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THE PLEASURES OF LIFE
[EDIT: Maastricht, August 30]
Life’s pleasures surely include the Preuvenemint, a four-day culinary festival on the Vrijthof Square in Maastricht. It is held annually on the last full weekend of August. This year it ran from 2009 is held from Thursday august...[more]
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MAASTRICHT CULINAIR EXPANDS
[BIZ: Maastricht, August 29]
During a busy symposium held in 2008 to mark the 25th anniversary of Maastricht Culinair, it was decided to focus on Maastricht as a gastronomic capital. A requirement for the plan would be to work on as large as scale as possible,...[more]
MANFRED DAHMEN
[BIZ/LEI: St Vith, August 28]
Manfred Dahmen, who has headed the East Belgian Tourism Agency since July 1, 1987, is going to retire on August 31.
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CROSS-BORDER EMPLOYMENT
[BIZ/GOV: Lanaken, August 28]
On Thursday, September 10 from 13:00 to 17:00 there will be Dutch-Belgian consultations at the Werkwinkel, Sooi Willemsplein 1 in Neerpelt in Belgium. Specialists from various government agencies will give advice on looking for...[more]
MACINTOSH H1
[BIZ: Maastricht, August 27]
Net profit up EUR 2m.
• Turnover Macintosh Retail Group equal (exchange rate effect excluded) in non-food retail market under high pressure (- 7.1%).
• Strong focus on gross margin, costs and working capital.
• Net debt...[more]
INBEV SELLS TENNENTS
[BIZ: Jupille, August 27]
AB InBev, which includes the brewing center at Jupille in the province of Liège, are selling their British lager together with a number of Scottish and Northern Irish assets for GBP 180,000 (EUR 205m) to the C&C Group established in...[more]
MOODY’S AA3 FOR GENERALI
[BIZ: Aachen/Cologne, August 25]
Moody’s affirms Aa3 Rating for Generali Deutschland Group – The insurers of the Generali Deutschland Group have been assigned another strong rating result. After 2007 and 2008, the renowned ration agency Moody’s Investors ...[more]
LIMBURG DEMOLISHES AND BUILDS
[BIZ/INFRA: Maastricht, August 25]
An analysis of the housing situation in the province of Limburg for 2008 showed that there was considerable housing production in that year. The expectation is, however, that this will be the case for the period 2006 through...[more]
THE FUEL OF THE FUTURE
[BIZ: Dilsen-Stokkem, August 25]
In Rotem the foundation stone was laid for TPC, the Torr Coal Production Center. Torr coal is a sort of coal that remains after heating vegetable material and it can be used by power plants, in addition to coal. From 2010 35,000...[more]
LIMBURG EXPORT AWARD
[BIZ: Maastricht, August 24]
On Wednesday, September 16 the winner of the Limburg Export Award (LEA) for 2009 will be announced. The award will be made during an L1 TV program at Hauzer Techno Coating BV in Venlo, the winner of the award for 2000. The winner...[more]
NEW CRANES AT JAGERSBORG
[BIZ: Maaseik, August 20]
ATM in Maaseik has just moved to a new site with 15,000m2 of plant at the Jagersborg business park, and they will be opening their new facility on October 4. It will be open to the public between 10:00 and 17:00. They have increased...[more]
QUALITY PROGRAM
[BIZ: Cologne, August 20]
There is to be a tourist quality offensive in Germany. Service quality in Germany and North-Rhine Westphalia has been very successful. In the meantime, there are 30 new quality-companies that are optimizing their processes and we shall...[more]
MEDIACITY ALMOST READY
[BIZ: Liège, August 20]
The MediaCity shopping center in Liège, which opens on October 21, has already filled its ground floor locations. The names of 148 stores are already known. New for Belgium is the Italian fashion chain Motivi, Saturn (the mother of the...[more]
CELEBRATING THE BEST INTERIORS
