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AUGUST 15 IN OUTREMEUSE
[EDIT: Liège, August 15]
The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on August
15, is the start of one of the biggest parties in the Liège region, particularly in Outremeuse. Let's hope the rain doesn't dampen it. There are flea markets, puppet ...[more]
ROGER GREISCH PART TWO
[EDIT/LEI: Washington D.C./August 15]
As reported earlier in the Meuse-Rhine Journal, see the link below, a US citizen in possession of an early work by the famous East Belgian artist, Roger Greisch, has been considering offering this extraordinary work of art...[more]
LIMBURG’S WATERWAYS
[EDIT/LOG: Born, August 8]
On Friday, July 8, a symposium was held by the Province of Limburg, the Chamber of Commerce and the Euroregional logistics organization on Limburg’s inland ports. It was held in Born on the River Meuse. Deputy Bert Kersten of Limburg ...[more]
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ELECTRIC ECODAILY FROM IVECO
[BIZ: London, August 12]
Another note on Iveco has reached us. It has launched its EcoDaily Electric van and chassis cab models for the UK and Ireland. The firm says the move gives fleets access to the first fully electric 3.5 and 5.2 ton zero emission van...[more]
EMMELS WIND PARK 2011
[BIZ: St. Vith, August 11]
There will soon be windmills on the Emmelser Heide (heath). By the end of next year at the Emmelser Heide near St. Vith there will be a wind park project with five windmills supplying power to 5,000 households. There will also be emission...[more]
GENERALI H1 2010
[BIZ: Aachen/Cologne, August 11]
The Generali Deutschland Group, which includes among others Generali Versicherungen, AachenMünchener, CosmosDirekt and Central Krankenversicherung, continued its successful development in the current business year. The second-largest...[more]
FEWER CROSS-BORDER JOBS
[BIZ: Brussels, August 10]
According to the Flemish employment service, VDAB, and its Walloon equivalent Forem, in the past year there have been fewer jobs across the Walloon-Flemish border than before, despite a cooperative abroad signed four years ago. This...[more]
MSM IN VIETNAM
[BIZ/EDU: Maastricht, August 10]
On July 16, at the residence of the Netherlands Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, the graduation ceremony for the first group of 25 Vietnamese managers to have completed the first week of the Netherlands Management...[more]
MINE SITES
[BIZ Beringen/Genk, August 9]
The Flemish government is making EUR 3.5m available for the Limburg mine sites at Beringen and Genk. The slaughterhouse and the stables at Winterslag near Genk, and the coal-washing center and showers at Beringen will receive subsidies...[more]
CHATEAU DE HOOGENWEERTH
[BIZ: Maastricht, August 9]
The Maastricht Convention Bureau has been joined in its foundation by Kasteel De Hoogenweerth, bringing the total number of members up to 45. The Maastricht Convention Bureau is a foundation that promotes Maastricht and the surrounding...[more]
UMICORE H1 2010
[BIZ: Eijsden, August 6]
Umicore’s performance in the first half of 2010 improved substantially from the low levels seen in the first half of 2009, and was also well up compared to the second half of 2009. This was due to the recovery in the main markets of...[more]
FERRARI STRATOR WINS
[BIZ: Born, August 6]
The Iveco Powerstar truck, known in the Netherlands as the Strator, to which we recently devoted attention, has won the Truck of the Year award in Australia at a recent meeting of trade journalists in Australia for the Technology and Innovation...[more]
DIGITAL TV
[BIZ: Hasselt, August 5]
Euphony Benelux is going to provide details in September about its plans to offer digital television. The telecom company will, like its competitors Telenet and Belgacom, offer this in a package with telephone, Internet and digital TV....[more]
MITISKA INVESTS IN ERYPLAST
[BIZ: Grand-Bigard/Herstal, August 3]
Founded in 1993, Eryplast has established itself as one of the European leaders in plastic pallet production. With the second largest production capacity in Europe and an original technology, the company employs around 30...[more]
DSM NUTRITION
[BIZ: Heerlen, August 3]
In its Q2 report, the best in the company’s history according to Mr. Sijbesma, DSM nutritional products and food specialties operating profit was exceptionally strong and materially higher than in Q2, 2009 and Q1, 2010. The business...[more]
BANNING BIG TRUCKS
[BIZ/LOG: Cologne, August 3]
Transport and Logistics Netherlands (TLN) and EVO have responded with disappointment and surprise to the decision taken by the German federal state of North-Rhine Westphalia not to take part in the coming national big truck test...[more]
STRONG Q2 FROM DSM
[BIZ: Heerlen, August 3]
