 10 through April 2. They record the trip taken by Mr Stakelbeek in 2007 and 2008 for the Dutch ministry...[more]
GRAND CURTIUS
[LEI: Liège, March 7]
The Grand Curtius, the fabulous museum and house on the banks of the River Meuse in Liège, will be opening and the quantity and exceptional quality of its collections will reveal its greatness. The exhibition will run from Saturday, March...[more]
EUROPE’S LONGEST BIKE TRAIL
[LEI: Eupen, March 6]
In 2012 you will be able to cycle from Aachen to Prüm and then from Ulflingen to Troisvierges in Luxembourg. This will be the longest cycle trail in Europe and is being funded by the European Community on the basis of an Interreg grant...[more]
VISITING THE GARDENS
[LEI: Hasselt, March 6]
CULTour Journal has a stand at the Euregio fair from March 6 to 15 in Hall 3, Stand 37. There’s a lot of information about gardens and historic castle parks in the Hesbaye and Belgium Limburg. Various trips are available and you should...[more]
CONCERT IN THE BARN
[LEI: Fourons-le-Comte, March 5]
Anastasia Safonova (piano) and Elina Pak (viola) will be giving a concert on Sunday April 5 at 15:00 in Fourons-le-Comte, Kaisergracht 16. Telephone +32 43812367.
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BLANCS-MOUSSIS
[LEI: Stavelot, March 3]
From Saturday, March 21 through Monday, March 23 there will be the Laetare carnival in Stavelot with their ‘Blanc Moussi’. The Blanc Moussi, which means ‘clad in white’, is particularly symbolic of this traditional carnival. Its origins...[more]
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