[BIZ: Maastricht, August 19]
From November 27 through 29, in Maastricht there will be the second edition of The Great Indoors, a biennial international design event in the area of interior design. In addition to a workshop and program of lectures on interior...[more]
ZUIDERLICHT GETS RED DOT
[BIZ: Maastricht, August 18]
The Zuiderlicht design bureau in Maastricht has won two Red Dot design awards for their house-style for the theatre in the Vrijthof in Maastricht and the logo for the Open University. The winners in the competition, of which there...[more]
ELECTRO-GALVANIZING RESTART
[BIZ: Liège/Marchin, August 17]
As expected, the steel company ArcelorMittal has re-launched its HP4 electro-galvanizing line at Marchin (Toleries Delloye-Mathieu). HP3 should follow. This is the result of new orders. On the union side, the hope is that this...[more]
TORO: INBEV’S SUCCESS
[BIZ: Jupille, August 17]
Things are going better at the Inbev brewery, this was revealed by the figures from the second quarter. It’s not just sales that increased, but synergies and economies have also had their effect. The Jupille site has seen sales increase...[more]
INNER CIRCLES
[BIZ: Liège, August 17]
The ‘Cercle de Wallonie’ business club is opening its second branch in Liège, in January at in the Chateau of Val Saint Lambert. Its activities will then be distributed between two locations. The ‘Cercle’ has been present in Namur since...[more]
A LIONS MAMA ALICE AUCTION
[BIZ: Heerlen, August 17]
On September 19, during an art gala on the theme of the cow, held by the Mama Alice Foundation, which supports the interests of children in Peru, 31 works of art by Limburg artists will be presented for sale. They are valued between...[more]
CELESIO NO 2 IN FLANDERS
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Brussels, August 16]
Celesio, a leading German pharmaceuticals group, has acquired the Flemish wholesaler Laboratoria Flandria. This makes Celesio the second biggest pharmaceutical wholesaler in Flanders. Celesio, a leading international company...[more]
LIEGE WATER
[BIZ/INFRA: Liège, August 16]
Cile, the Liège regional water company, has set up a vast site destined to double the intake of the waters of the Néblon. The work will take five years and will cover 55km of intake. Investment will be EUR 5.5m and will include...[more]
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JEROEN LEJEUNE IN CROSSRAIL
[LOG/BIZ: Brussels, August 26]
The Australian investment company Babcock & Brown, which has being doing very badly over the last year and has extensive holdings in Europe’s logistical infrastructure, has sold its 68% share in the Swiss Belgian rail company Crossrail...[more]
DIRECT RAIL LINK BORN NEDCAR
[LOG: Born, August 25]
The Province of Limburg and the municipality of Sittard-Geleen are going to support a direct rail link between the port at Born and the Holtem North business park and NedCar. The new rail link will make train and truck transport between...[more]
CARGO FOR BELGIAN RAIL
[LOG: Brussels, August 21]
The amount of cargo processed by Belgium rail has risen in previous months but is still a little behind the usual levels compared with last year. Wilfried Moons, the director general of inter-modal transport for Inter Ferry Boats,...[more]
AVANTIS’ RAIL FUTURE
[LOG: Avantis, August 19]
The German Federal Minister of Transport Wolfgang Tiefensee and the Federal Minister of Health Ulla Schmidt came to take a first-hand look at the cross-border European science and business park, Avantis, in particular, at its logistical...[more]
FIBER OPTIC PLAN DROPPED
[INFRA: Maastricht, August 17]
The Province of Limburg is taking another look at the plan to invest between EUR 80m and EUR 100m in a fiber optic network, according to an interview in Het Financieele Dagblad.