Q2 operating profit from ongoing operations, EUR 246m as against EUR 85m in Q2, 2009 and EUR 194m in Q1, 2010. Sales growth from ongoing operations, 28% compared with Q2, 2009. Excellent nutrition performance drives life sciences ...[more]
NEW MAN AT ST. GERLACH
[BIZ: Houthem-St. Gerlach, August 2]
Michiel Laterveer was appointed Director of the Chateau St. Gerlach on August 1, 2010. Mr. Laterveer (38) comes from Zeeland and following his studies at the Higher Hotel School in The Hague; he acquired a great deal of experience...[more]
UHASSELT AND PUKKELPOP
[BIZ/LEI: Hasselt, August 2]
Starting this year, the University of Hasselt is a partner in Pukkelpop. The university is going to provide a scientific, scholarly and technological support for the festival and this will be seen in the Pukkelpop museum, which will...[more]
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THREE-COUNTRY PARK
[INFRA: Maastricht, August 10]
The Three-country Park is a cooperative association with nine partners in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. The objective is to maintain the natural countryside around the cities of Maastricht, Hasselt, Heerlen, Aachen and...[more]
PORT OF ANTWERP DEEPER
[LOG: Antwerp, August 4]
Since the beginning of August the rules of navigation on the Scheldt have changed. As a result of these changes, from now on, large container vessels with a deeper draft will be able to leave from the port of Antwerp. This information...[more]
BOSMAN AEO IN FRANCE
[LOG: GeleenMaastricht, August 4]
Wim Bosman France has received the status of an authorized economic operator in France. In addition to this, Wim Bosman has also received an ISO 14001 environmental certificate. The company is part of the Wim Bosman Group is...[more]
PARKSTAD OUTER RING ROAD
[INFRA: Parkstad, August 4]
Parkstad, which has a population of 250,000, can only be reached via the Hamstraat, the Kaalheidersteenweg, Welterlaan, the Looierstraat and Patersweg. These roads can carry a maximum of 8,000 vehicles per day; that’s a lot; but,...[more]
1.25M TO THE COAST BY SNCB
[LOG: Brussels, August 3]
The four railway stations on the Belgian coast received 1.25 million travelers in the month of July. That is a rise of 17% as against the same period last year. This is revealed by the figures from Belgian Railways SNCB. Ostend remains...[more]
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CHIEF RFID MANAGER
[EDU: Aachen, August 8]
In cooperation with the European Competence Center (EECC) GmbH, the Research Institute for Rationalization (FIR), and the RWTH University of Aachen will be holding a five half-day certificate course this year, leading to Chief RFID manager.The...[more]
ENVIRONMENTAL TAXES
[GOV: Aachen, August 4]
The government’s savings plans on environmental taxes are going to mean an enormous rise in energy costs for industry. SMEs in the processing business and the Chamber have calculated EUR 19.7m in extra costs per annum. The paper industry...[more]
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RINGING STOPS AFTER 26 YEARS
[LIFE-SCI: Jülich, August 6]
The neuro stimulator at Jülich emits a special tone to fit each person’s individual Tinnitus (ringing in the ears). It recently cured a man in Jülich, who had been suffering from the problem for 26 years, with a frequency of 7,200Hz....[more]
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WILD ROSES
[LEI: Maastricht, August 15]
Lulu Wang, the Chinese novelist and television personality, who started her career in Maastricht has just produced a new novel. It looks as if this is the ninth of her works to appear over the last decade. The book will be published...[more]
THE ANARCHY OF SILENCE
[LEI: Heerlen, August 15]
In the Schunck building from September 3 to November 28 there will be an exhibition of John Cage and experimental art called the ‘Anarchy of Silence’. John Cage (1912-1992), the American composer, poet, graphic specialist and essayist,...[more]
ROMANIAN ART IN VAALS
[LEI: Vaals, August 11]
For the first time ZARVA Romanian Music and Art will be exhibited in Meuse-Rhine. Starting with chamber music at the Kopermolen in Vaals on September 8 and Sunday September 12. Exhibitions of sculpture, paintings and drawings and collages...[more]
CROSS-BORDER DIALECT
[LEI: Landgraaf, August 11]
The fourth edition of the largest annual dialect event in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion, Festival Os Moddersproak, will start on September 25 at 20:00 in “t Ströatje”, Eijgelshovenerweg 4 in Landgraaf. Bands, writers, poets and traditional...[more]
PAYS DE LIEGE BY BOAT
[LEI: Liège, August 3]
On Sunday August 22 you can take the riverboat ‘Pays de Liège’ and look at the steel industry of the past and today. You can follow the rich industrial patrimony of Liege over decades. It departs from Saucy Passerelle in Liège at 14:30...[more]
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