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AFTERTHOUGHTS
[EDIT: Eijsden, March 30]
Dutch citzens living in the border area can now renew their passports in Maastricht rather than travelling to Antwerp and other far-off places. This issue contains a number of notes relating to electric cars and some high-speed...[more]
GEORGE KONRÁD LECTURE
[EDIT/EDU: Maastricht, March 29]
On Sunday 18 April, at 13.00hrs in the Sint Janskerk on the Vrijthof in Maastricht,György (George) Konrád will speak about freedom and about what freedom means to him personally. He explains freedom from both the individual's...[more]
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TECHSPACE AERO
[BIZ: Liège, March 27]
Techspace Aero, which designs, develops and produces modules, equipment and test cells for aerospace engines, is currently undergoing a strike. It relates to members of the workforce who are asking for pre-pension from the age of 58 under...[more]
GENERALI BUSINESS YEAR
[BIZ: Aachen/Cologne, March 25]
Generali Deutschland Group: Successful development continued – substantial rise in earnings and premiums in the business year 2009
Increase in net profit to EUR 341m – dividend proposal of EUR 2.90 per share
4.3% growth...[more]
VIEW FROM AGIT
[BIZ: Aachen, March 25]
The Aachen development company, AGIT, took a look into the future and into the past, as well as around town, from the advantage point of the rotating tower at the Belvedere in Aachen recently. It noted that in terms of new business, in...[more]
LIOF YEAH! 2
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 25]
Three weeks after the start of the LIOF Yeah! Project, 50 student business entrepreneurs from inside and outside Limburg have registered to compete for the ten starter packages worth EUR 35,000. The project, mentioned in our earlier...[more]
E-AIX ELECTRIC CARS
[BIZ: Aachen, March 25]
In the context of the Electro-mobility development program, in Model Regions of the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Aachen has been designated a center and model region for the Rhine-Ruhr area. People will be looking at E-Aix: Electric...[more]
OPEN CHEMICAL INNOVATION
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Maastricht, March 24]
The Province of Limburg is going to contribute EUR 600,000 to the establishment of the first Center for Open Chemical Innovation (COCI) in the Netherlands at the Chemelot Campus in Sittard-Geleen. This is to allow businesses...[more]
CHAMBER NEWS
[BIZ: Roermond, March 24]
The Chamber of Commerce notes that 7,000 Limburg businesses did not submit their annual reports on time. They must be submitted within 13 months after the end of the financial year and this is apparently something that is going to be...[more]
EUR 10M FOR GREEN SITE
[BIZ: Genk, March 24]
The Diepenbeek construction company, Casters Algemene Ondernemingen (CAO), is going to invest a minimum of EUR 10m in the renovation of a site in Genk, which will have to meet green standards and provide jobs for between 40 and 50 employees.There ...[more]
TRACKING TOXIC GLUES
[BIZ/GOV: London/Maastricht, March 23]
The Macintosh Retail Group has agreed to track the use of illegal leather and toxic glues in the manufacture of shoes, and it’s joining the NGO in applying the ‘legal wood’ model to footwear, bedding and other products.Building ...[more]
LICENSING ELECTRIC CARS
[BIZ/GOV: Aachen, March 23]
The Aachen-based car organization (car e.V.) has held a meeting on the licensing of electric cars but this depends on the vehicles being produced first. But clearly car e.V., the regional competence center, will be the organization...[more]
MUEHLNER IN DUBAI
[BIZ/LEI: Francorchamps/Dubai, March 22]
The Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium based Mühlner Motorsport Team entered the 6th round of the newly formed UAE GT Championship with Hassan Rassouli’s CYTECH Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S, the same car with which René Rast had won...[more]
NEW HOTEL
[BIZ: Bocholtz/Simpelveld, March 22]
The new Welloord, building in Bocholtz has topped out, six months after the start of the project. On April 9 things will be further advanced. Welloord is a new four-star hotel that is being built in a manor farmhouse dating...[more]
ANIMALIA EXPO
[BIZ/LEI: Liège, March 22]
In 2009, Animalia EXPO brought 20,000 visitors to the Halles Des Foires in Liège, the sixth edition, which will take place on April, 3, 4 and 5, will have 100 stands and even more animals and attractions. During the evening show, there...[more]
SPRING MEETINGS
[BIZ: Liège/Eupen, March 21]
