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COEN HEMKER HALL
[EDIT/EDU: Maastricht, November 30]
On December 2, Coen Hemker Hall opens. Actually, it is a lecture theatre at the medical school at Maastricht University. Surely, however, 'Hall' is more appropriate term for a scholar who not only laid the foundations of Cardiology...[more]
VINCENT GERNAY R.I.P.
[EDIT: Liège, November 17]
Vincent Gernay is no more. He died suddenly on November 15 after an internal hemorrhage. Vincent Gernay was a man known to everyone involved in business communications in Liège. He was the face of Liège Airport and closely involved...[more]
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GEPEX FOR WALLOON SEWERS
[BIZ: Hasselt, November 24]
A Hasselt company, Gepex, is going to look after the sewerage industry in the Walloon country. The company, which is two years old, constructs facilities both for industry and the private market. It also works with a number of local...[more]
RESTAURANT AWARDS
[BIZ/LEI: Eijsden, November 23]
Stars and various other awards have been flying around in Meuse-Rhine in recent days and we will record the information that we have available. In Belgian Limburg, De Slagmolen in Opglabbeek has a second Limburg star, enabling ...[more]
CHIO AACHEN
[BIZ/LEI: Aachen, November 23]
The Deutsche Bank and the CHIO Aachen have affirmed their partnership. The World Equestrian Festival and its main sponsor have extended their contract by another three years. The Deutsche Bank has already been supporting one of...[more]
IT’S ALL MOBILE
[BIZ/LEI: Maastricht, November 23]
10xMaastricht is an ‘Xclusive Travel Guide’ for the iPhone, featuring the best things to see and do in Maastricht is available worldwide on the iTunes App Store.Fun and easy to use, this Xclusive Travel Guide includes ten ...[more]
MAASTRICHT PLUS SOLD
[BIZ: Maastricht, November 23]
Twenty-eight appointments in Belgium, ten companies from Maastricht and surrounding area, in just five days: the Belgian MICE market simply cannot miss Maastricht and surrounding area!
This week, no less than 28 Belgian...[more]
GENERALI STAFF CHANGE
[BIZ: Aachen, November 23]
In 2010 the Generali Group is going to make changes in its executive sales staff and the board of management of its group companies, Generali, Central and Advocard. In the course of the coming year Dr Karsten Eichmann (48) and Oliver...[more]
ASPECTS OF WELLNESS
[BIZ: Valkenburg, November 23]
Physiotherm® is a new aspect of wellness in Valkenburg. Valkenburg belongs to a chain of spa cities in Meuse-Rhine that contribute to the existence of wellness as one of the important economic clusters in the region. And now in...[more]
RE-STRUCTURING PARKSTAD
[BIZ/GOV: Heerlen, November 20]
There has to be re-structuring in the Parkstad area over the next decade. The population is shrinking. There are seven municipalities and 11 housing associations responsible for an area, which is equal to the fifth city in the...[more]
SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Heerlen, November 20]
On November 20 the municipality of Heerlen, the province of Limburg, the science and business park Avantis, the Limburg development company LIOF and ECN (Energy Research Center of the Netherlands) signed a Memorandum of Agreement...[more]
AACHEN INNOVATION PRIZE
[BIZ: Aachen, November 20]
As reported earlier, there are three categories for the innovation prize, and each have a EUR 5,000 prize; one is foundation, one is growth, and the third is crafts. There were 44 candidates in the foundation section. Schröder Motorentechnik...[more]
MAASTRICHT CULINAIR
[BIZ/LEI: Maastricht, November 17]
Maastricht Culinair is playing a leading role in the slow food gastronomy cluster which is clearly beginning to play a crucial role in business in this area and will no doubt have a role in the application for the European...[more]
DELTA PEAKS AGAIN
[BIZ: Eindhoven, November 17]
No fewer than 25 consortia of companies and knowledge institutions from the provinces of North Brabant and Limburg made proposals for the Peaks in the Delta subsidy program for the Southeast Netherlands last week. There were more...[more]
LUMOZA’S ELECTRO LUMINESCENCE
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Hasselt, November 17]
Lumoza, a new spin-off from the Institute for Materials Research at the University of Hasselt and the Nano Electronics Research Center at Louvain, have produced a company that can make flexible electro-luminescence displays....[more]
MINERAWA FIZZ
[BIZ: Baesweiler, November 17]
The Minerawa Company, which is located in the International Technology and Service Center in Baesweiler, makes fizzy mineral water with the assistance of carbon dioxide and minerals like calcium and magnesium in the water. The...[more]
ELIA Q3
[BIZ: Brussels, November 16]
Elia confirms its previously announced positive financial forecast for 2009.- The Connection contract has been approved by CREG (the committee for the
regulation of electricity and gas).
