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A SYMBOL FOR MEUSE-RHINE
[EDIT/SCI-TECH: Inden, July 15]
Maurer United Architects of Maastricht recently won the Environmental Graphic Design Award for their 36-meter, 270-ton Indemann Observation Tower, at Inden in the heart of Meuse-Rhine – completed last year. It is an elaborate,...[more]
BUBER FOR IRENE
[EDIT: Kerkrade, July 15]
During Meuse-Rhine’s annual EURIADE International Culture and Science Festival (July 18 to August 1) the Martin-Buber-Award is given to people who see, listen to and take care of the OTHER and whose achievements constitute factual answers...[more]
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MOSS EXPANDS
[BIZ: Aachen, July 15]
The well-known Aachen bakery Moss is going to set up a new production plant in Eilendorf South. Mayor Marcel Philipp was present to see the start of construction. The business started with a staff of 4 and now employs 300 at 30 branches....[more]
DSM SELLS TERRECO STAKE
[BIZ: Geleen, July 14]
DSM Venturing, the venture capital group of DSM, has sold its stake in Terreco Holding BV to the management of the company. Terreco has its headquarters at the Chemelot Campus in Geleen. Its principal activity is soil remediation using...[more]
AACHEN REGION BIZ GIS
[BIZ: Aachen, July 13]
A central source of information on business parks in the region is provided by the business park marketing platform gisTRA. This is a geographical information system that AGIT operates together with all its regional partners, including...[more]
PASSENGER CAR OEM DATA
[BIZ: London, July 13]
AutomotiveWorld.com has today published the 'Passenger Car OEM Quarterly Data Book: Q2 2010' report, which contains light vehicle registrations data for more than 50 countries across four regions.The report also features light vehicle ...[more]
NEW ATLAS
[BIZ: Aachen, July 13]
The Chamber of Commerce in Aachen has set up a new atlas with 133 different professions. For example, ‘car saleswoman’ through ‘mechanic’, and there is a short description and over 130 pages there are the addresses of 2,300 businesses...[more]
ADAC & RWE ELECTROMOBILITY
[BIZ: Mülheim, July 13]
The employees of ADAC, the German Automobile Association in Mülheim, are to use electric cars. The power company RWE’s chairman Dr Jürgen Großmann gave a Karabag 500E, built on the basis of the Fiat 500, to Peter Meyer, the president...[more]
CROWNE PLAZA SLEEP ADVANTAGE
[BIZ: Maastricht, July 13]
The ‘Sleep Advantage Program’ is recently launched in all rooms of the Crowne Plaza Maastricht. This program is composed in corporation with the British ‘sleep expert’ and psychologist Dr. Chris Idzikowski. You can expect high standard...[more]
MALMEDY IN TOURISM
[BIZ: Malmedy, July 9]
In view of the economic strength of tourism the mayor and city council, in particular the councils for economy, tourism, and culture, have been working on a new orientation since 2009. This is to make the town stronger in the tourist markets...[more]
AACHEN HORSE SHOW…
[BIZ: Aachen, July 9]
The Aachen equestrian event CHIO is to become a partner of Air Berlin. This international airline has a new partner in CHIO Aachen. ‘CHIO Aachen and Air Berlin bring international guests to North-Rhine Westphalia. CHIO Aachen provides ...[more]
ENERGY TAXES
[BIZ: Aachen, July 7]
The federal government in Germany wants to save EUR 4.5bn on energy. The Chamber of Commerce points out that the energy consumption of businesses in a balance analyzed by the Chamber has shown that around 30 companies in 2008 only used...[more]
HOLIDAYCARS AND TRANSAVIA
[BIZ: Sassenheim, July 6]
The biggest low-cost, low-fair airline in the Netherlands, Transavia, signed a contract last week with the online car hire company holidayscars.com, who are among the biggest car hire companies in the world. After a tender, in which...[more]
BIOPOWER IN TONGRES
[BIZ: Tongres, July 6]
NPG Energy is investing in sustainable energy in Tongres East via its subsidiary Bio Power Tongres. NPG Energy will, via Bio Power Tongres, become an important player in the market for complete sustainable energy. The company has purchased...[more]
E-NEMO
[BIZ: Aachen, July 5]
Three months after Trianel’s start in electromobility (with the E-Nemo project), it has 20 network partners and is the biggest in Germany, according to Sven Becker at the conference in Düsseldorf. The federal government is planning a million...[more]
TRIANEL AND FAIR PLAY
[BIZ: Aachen, July 5]
The Trianel power utility is asking the federal government to come up with an energy idea where competition is not one-sidedly in favor of city power networks. Only free competition guarantees low prices. Trianel proposes an extension linked...[more]
TRIANEL REVENUES UP
[BIZ: Aachen, July 5]
Germany’s leading city power network Trianel has done very well in 2009, with its revenues at 19.3%, a figure of EUR 3.13bn. With six new partners from North-Rhine Westphalia (Borken), Lower Saxony (Bad Pyrmont, Wedel), the Rhineland Palatinate...[more]