SPI+, the Liège development company, with WFG, the development company from Eupen, have held the second session of their Spring Meetings at the Eupen Forum on March 23. Two hundred and five businesses participated, which is 24 more...[more]
TEFAF OVERALL RESULTS
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 20]
The overall results at TEFAF Maastricht 2010 confirm the belief that the art market has remained robust during the economic crisis. The Fair’s importance to the market cannot be underestimated. This year’s TEFAF Art Market Report...[more]
BUSINESS SITES
[BIZ: Flémalle, March 19]
There has been a lot of conversion of old industrial sites and a recent study by the University of Liège’s Department of Pure and Applied Economic Geography has reflected on this. In Flémalle, at the level of the towpath on the left...[more]
MAASTRICHT MEETS EXPECTATIONS
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 19]
Maastricht lives up to the expectations of visitors and organizers at the European Meeting Industry Fair in 2010. The Maastricht Convention Bureau (MCB) is, together with partners, a striking participant of the European Meeting ...[more]
CYCLING FOR CHARITY
[BIZ: Valkenburg, March 19]
On April 15, the Borderless Limburg cycle fans are inviting people to an evening on the Cauberg, which is a steep hill, beloved of cyclists, in Valkenburg. Enthusiastic cycling fans, ex-cyclists, sponsors and those interested can,...[more]
STICKING TOGETHER
[BIZ: Aachen, March 18]
Modern materials make new demands on technology that is increasingly concerned with innovative solutions in sticking parts together — adhesives in the general sense. This can be an alternative to welding, screws and other options. There...[more]
EUR 1M FOR CLEAN ROOMS
[BIZ/GOV: Maaseik, March 18]
Bewell, which is a social employment center in Maaseik, is going to invest EUR 1m in the establishment of two ‘clean’ rooms where medical parts can be assembled. Bewell focuses on disability employment and has 1,800 people working...[more]
SKÅL PRIZE TO TEFAF
[BIZ: Maastricht, March 17]
The Skål Limburg Tourism Prize has been awarded by Skål Limburg since 2005 to a person or organization who has made special efforts for the promotion of Dutch or Belgian Limburg at the international level. Skål Limburg believes that...[more]
ST. GERLACH/BRAND EXCLUSIVE
[BIZ: St. Gerlach, March 17]
Two leading Limburg companies, Brand Beer and Camille Oostwegel Château Hotels & Restaurants are joining forces and have thought up a unique policy to promote both their products in Limburg. The successful Dutch-language commercial...[more]
FIN-URB-ACT
[BIZ/GOV: Aachen, March 17]
FIN-URB-ACT is an EU project which is working for more efficient structural local support for development and innovative structures in SMEs. The idea is that such structures at the local level, where financial instruments meet non-financial...[more]
INVESTING IN BREAD
[BIZ: Lommel, March 17]
LRM, the Limburg development company, and its subsidiary, ARKiv, and a further subsidiary, KMOFN, are putting EUR 5.5m into a new, state-of-the-art, industrial bakery in Lommel. The project will require EUR 17m and should create 36 jobs....[more]
CHARGE UP IN HASSELT
[BIZ: Hasselt, March 17]
The City of Hasselt is going to set up a recharging unit for electric cars in the parking area next to Guffenslaan. The unit will be installed in May....[more]
CHONDROCELECT REGULATORY
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Louvain/Sittard-Geleen, March 16]
TiGenix has obtained clarity from the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the regulatory path towards approval of its lead product ChondroCelect in the US. The FDA has reviewed the summary of the clinical...[more]
LIDL GOES SOLAR
[BIZ: Weert, March 16]
The discount supermarket Lidl has set up a European project to equip its distribution centers with solar panels. The first was in Gullegem in Belgium, where they installed 3,996 panels with a capacity of 939.06kWp and electrical production...[more]
A TEFAF FOOTNOTE
[BIZ/LEI: Maastricht, March 16]
Konrad Bernheimer of Bernheimer-Colnaghi is pleased to announce the sale of one of the masterpieces on his stand at TEFAF Maastricht - which ended on March 21. This was Lucas Cranach the Elder’s (1472-1553) painting of David and...[more]
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REGIONAL TRANSPORT
[LOG: Maastricht, March 23]
Travelers value the Heuvelland line, which is run by Veolia. This emerged in a traveler’s barometer of public transport. The Heuvelland line is one of the three best-appreciated roots in the Netherlands, and from an annual barometer...[more]