- A record volume has been ...[more]
PROSPER MONTAGNE PRIZE
[BIZ/LEI: Stabroek, November 16]
On November 9 the Prosper Montagné prize for the leading chef in Belgium for 2010 went to Tim Meuleneire of the restaurant De Koopvaardij in Stabroek. The runner up was Christophe Nachtergaele from Lanaken and the third Gaëtan...[more]
EUR 18M FOR MECHATRONICS
[BIZ/GOV: Roermond, November 16]
Mechatronics is the combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, computer engineering, control engineering and systems design engineering. Mechatronics for SMEs is a new cluster project on the Dutch-German border...[more]
GERMANS SPEND IN LIMBURG
[BIZ: Roermond, November 16]
German consumers are spending a lot of money in Limburg’s retail outlets. The center of Maastricht remains the most popular, but shopping centers close to the border are also popular. This emerges from the research document ‘Shopping...[more]
ELECTRIC CAR AT FRANCORCHAMPS
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Heerlen, November 16]
South Limburg’s (NL) Hogeschool Zuyd has achieved a world record at the Francorchamps F1 circuit. Willem Janssen took four minutes, 56 second and 64th hundredths of a second around one lap, and this is the fastest time ever...[more]
KPN TO CUT DOWN IN BELGIUM
[BIZ: Brussels, November 16]
KPN Dutch telecom is going to reduce its activities in Belgium. A number of sources have been quoted as saying that it wants to sell its Belgium business arm, Versatel Belgium. KPN got Versatel Belgium two years ago in taking over...[more]
EVS OPENS IN BRUSSELS
[BIZ: Liège, November 16]
EVS is the leader in live outside broadcast digital video production systems. Its products are intelligent recorders combined with highly reactive applications, such as the slow-motion system, that have now become a standard worldwide....[more]
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IBERIA CARGO TO MAA
[LOG/BIZ: November 20]
Maastricht Aachen Airport and Iberia Cargo have announced the start of a twice weekly service connecting MAA with Madrid’s Barajas Airport and further to destinations in Iberia Cargo’s network in Central and South America such as Sao Paolo,...[more]
ELC LIMBURG IN EXPO 2010
[LOG: Genk, November 19]
‘Move It Expo 2010’ is an international fair for logistics and transport and will take place on March 17 through 19, 2010 in the Limburghal in Genk. Logistiek Platform Limburg, Logistics in Wallonia, ELC Limburg and IHK Aachen are participating....[more]
DHL OPENS IN AWANS
[LOG: Awans, November 19]
DHL has officially opened its new terminal in Awans near Liège. This is part of the group strategy for centralization, and it collects 3,600m2 for the old distribution centers of Milmort and Grâce-Hollogne and puts them under one roof...[more]
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CULTURAL COOPERATION
[GOV: Maastricht, November 25]
Maastricht, Aachen, Hasselt, Heerlen, Liège, Sittard-Geleen, the provinces of Dutch Limburg, Belgian Limburg, the Province of Liège and Belgium’s German-speaking Community signed an agreement on November 25 on Maastricht’s candidacy...[more]
SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION
[EDU: Heerlen, November 24]
The Hogeschool Zuyd is setting up a new research institute called RiBuilT (Research Institute Built environment of Tomorrow). This will be an international top institute that is going to carry out independent research on the transition...[more]
ROAD TAXES
[GOV: Eupen, November 24]
The regional minister Benoît Lutgen is against car stickers and extra road tax in the Walloon region. He found this to be inequitable and said it would also frighten tourists away.
...[more]
LIMBURG CULTURE PRIZE
[GOV: Maastricht, November 23]
The provincial government of the Netherlands Limburg has instituted a culture prize worth EUR 50,000. The province is concerned to develop cultural activities, and the Encouragement Prize for Man and Culture will be awarded for...[more]
THEO VAN BOVEN HON. DOC.