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CUTTING CABOTAGE
[LOG: Brussels, August 16]
Cabotage is the transfer of goods and passengers between two points in the same country. Originally starting with shippng, cabotage can now cover aviation, railways, and road transport. Cabotage is trade or navigation in coastal waters...[more]
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MARGRATEN REQUIEM
[GOV/LEI: Margraten, August 28]
A total of 8301 American soldiers – many of them young – lie buried beneath the white gravestones of the only American cemetery in the Netherlands, in the southern Limburg town of Margraten. Those buried here gave their lives...[more]
TRIATHLON
[GOV: Sittard-Geleen, August 23]
At the end of 2007 the Province of Limburg supported the set up of a trading center for the Triathlon Association in Sittard-Geleen, awarding a subsidy of EUR 22,000. This spring the center was certified as a national training...[more]
LEADERSHIP AT MAASTRICHT U
[EDU: Maastricht, August 21]
Maastricht’s university is opening the 2009/10 academic year at the theater on the Vrijthof, and the theme of the opening ceremony will be new leadership. In today’s rapidly changing world, there is an increasing need for new leadership...[more]
EUR 50,000 FOR ST PANCRATIUS
[GOV: Heerlen, August 18]
The board of the Church of St Pancratius in Heerlen is to receive a subsidy of EUR 53,154.20 for the restoration of the ceiling paintings of Charles Eyck. The paintings are in the church and the crypt as is the leaded glass. The Dutch...[more]
LIGHTING IN LIEGE
[GOV: Liège, August 16]
The City of Liège has won the special jury prize in the urbanism competition – the Prix Urbanisme. Those behind the designs were the designer Isabelle Corten and the architect Jean-Pierre Majot. You can see more at the website.
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CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, August 25]
The Province of Limburg is providing a EUR 1m to the Maastricht UMC+ (cooperative authority between the university and the university hospital) for the development of a center of excellence in cardiology. The project will strengthen...[more]
EUROBIO LILLE
[LIFE-SCI: Lille, August 25]
EuroBio Liège is a life sciences fair, to be held in Lille on September 23 through 25. You can see the details at:
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AACHEN MEDICAL CLUSTER
[LIFE-SCI: Aachen, August 21]
A range of activities is ongoing within the Aachen medical cluster. One recent development was the award to Erika Gromnica-Ihle of the Dr Franziskus-Blondel Medal for 2009. Dr Gromnica-Ihle was head of the rheumatology clinic in...[more]
CELLULAR THERAPY PLATFORM
[LIFE-SCI: Liège, August 17]
The project to create a GMP production platform in the Walloon country for clinical trials and the commercial production of cellular therapy products has received agreement in principle from the Walloon government. This platform,...[more]
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THE WORLD OF PLANTS
[SCI-TECH/LEI: Liège, August 28]
The University of Liège and the non-profit organization for botany (EBULg) are going to set up a partnership with the City of Liège and the School of Horticulture to make more use of the city’s botanical gardens, to wit: the...[more]
BATTERIES FOR FUTURE CARS
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, August 19]
An organization called the Der Kompetenzverbund Nord has now officially started its program, the target of which is to develop batteries that will be able to power hybrid and electric cars in the future. In the context of the funding...[more]
ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY SOLVENTS
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, August 17]
The German Federal Foundation for the Environment, which is a cooperative partnership between Jülich’s Institute for Solid State Research and the Bernd Schwegmann company, is developing new forms of solvents, which can be used for...[more]
HIGH-PERFORMANCE CERAMICS
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, August 17]
On the high-performance ceramics front, the research team from three organizations, working with Aachen’s RWTH University and the Research Center, have developed a new generation of transparent, high-performance ceramics. The North-Rhine...[more]
SUPERCOMPUTING
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, August 17]
On the supercomputing front, the accolade of the ‘John von Neumann Excellence Project 2009’ was awarded, which includes an allocation of time on the Jülich computer. The Zoltan Fodor project from the University of Wuppertal and...[more]
NEWS FROM JUELICH
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, August 17]
Jülich reports on a number of research issues including the Neumann Excellence Supercomputing project, high-performance ceramics, 100 Years of Charting the Brain, atmospheric research, and finally a Day for the Curious in 2009....[more]
CLIMATE & PHYTOPLANKTON
[SCI-TECH: Liège, August 16]
For several decades, researchers at the University of Liège have been measuring different parameters of the waters of the Mediterranean. This long series of measurements carried out in a relatively pollution-free zone of the Mediterranean...[more]
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PAUL JASPAR, ARCHITECT
[LEI: Liège, August 28]
From September 5 to October 25 in the Grand Curtius Museum in Liège there will be an exhibition of Paul Jaspar, an architect from 1859-1945, ‘Inheritance & Modernity’. This is part of the Autumn in Liège festival.
