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LIFE-SCI FOCUS
[EDIT: Eijsden, May 15]
This issue has a clear Life-science bias. There are articles on Maastricht’s proposed new Biomedical Campus, on the healthcare economy conference in Aachen and on the Skills³ conference in Liege to name but a few.
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VERB SAP
[EDIT: Eijsden, May 12]
In Eijsden, the Cramignon, the ferry that braves the waves of the Meuse between Eijsden and Lanaye, now offers new bikes on board for hire too.
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THE PASSING OF AUNT LOUISE
[EDIT: Eijsden, May 12]
Aunt Louise, better known as Louise Meens, passed away on February 3, 2009 at the age of 96. For 65 years she had tasted samples of the production of the Alfa brewery every day. The story which follows was written in 1994 and celebrates...[more]
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EUR 8M FOR HIGH-TECH VENTURES
[BIZ: Maastricht, May 15]
Dutch Minister Maria van der Hoeven of Economic Affairs has agreed to the establishment of a special venture capital fund for high-tech business in Limburg. This EUR 8m fund will be called Mosae Ventures and be administered by LIOF...[more]
Q-PARK’S NEW HOME
[BIZ: Maastricht, May 14]
Parking giant, Q-Park NV's European head office is moving to larger premises. From 25 May 2009, their new address will be at the office complex known as De Colonel, adjacent to the Central Station in Maastricht. The postal address remains...[more]
FSI BUSINESS SEMINAR
[BIZ: Maastricht, May 12]
The FS-Innovators’ new initiative: FSI BUSINESS SEMINAR SERIES has recently been announced. This series of educational seminars aims to invite experts from the Commodities, Metals, Energy and Asset Allocation disciplines to share their...[more]
QUALIBOUW FIREWOOD
[BIZ: Heusden-Zolder, May 12]
Qualibouw has just awarded an FSC certificate to Houthakker De Bever in Nieuwerkerken, Limburg. This company from the Hesbay is the first supplier of firewood to have this certificate. The company received the certificate as part...[more]
HOTELS IN MAASTRICHT
[BIZ/INFRA/GOV: Maastricht, May 12]
Plans for new hotels in Maastricht are extensive but the city is concerned to have a hotel policy for the 2009–2013 period. The principal conclusion of a study carried out for the city is that through 2020 there is not a great...[more]
AUTOMOTIVE CLUSTER
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Helmond May 10] ]
The Automotive Technology Centre, HTAS Innovation Program and EASN proudly present the International Automotive Cluster Conference. They expect to welcome 250 to 500 automotive professionals, coming from all over Europe. This...[more]
PC SOLUTIONS IS PCSOL
[BIZ: Vivegnis, May 10]
After 20 years of success, with a new name, a new logo and a new strategy, PCSOL is presenting itself anew. It’s a company that specializes in the intelligent development of information systems for business, consultancy, ready-to-use...[more]
AGIT AT 25
[BIZ/GOV: Aachen, May 8]
AGIT, the Aachen development company, celebrated its 25th anniversary at the Aachen Technology Center with more than 250 invited guests. After an introduction by Chairman of the Board Dieter Philipp, Professor Klaus Genuit gave an example...[more]
FRANK COENEN TESSENDERLO CEO
[BIZ: TESSENDERLO, May 8]
The board of directors intends to appoint Frank Coenen CEO of the Tessenderlo Group, effective January 2010. His appointment as a director on the board heralds this decision. The Tessenderlo Group is an international chemicals group ...[more]
LIEGE CATERING PRICES CUT
[BIZ: Liège, May 7]
ATE (Association des Traiteurs et Entrepreneurs de Banquets du Pays de Liège), the Liège region’s association of caterers, is pleased at an agreement in principle reached among the European ministers that proposes reducing VAT in the catering...[more]
RETAIL ESTATES: 60 STORES
[BIZ: Liège, May 5]
Retail Estates, a real estate investment trust, is expanding its property portfolio by 60 shops in the Walloon country. This real estate investment trust is taking 75% of a real estate company over and has an option on the remaining 25%....[more]
AACHEN CHAMBER EXPERTISE
[BIZ: Aachen, May 5] STARTING UP IN THE NETHERLANDS
The Aachen Chamber of Commerce is holding an informative meeting on May 26 from 14:00–17:00, which will pay particular attention to Dutch tax law. It will be targeting businesses that want to start up in...[more]
BITBURG AIRPORT PROSPECTS
[BIZ: Bitburg, May 4]
The Citizen’s Initiative Against Night Flights wants to turn the airport in Bitburg into a center for sustainable forms of energy. A proposal has been submitted which includes solar cells, wind power and bio-gas plants on the former US...[more]
INTEREST IN LIMBURG BUSINESS
[BIZ: Düsseldorf, May 2]
The German weekly Düsseldorfer Anzeiger is working on an advertising campaign with the Düsseldorf tourism office and the Dutch weekly papers group, Dagbladen Groep BV, on an advertising campaign for central Limburg. The objective is...[more]
MAASTRICHT’S CALATRAVA CAMPUS
[BIZ/INFRA: Maastricht, May 2]
Construction has started on the Calatrava campus for the University of Maastricht in the neighborhood of the university hospital. Four hundred students will live there and there will also be a sports facility and the design is...[more]