[GOV: Buenos Aires, November 23]
Professor Theo van Boven, emeritus professor of international law at the University of Maastricht, received an honorary doctorate from the University of Buenos Aires on November 26. He has been appointed a Commander in the Order...[more]
MC4E
[EDU/BIZ: Maastricht, November 17]
MC4E stands for the Maastricht Center for Entrepreneurship. It’s already had its special week this year to inspire young people and to motivate them to get into business, and now it’s joined the Global Entrepreneurship Week,...[more]
ARCHITECTURE PRIZE
[EDU: Heerlen, November 17]
The Euroregional Architecture Prize is presented for the best graduating thesis from the schools of architecture in Aachen, Maastricht, Hasselt and Liège. This year there were 35 candidates from a total of 550 graduates, and the international...[more]
FRED OFFEREIN: SCIENCE MD
[GOV: Maastricht, November 16]
The new head of the provincial administration in Maastricht, Fred Offerein, is to be appointed managing director of Science in the Faculty of Humanities and Science at the University of Liège, effective December 1. He will be the...[more]
FLOOD DEFENSES
[GOV: Maastricht, November 16]
The European Union has made EUR 2m available for a Limburg project on the management of high water and flooding. The Flood Wise Project involves cross-border cooperation within six important river areas; the area of the Meuse is...[more]
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LIMBURG INOCULATION CAMPAIGN
[HEALTH: Maastricht, November 23]
The Dutch province of Limburg has inoculated 10,000 children against swine flu. The ministry in The Hague decided to inoculate children between the ages six months and four years extensively. The inoculations took place in large...[more]
A CRYSTAL EGG
[LIFE-SCI: Liège November 23]
During the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of Interface, the organization for business development and knowledge enhancement of the University of Liège, Fred Bollen from LifetecVision received an award on Tuesday, November...[more]
OBSTETRICS ECHO & INFO
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, November 16]
A Dutch first was revealed recently when the University of Maastricht started up a Primary Care Echo Center at the hospital. Gynecologists and obstetricians will work together in the center, which has been given the initials...[more]
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JUELICH PARTNERS CHINA
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, November 18]
During a visit to China by the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Dr. Jürgen Rüttgers, and Innovation Minister, Prof. Andreas Pinkwart, several cooperation agreements were signed by representatives of Jülich Research Center...[more]
SPOTTING DANGEROUS PROTEINS
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, November 17]
Structural biology is showing a new direction for HIV therapy and for Alzheimer’s disease. It shows how dangerous proteins behave in the human body and where they are located. Scientists from Jülich and Düsseldorf have been looking...[more]
TIGENIX GETS ORTHOMIMETICS
[SCI-TECH: Hasselt/Louvain, November 16]
TiGenix strengthens its product portfolio and biomaterials platform through the acquisition of Orthomimetics, a privately held medical technology company based in Cambridge, the United Kingdom. This acquisition fits with...[more]
JUELICH STILL TOP
[SCI-TECH: Jülich /Portland, November 16]
In the decisive global ranking of the world's fastest supercomputers published today two of Jülich's computers are among the leaders. JUGENE, the fastest computer outside the USA, takes place 4, and the computer tandem...[more]
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MELINDA’S PIZZA
[LEI: London, November 24]
On December 8 Pizza on the Park at 11 Knightsbridge, London SW1 will be featuring Limburg’s favorite British Soprano, Melinda Hughes. If you want to make a reservation, the tickets are GBP 10 at the door. The number to call in England...[more]
AMBIORIX
[LEI: Tongres, November 20]
Ambiorix and the Eburons is an exhibition that runs from December 5 at the Gallo Roman Museum in Tongres. You can see something about the Celtic, Gaulish/Gallic life with 600 prime exhibits from museums in Belgium, the Netherlands,...[more]
SPACE FLIGHT AT EXPLORION
[LEI: Kerkrade, November 20]
There is to be an exhibition on space flight in the Netherlands at the Discovery Center Continium, in eXplorion in Heerlen from December 3, at 16:00. It will be opened by Hans Gubbels, boss of ECSITE, the European organization of...[more]
THE HAUNTED CASTLE
[LEI: Hoensbroek, November 16]
Chateaux Hoensbroek has been turned into a haunted castle and everyone can go and enjoy it from December 1 through January 3 with the exception of the Christmas and New Year breaks. Check the website.
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