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CULTURA NOVA IN AACHEN
[LEI: Aachen, August 28]
On September 4 and 5 at around 20:30, the Theater Tuig on the Lousberg in Aachen will be presenting the German premier of the open air production ‘Schraapzucht’ within the context of the cross-border Heerlen-based Cultura Nova festival,...[more]
VUELTA 2009
[LIE: Liège, August 28]
The cycle race to Spain, of which the fourth stage from Venlo to Liège will take place on September 1, is expected to arouse a lot of interest.
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JACQUES DONNAY
[LEI: Spa, August 26]
Jacques Donnay will be exhibiting his recent work from September 4 to 20 in the Grande Salle des Spectacles du Centre Culturel in Spa. His colors and familiar settings like chateaux and drinkers of Pékét will bewitch the eyes of the beholder....[more]
DSM VESTEDA CONCERTS
[LEI: Maastricht, August 25]
Tuesday September 1 a special artist will perform in a special location. Holland’s best known jazz pianist Michiel Borstlap has an impressive track record as pianist, composer and writer. He won important prizes and nominations (e.g....[more]
CYCLING
[LEI: Parkstad, August 24]
On National Cycling Day, September 6, a number of special routes will be arranged. Parkstad offers the Nuth-Schninnen route, the Valkenburg-Voerendaal route, and the Onderbanken-Brunssem, route, the Kerkrade-Heerlen route, and the...[more]
PAINT, DRAW AND RELAX
[LEI: Aachen, August 24]
The German-French cultural institute in Aachen is offering a cultural trip from September 12 to 19 in the form of a journey in the Pyrenees, where the landscape and cultural history are conducive to good health. In addition to opportunities...[more]
CULTURA NOVA
[LEI: Heerlen, August 21]
During the Cultura Nova festival, the House of the Arts in Limburg, cooperating with four choreographers, will present dance performances at unusual places in downtown Heerlen. These places will include a cycle storage cellar, a shop...[more]
LIEGE THE COMIC STRIP
[LEI: Liège, August 20]
There is to be an exhibition of Liège comic strips, including ‘Neige poudreuse à Liège’, ‘Kin la belle’, ‘Maigret et la danseuse du Gai-Moulin’, ‘Tchantchès’, ‘Affaires occultes’, ‘Hold-up symphonique’, among others. There will also be...[more]
SCOTTISH WEEKEND
[LEI: Alden Biesen, August 17]
On September 11 through 13 there will be the 24th edition of the Scottish Weekend, with participants from Scotland, England, Sweden, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium. There will be folk music, pipe...[more]
DAVIS CUP
[LEI: Maastricht, August 17]
There is to be a Davis Cup series of tennis matches between the Netherlands and France on September 18 through 20 at the MECC Maastricht (Stadium Capacity: 4000)Day 1: 1300 hrs (1100 hrs GMT)
Day 2: 1500 hrs (1300 hrs GMT)
Day...[more]
NATURE PARK IN DURBUY
[LEI: Durbuy, August 16]
Durbuy Adventure in the Ardennes is opening a game park next year with wild boar, deer, beavers, kangaroos, donkeys, and lots of other interesting animals. It is an investment of EUR 1m and the company is looking for one extra investor....[more]
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