MEUSINVEST
[BIZ: Liège, July 2]
The 25th anniversary of Meusinvest, the Liège-based development company, is coming up. They hold 200 companies on their files, which have produced 4,300 jobs. The good news is that 2009–2010 has also shown progress in business and up to...[more]
WALLONIA MUST DIVERSIFY
[BIZ: Liège, July 2]
Walloon exports have grown by 50% in six years. This is revealed by research from the Walloon business organization. In a report, they also emphasize that the Walloon country focuses too much on adjacent markets and also too much on special...[more]
TRIANEL TOP AGAIN
[BIZ: Aachen/Rostock, July 2]
For the second time in succession the Aachen city power network Trianel is among Germany’s 100 most innovative SMEs. Lothar Späth handed the Top 100 seal out in Rostock-Warnemünde on July 1. A staff of around 200 is always introducing...[more]
WFG DG 2009
[BIZ: Eupen, July 2]
The WFG is the business development company of the DG, Belgium’s German-speaking Region, and they produced an overview of their year for 2009 at the end of June. They have three departments: one that provides service to business; the country...[more]
BIOMASS IN BELVEDERE
[BIZ: Maastricht, July 2]
There is a sustainable energy center under construction in Maastricht’s Belvedere district and it is expected that 56% of the households in Maastricht will be provided with energy by the center. It will start selling power in 2011 on...[more]
LRM EUR 53.6M
[BIZ/GOV: Beringen, July 2]
The Limburg (B) investment company LRM achieved a record level of investment last year (2009) by putting EUR 53.6m into Limburg businesses, which is virtually double the amount invested in 2008. The number of files also increased...[more]
SHOES ADVANCING
[BIZ: Beringen, July 2]
The Belgian shoe specialist, Euro Shoe Group, is going to make major investments in its Dutch subsidiaries. Currently there are some 20 Von Woensel shops with the Avance logo. In total the group is investing EUR 10m this year. The project...[more]
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LIÈGE-SHANGHAI
[LOG: Shanghai, July 5]
TNT announced on July the expansion of its delivery capabilities between China and Europe with the addition of a dedicated B747 freighter service between Shanghai and TNT’s European air hub in Liège in Belgium.Offering six flights ...[more]
INLAND NAVIGATION
[LOG: Brussels, July 2]
Inland Navigation Europe (INE), the European Barge Union (EBU) and the European Skippers Organization (ESO) have issued a joint statement in which they make it clear that the old ways of doing things will not continue to work. In order...[more]
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ARCHITECTURAL ROOTS
[EDU: Heerlen, July 13]
Six training institutes for architecture and urban construction in Meuse-Rhine produce 400 graduate architects each year. The most talented of them are put forward for the Euroregional Architecture Prize. This has been going on for 20...[more]
EJC WITH IHECS
[EDU: Brussels, July 12]
The EJC is happy to announce a partnership with IHECS (Institut des Hautes Etudes des Communications Sociales - Brussels) for its new Executive Master program in European Journalism. Starting this autumn, it will give professional journalists...[more]
SPEED CONTROL
[GOV: Liège, July 10]
The Walloon government wants to release a new type of speed-control device. It has signed a contract with the Swiss producers and the regional government wants to lease these to the police. These are devices with a rotating laser, they...[more]
SPORTS TRAINING CENTERS
[GOV: Maastricht, July 8]
On July 8 Sportzone Limburg announced three new regional training centers (RTCs) for women’s football, cycling and handball. The RTCs for cycling and women’s football are the first for these disciplines in the Netherlands. Limburg is...[more]
CRADLE-TO-CRADLE NETWORK
[GOV: Maastricht, July 8]
On July 8 in Maastricht the Cradle-to-Cradle Network (C2CN) was officially born. C2CN is a major European project in which Limburg is the lead partner. Ten European regions will be working on the Cradle-to-Cradle project for two years,...[more]
EUR 200,000 FOR CONSTRUCTION
[GOV: Maastricht, July 8]
In scarcely a month a great number of construction companies in the province of Limburg have registered for a subsidy for a limited number of construction projects. Thus far, all 16 applications for a total of EUR 200,000 have been...[more]
SPORT & HEALTH AT MUMC
[EDU: Maastricht, July 8]
The Maastricht UMC medical sector has been selected by ZonMw to develop into a national academic center for sport, movement and health. In this context, there was a symposium on lifestyle intervention in chronic disease on July 8. The...[more]
TRAFFIC SCIENCE
[EDU: Hasselt, July 6]
The European agreement on traffic safety, which was launched in 2004 by the European Commission, is a platform for organizations, companies, associations and government, concerned with reducing the number of traffic accidents in Europe.In ...[more]