TRAVELHORIZON CALL CENTER
[BIZ: Maastricht, May 2]
The tour operator TravelHorizon is opening a call center in Maastricht with 40 new jobs. The company sells vacation travel throughout Europe on the Internet, with a focus on France, Germany, England, Belgium and the Netherlands. The...[more]
NEW SPECTRUM OUT
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Aachen, May 2]
The April issue of Spectrum, the magazine that deals with technology highlights and the R&D activities of automotive specialists, FEV Engine and Technology in Aachen, deals in this 40th issue with bought-in parts, the product life...[more]
CROSS-BORDER HEALTHCARE BIZ
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Aachen, May 2]
In order to make the Cologne region’s attractions more easily visible there will be regular economic forums to bring people up-to-date and to increase the depth of their knowledge of specific areas. After the presentations, there...[more]
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IRON RHINE DEBATE
[LOG: Weert, May 18]
Under the heading ‘No Tunnel; No Train’, the municipality of Weert is organizing a political debate on the Iron Rhine, on Monday, May 18, before the European elections. The Dutch parties CDA, PvdA, VVD, SP, D66, Left Greens and PVV will...[more]
CARGO B AT LIEGE
[LOG: Liège, May 12]
Cargo B, the Belgian all cargo carrier that started operations in October 2007, has decided to relocate its hub to Liege Airport (mid 2009) to further develop its operations as well as its new routes to/from Africa. Cargo B today operates...[more]
WATERWORKS
[INFRA: Maastricht, May 11]
On the Belgian side of the Meuse work is underway to protect Itteren, Borgharen and Meerssen, municipalities adjacent to Maastricht, from flooding. This cross-border river activity is a joint initiative of the Flemish and Dutch governments...[more]
120 JOBS AT TEC
[LOG: Liège/Verviers, May 7]
The public transport company TEC in the Liège-Verviers region has 120 positions open. On Jobdays, May 15 and 16, they will be looking for bus drivers. Currently the company employs 1,790 and operates 627 buses.
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INLAND SHIPPING LAW
[LOG/GOV: Brussels, May 6]
If the Belgian federal government implements its new legal framework for inland shipping, the business will be priced out of the market. This is the view of the inland shipping organizations: Aequitas and the Association of Belgian...[more]
EUROPEAN LOGISTICS CENTER
[LOG: Venlo, May 2]
The European Logistics Center Limburg (ELC Limburg) website has been renewed. The site contains important news on logistics in Limburg and everything can be downloaded. There is also a diary with important symposia events and meetings, and...[more]
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UM MEDICS HIGHLY RANKED
[EDU: Maastricht, May 15]
For the third year running, Maastricht University has taken part in the German Center for Higher Education Development (CHE) rankings. Its Psychology program was ranked in 2007, followed by its Economics, International Business and...[more]
EUROREGIONAL LITERARY PRIZE
[EDU/LEI: Aachen, May 12]
Young people from Meuse-Rhine judge books on their literary quality. Since 2002 there has been a literary prize for schools in the cross-border region and six books of fictional prose have been awarded prizes. Two were written in Dutch,...[more]
SELLING ESSENT TO RWE
[GOV: Maastricht, May 12]
The Province of Limburg has decided to agree to the sale of the shares of the Essent power company in its possession to the German company RWE. The executive believes that the RWE energy company is a good partner for Essent’s commercial...[more]
MSM DEAN TO STEP DOWN
[EDU: Maastricht, May 12]
Professor Ronald Tuninga is to leave his position as director/dean of the Maastricht School of Management (MSM) where he has been for the last six years. MSM has developed into an institute with an active network of students, alumni,...[more]
PROVINCE AND TOWNS TOGETHER
[GOV: Maastricht, May 10]
The Association of Limburg Municipalities (VLG) and the Province of Limburg have come to an agreement on the development of Limburg and the Euroregion and producing synergies. Unity and diversity and the strength of cooperation is the...[more]
FRANS TIMMERMANS
[GOV: Venlo, May 9]
Mr Timmermans, the Dutch Minister for European Affairs, made some interesting observations in Venlo recently about cross-border relations. He said that it mustn’t be thought that The Hague or Brussels can solve all problems. Less interference...[more]
MORE CARS ON GAS
[GOV: Maastricht, May 8]
The Province of Limburg will be employing a natural gas consultant from May 11. Hub Veders is going to approach 85 companies in the Venlo region and 125 companies in the Maastricht region to offer them free information. The companies...[more]
GERMAN POLICE
[GOV: Aachen, May 8]
The German police are changing from their green and beige uniforms to navy blue, the same as everywhere else. [It’s curious how color can play a role . The brightly colored puffed up anorak outfits worn by the British police, among others,...[more]
DG-FLANDERS 25 YEARS
[GOV: Eupen, May 7]