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AGRO FOOD PILOT PROJECT
[EDU: Liège, March 24]
The University of Liège has just set up an agro-food pilot project, allowing the assessment of biological and chemical risks from contamination by pathogens during transformation, distribution and conservation. This means an investment...[more]
LIEGE MASTERS
[EDU: Liège, March 23]
No, this has nothing to do with golf, but reminds readers that the University of Liège has more than 250 Masters’ degrees or complementary Master’s degrees in a whole range of options. There is a detailed program with information on them...[more]
CROSS BORDER GEODATA
[GOV: Maastricht, March 22]
The Province of Limburg is going to set up a web portal for business in the top technology region. The portal is for business and for site managers who will be able to see where there is space in the top technology region including...[more]
BLACK SEA FOLLOWS BENELUX
[GOV: Brussels, March 21]
The Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) organization introduced itself last Saturday at the Benelux parliament. In the first phase there was cooperation on environment, transport and energy. Bart Tommelein, chairman of the Benelux...[more]
LAMBERTZ & DEMOTTE IN BERLIN
[GOV: Berlin, March 20]
Prime Minister Karl-Heinz Lambertz of the Belgium’s German-speaking region and his Walloon colleague, Rudy Demotte, are taking part in the Conference of the Presidents of the German Federal States in Berlin in the framework of the Rhineland...[more]
ENERGY CHANGE
[GOV: Maastricht, March 19]
Inspiration and perseverance are necessary for a change in the energy scene. Saving energy and sustainable energy are important features of the energy program of the Province of Limburg, and at the TEFAF meeting, organized by the...[more]
EU COMMISSIONER NEELIE KROES
[GOV: Maastricht, March 19]
At the opening of The European Fine Arts Fair in Maastricht, European Commissioner Neelie Kroes gave an interesting speech on the importance of broadband and also on the importance of border areas and Euroregions. She pointed to two...[more]
BENELUX-NRW COOPERATION
[GOV: Brussels, March 18]
On Thursday, March 18, Bart Tommelein, the chairman of the Benelux parliament, Jack Biskop, the vice chairman, and Wouter Beke, the chairman of the committee for foreign affairs, were received by Mr. Jostmaier, chairman of the parliament...[more]
ENERGY COUNCIL
[GOV: Aachen, March 18]
In September last year, Professor Dieter Bohn of the RWTH Aachen passed on the Chair of the Aachen Energy Council to Dietmar Castro, Professor of Architecture at the Fachhochschule (University of Applied Sciences) Aachen.
...[more]
PROFIT FROM WASTE
[GOV: Maastricht, March 17]
A project called ‘Organizing Space for Space’, and representing a major investment of EUR 3bn in the environment, in the countryside of the southern and eastern Netherlands, ten years ago, has produced far better results than had...[more]
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BIOVILLE
[LIFE-SCI/EDU: Hasselt, March 23]
At the university campus in Diepenbeek in Belgian Limburg, the Flemish minister of innovation, Ingrid Lieten, has officially opened BioVille. This is a start-up facility with the required infrastructure for life-science companies...[more]
3.2 BILLION YEARS AGO
[LIFE-SCI: Liège, March 17]
The scientific community accepts dating back to 2.7 billion years the first uncontested proofs of life on Earth. Beyond that, it’s a real free for all. But the ULg biologist and geologist Emmanuelle Javaux and two of her American...[more]
SPONGES AND MEDICINE
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, March 16]
Jasper de Goeij discovered that cave sponges play an important role in the survival of the coral reef. Sponges in cave walls play an important role in the food cycle of the coral reef and produce a lot of organic material. The...[more]
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ONE TRILLION PER SECOND
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, March 23]
At the Jülich Supercomputing Center (JSC) at the Jülich Research Center, Jülich and IBM have signed a contract for a joint Exascale Innovation Center within the scope of which hardware and software for an exascale computer will be...[more]
CAR2CAR COMMUNICATION
[SCI-TECH: Berlin, March 18]
The improved networking of cars among themselves and with traffic lights and warning signs is expected to make road traffic more efficient. The exchange of data on traffic density, road conditions, or traffic signal cycle times,...[more]
BRAIN RESEARCH
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, March 16]
The Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM) at Jülich Research Center is devoted to brain research. The analysis of the normal and pathologically impaired structure and function of the nervous system with particular emphasis...[more]
RECORD SPEED DATA ANALYSIS
[SCI-TECH: Jülich/Seattle, March 16]
In Seattle and Jülich on February 25, research unveiled a breakthrough method based on a mathematical algorithm that reduces the computational complexity, costs, and energy usage for analyzing the quality of massive amounts...[more]
PLASTIC DEFORMATION
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, March 16]
The following abstract relating to research in Jülich, on the ‘Plastic deformation mechanism in complex solids’, has been published online by Nature Materials:Abstract
In simple crystalline materials, plastic deformation mostly ...[more]
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MILENA MORIANI
[LEI: Liège, March 25]
Milena Moriani born in '34, lives and works in Asciano, in province of Pisa has exhibited paintings and sculptures in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Italy and abroad, her works are in private and public collections in the Italian...[more]
PASSION ACCORDING TO ST JOHN
[LEI: Eys, March 25]
On March 31 at 20:00 in Eys, the Passion According to St John will be performed with the conductor Ludo Claesen and the orchestra and choir of Maastricht, with Belgian and Dutch soloists. The Maastricht Chamber Choir has worked under the...[more]
AACHEN ART PRIZE
[LEI: Aachen, March 25]
The Aachen Art Prize goes this year to the Polish artist Pawel Althamer, who wins EUR 10,000 in the prize, which is awarded biennially.Paweł Althamer (1967-) is a contemporary Polish sculptor, performance artist, action artist, ...[more]
DE VALKENIER
[LEI: Valkenburg, March 25]
The Valkenier is an amusement park in Valkenburg and it will be opening its doors to the general public on April 2. In addition to the regular offerings for children around 12 years of age, this year it has something different coming...[more]
SOLAR CART RACE
[LEI: Heerlen/Avantis, March 24]
On Friday, March 26, Solland Solar, Avantis European Science & Business Park, the Limburg Chamber of Commerce and Naebers Elektrotechniek organized another Solar Cart Race. A 600m track on the inner ring road of Avantis was the...[more]
JAZZ IS ON
[LEI: Maastricht, March 23]
Two evenings of high quality music of the jazz masters and jazz concerts with Rob Bruynen, Jens Neufang, Ger Korner, Alexander Boerner and Jeff Herr will be taking place at the Theater aan het Vrijthof, on April 6 from 20:30. Jazz...[more]
EXPAT OF THE YEAR
[MEDIA: Nyenrode, March 23]
Sueli Brodin has been chosen Expat of the Year 2010 and gets a Nyenrode Scholarship worth EUR 10,000. The election was held via the Expat of the Year website and the jury awarded the prize to Sueli because of her dedication to the...[more]
LA VOYAGE DE LIEGE
[LEI/EDU: Liège, March 22]
Distinguished Liège journalist and historian, Lily Portugaels, regales us with the story of the work of the Genevan botanist, A. De Candolle, who ‘discovered’ Liège 200 years ago. Joseph Beaujean, who made his career at the Liège botanical...[more]
JACQUES DONNAY
[LEI: Dalhem, March 20]
Jacques Donnay in Dalhem is holding an exhibition at his studio from the April 3 to 18, from 10:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 18:00. The address is rue Henri Francotte, 11 in Dalhem, and there you can discover what is new. Savor the atmosphere...[more]
EYNEBURG IN SPRING
[LEI: Eyneburg, March 20]
There is to be a big fair at the Eyneburg castle with jugglers, puppets, and musicians, markets, knights and all; it will make Easter time in Eyneburg memorable. A particularly will be the French market traders who will be coming from...[more]
OPEN DOORS
[LEI: Verviers, March 19]
The Maison Galerie d’Art will open its doors at the heights of the city of Verviers and from April 1 to 4 you will be able to see what they have to offer.
...[more]
THE MEUSE-RHINE BOAT RACE
[LEI: Liège March 17]
On April 4, there is to be a Meuse-Rhine Boat Race between the universities of Aachen, Hasselt, Maastricht and Liège, a cross-border one, but it will be on the River Meuse; from the statue of King Albert at the Ile Monsin, through Liège...[more]
JO WAUBEN IN VAALS
[LEI: Vaals, March 16]
From March 11 the paintings of the Vaals artist, Jo Wauben, will be shown in the café ‘De Zwarte Madonna’ at the Vaals museum. The exhibition will run through April 11. Jo Wauben is one of the members of the Vaals artists collective, which...[more]
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