EUROREGIONAL NOTES
[GOV: Eupen, July 2]
The European Commission has initiated an online consultation in respect of double taxation. The consultation focuses on private individuals, businesses and tax advisors who are concerned with the problem of double taxation in respect of...[more]
EUR 15M FOR PARKSTAD
[GOV: Maastricht, July 2]
Minister Middlekoop charged with the portfolio of Housing, Neighborhoods and Integration has made EUR 14.75m available for Parkstad Limburg. The money comes from the Intergovernmental Action Plan for the decline in population, which...[more]
BELGIAN PRIORITIES
[GOV: Eupen, July 2]
On the eve of the Belgian Presidency of the Council, there was an initiative at the Belgian embassy-with the representatives of the Belgian member states - in Berlin, to have a party at the premises of the Deutsche Bank. When the baton was...[more]
CONSULAR CORPS PRIZE
[EDU: Liège, July 2]
The prize of the Consular Corps of the Province of Liège for 2010 goes to Zoë Lejeune, who is a Master of Political Science and European Studies at the University of Liège, for her graduating thesis which deals with security, outsourcing...[more]
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SEVERE KIDNEY DISEASE
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, July 15]
Today, the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine is publishing a study into a new medication for severe kidney disease caused by inflammation of the blood vessels. In this study, which was sponsored by the UK’s National...[more]
STATION DEFIBRILLATORS
[LIFE SCI/LOG: Brussels, July 9]
The Belgian railways are going to ensure that 14 of the major stations in the country are equipped with defibrillators. These devices are first aid in the case of heart attacks, and can be used by untrained lay people. The devices...[more]
MULTICELLULAR MACRO FOSSILS
[LIFE-SCI: Liège, July 2]
A team of 20 international scientists, including Professor Emmanuelle Javaux of the University of Liège, has discovered more than 250 biological fossils of several centimeters in size in Gabon. They are interpreting these as distinct...[more]
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A 39TH ASTROPHYSICAL COLLOQUIUM
[SCI-TECH: Liège, July 6]
From July 12 to 16 the Astrophysical Group at the University of Liège has organized an international colloquium with 100 researchers from all over the world in Liège. The colloquium is being held at the Amphitheatres de l’Europe at...[more]
TRANSPIRATION & RADIATION
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, July 2]
The terrestrial hydrological cycle is strongly influenced by transpiration—water loss through the stomatal pores of leaves. In this report we present studies showing that the energy content of radiation absorbed by the leaf influences...[more]
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THE ORLANDO FESTIVAL
[LEI: Kerkrade, July 15]
The Orlando Festival is the first chamber music festival of the Netherlands. For 29 years, chamber music lovers of all ages and levels have been gathering at the Abbey Rolduc in Kerkrade to play music, take lessons and listen to concerts....[more]
LADY SHOTS
[LEI: Maasmechelen, July 13]
In the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany there are shooting clubs that get together from time to time with crossbows or other weapons to shoot things off the top of a pole. These are generally male organizations, but there are ladies...[more]
STREET PAINTING
[LEI: Valkenburg, July 13]
After the successful editions of two festivals, the organization has decided to organize the next edition of the Colors of Valkenburg on August 21 and 23, 2010. The Colors of Valkenburg is a free festival at in the heart of Valkenburg...[more]
ICONS
[LEI: Vaals, July 11]
A walking route for the arts has been opened by Vaals’ Mayor Reg van Loo. On this day, in the museum there was a new exhibition with unique icons. These icons were made by the Bulgarian artist Dimitare Petkov (1956). He has been making...[more]
TELLING STORIES
[LEI:IZ: Maastricht, July 10]
From August 29 through September 23 there will be a storytelling festival in Maastricht with Dutch and Flemish storytellers. During the last week of the primary school holidays, the festival will be in the city park, the Molenhof,...[more]
INSECTS IN BORN
[LEI: Born, July 9]
There has been a lot of preparation but the Insectarium, an insect museum—not the only one in the Euroregion—is to open on July 18. It’s called Insectarium but it will have more than insects there. There is to be a competition among school...[more]
HEXAPODA
[LEI: Waremme, July 2]
The Environment and Progress Company, in collaboration with the town of Waremme and Gembloux Agro Biotech at the University of Liège, have opened the first insectarium in Belgium under the name of Hexapoda. Living insects and naturalized...[more]
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