For over a quarter of a century, there has been a cooperative agreement between the German-speaking community in Belgium and Flanders. This was celebrated in the Flemish government’s Glass House in the neighborhood of the Rogier Center in...[more]
RENTIER AT THE HELM AGAIN
[EDU: Liège, May 6]
Bernard Rentier has been re-elected as the Rector of the University of Liège. This time, Professor Rentier will head a team of seven, and he and his policies have received two-thirds support in the election, which is very substantial. A new...[more]
AACHEN PEACE PRIZE
[GOV: Aachen, May 5]
The Aachen Peace Prize for 2009 has been awarded to a Serbian peace activist and a political touring theatre in Berlin. The Bosnian Serb prizewinner is Zdravko Marjanovic and the company is the Berliner Compagnie. The Aachen Peace Prize...[more]
THIRD TIME LUCKY AGAIN
[GOV: Eupen, May 4]
In the context of the May celebrations, the East Belgian Social Democrats and Socialists in Kelmis proposed their candidates for the various elections on June 7. At the center of the list for the community’s parliament is the leading candidate...[more]
RECIPROCAL RECOGNITION
[EDU: Maastricht, May 2]
The University of Maastricht is pleased to hear that the Netherlands and Flanders have agreed to automatically accept one another’s diplomas and degrees in higher education. The ministers of education, Plasterk for the Netherlands and...[more]
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MAASTRICHT BIOMEDICAL CAMPUS
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, May 15]
Maastricht is to have a world-class biomedical campus. In the long run, the Life & Science Campus Maastricht will be good for 2500 ftes in new employment. The official start was announced by 5 parties: Maastricht University Medical...[more]
SKILLS CUBED
[LIFE-SCI: Liège, May 12]
A meeting was held at the Château de Colonster, in the hills outside Liège, to discuss the development of the Euroregional life sciences market. The Skills3 project is a Euroregional project of cooperation among LifeTechLimburg, the...[more]
DIETARY ACRYLAMIDES
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, May 2]
Dietary intakes of acrylamide are not related to the increased risks of lung cancer, says a new study from Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Acrylamide intake, at levels commonly consumed in the Dutch diet, had no impact ...[more]
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WALTER HAELG PRIZE 2009
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, May 7]
In recognition of his coherent work towards understanding the dynamics of polymers and biological macromolecules using high-resolution neutron scattering techniques Prof. Dieter Richter, head of the institute of neutron scattering,...[more]
SOLAR ACADEMY STRENGTH
[SCI-TECH: Avantis, May 6]
The new training center for solar-panel producers at Avantis means an additional synergy for the solar cell energy on the cross-border park. The internationally oriented training center will be targeting 700 students annually. They...[more]
THE NITRATE TRAIL
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, May 5]
Jülich agricultural researchers have discovered that 74% of drinking water in Germany comes from groundwater sources and, in many areas, this drinking water is contaminated by manure. There needs to be an ongoing assessment of the quality...[more]
JUELICH: GARDENING COMPETENCE
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, May 2]
The Research Center in Jülich is a new partner in the German Gardening Competence Center (KOGA). This was confirmed by the other partners (the University of Bonn and the State of Rhineland Palatinate) at the Klein-Altendorf campus near...[more]
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MALMEDY TOURISM
[LEI: Malmedy, May 12]
A tourist guide entitled ‘Malmedy-Info 2009’ has been published. Malmedy is the capital of the eastern cantons and it’s next to the biggest nature reserve in Belgium, the Hoge Venen. There is also the nearby Formula 1 track at Francorchamps,...[more]
DISCOVER THE PAST
[LEI/EDU: Maastricht, May 12]
A documentary expedition will be on L1 TV in the fall. It will cover a group of professional archeologists and experts on the landscape, historians, anthropologists, and will look at areas of Limburg which are promising from a historical...[more]
MAASTRICHT DEBATES
[LEI: Maastricht, May 5]
In order to make each new event a really interactive, innovative and creative platform, combining the expertise of knowledgeable international guests with the views of the audience, Maastricht Debates has chosen a new venue and a new...[more]
GUIDE AMOUREUX DE LIEGE
[LEI: Liège, May 4]
Christian Libens has written a book, published by éditions Luc Pire, entitled Guide amoureux de Liège. The book is a guide for those who are in love with Liège; and, it looks at the classic Liège topics from Charlemagne to Simenon; from the...[more]
CAPPELLA SANCTI SERVATII
[LEI: Maastricht, May 2]
Cappella Sancti Servatii, the choir of the St. Servatius Basilica in Maastricht, is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year. Peter Serpenti has been the choirmaster for 45 years, and on May 15 he will be conducting the ‘Mass No 3...[more]
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