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RIEU'S BICENTENNIAL
[BIZ: Maastricht, May 14]
At the festivities to mark the bicentenary of the Chamber of Commerce for South Limburg, held in the MECC, Maastricht on May 14. André Rieu, the world famous musician from Maastricht and the city's favorite son was presented with 'Le...[more]
SERVATIUS IN LIEGE
[BIZ: Maastricht/Liège, May 14]
The foundation stone in the Maastricht-based, Servatius Housing Association's public/private construction program for 97 housing units in the rue de Hesbaye, Liège will be laid on Thursday June 3 at 15.00 hrs. The Walloon Minister...[more]
AMB GENERALI Q1
[BIZ: Aachen, May 13]
Group profit rises to EUR 53m; above-average premium growth for life/health insurers; investment result improves by EUR 836 m; Full-year profit of more than EUR 200 is realistic.The AMB Generali Group succeeded in maintaining the continuous ...[more]
VODAFONE FAMILY CARD
[BIZ: Maastricht, May 13]
From May 13, Vodafone customers are the first mobile phone users in the Netherlands who have the option of a new, handy service: the Vodafone Family Card. This service allows Vodafone subscribers to name a maximum of three people in...[more]
VINO ZERO
[BIZ/LIFE-SCI: Aachen, May 11]
An interesting offshoot in the world of biotechnology is formed by Aachen’s Vino Zero, which has done very well at the HOGA trade fair with its non-alcoholic organic wine. Particularly successful was the alcohol-free Chardonnay...[more]
HEERLEN’S EUR 45M+ POP THEATER
[BIZ/LEI: Heerlen, May 11]
The City Council of Heerlen has decided to renovate the city theatre, originally designed by the architect Peutz. It was the largest theater in the Netherlands in 1961. The theatre will be refurbished and the auditorium expanded by...[more]
EUR 10M HOTEL INVESTMENT
[BIZ: Maastricht, May 11]
Following the successful celebration of the Best Western Grand Hotel de l’Empereur’s centennial in Maastricht in 2002, the hotel has now expanded further with 69 luxury rooms, including seven penthouse rooms and three bridal suites....[more]
NEW MAASTRICHT GOLF COURSE
[BIZ/LEI: Maastricht, May 11]
A new golf course, to be known as Backerbosch, is being built between Maastricht and Cadier en Keer. The driving range is expected to open in June 2004. Head professional Elliot van der Veeke is already at work, giving lessons in...[more]
POLAND LEARNS FROM AACHEN
[BIZ/GOV: Aachen, May 10]
There have been excellent relations between, Poland (a new EU member state) and the city and region of Aachen for many years, particularly since the award of the Charlemagne prize in 1998 to the former Polish minister Bronislaw Geremek...[more]
ADD NOTEBOOKCENTER
[BIZ: Aachen May 10]
On Saturday May 15, the ADD Datensysteme GmbH & Co. KG Aachen is opening a new point of sale for notebooks in the center of Maastricht: Grote Gracht 60, NL-6211 SX Maastricht. The company has already a branch in Cologne. The main focus of...[more]
ARCELOR Q1 2004 UP 22%
[BIZ: Luxembourg, May 10]
Arcelor (still with major interests in the Liège area) reports its best quarterly operating result since its establishment with a net result, group share increased by 22%. There was a further reduction of net financial debt; a stronger...[more]
TABAC ORIGINAL
[BIZ: Aachen, May 10]
As part of a series of presentations of local business, the Aachen Chamber hosted a presentation by Dalli-Werke Mäurer + Wirtz GmbH & Co. KG, a company which started out with soap 157 years ago in Stolberg. The company is still in the hands...[more]
GREEN HOUSE ST.VITH
[BIZ/LEI: St.Vith, May 10]
Greenhouse St.Vith is the name of a new seminar and golf center in one of Belgium’s most attractive areas in the Belgium/Luxembourg/Germany triangle. For more information check the website....[more]
EUR 200M FOR NÜRBURGRING
[BIZ/LEI: Nürburgring, May 9]
The new Formula 1 contract through 2009 has been signed, but the Nürburgring racing track in the adjacent Eifel hills wants to expand beyond the world of Formula 1. Its general manager, Walter Kafitz, has unveiled a plan for the...[more]
EUBAN ANGELS START UP
[BIZ: Vaals, May 8]
Alexander Graham Bell and Henry Ford are often cited as examples of early businessmen who were helped by angel seed money. So, following this excellent example, EuBAn, a new business angel organization was established in Vaals on April 22....[more]
SLOW RECOVERY IN LIMBURG (BE)
[BIZ: Hasselt, May 7]
The economy of Belgian Limburg is recovering gradually and will reach its highpoint in July of this year. However, there is a growth in unemployment and the automotive sector is not doing well, according to the figures provided by VOKA,...[more]
BELGIAN SENIOR CONSULTANTS
[BIZ: Eupen, May 5]
East-Belgium now has its own Belgian Senior Consultant (BSC) network. The official start for this branch was given recently at the Quartum center in Eupen. A number of consultants have joined this enterprise to allow them to pool their experience...[more]
BULGARIA’S FLEMISH GODFATHERS
[BIZ: Hasselt, May 5]
On May 6, members of the Flemish Plato Bulgaria project - a project for 150 Bulgarian SMEs from the Stara Zagora region - will start a year’s coaching program led by a Flemish executive and another from a major Bulgarian company. During...[more]
COX GEELEN EXPANDS
[BIZ: Eijsden, May 5]
Cox Geelen in Eijsden, a manufacturer of exhaust gas systems in aluminum, stainless steel and plastic, is going to expand its plant in Eijsden by 41,500². Construction will be completed in August 2004. Cox Geelen has been in existence since...[more]
MEUSE CLEAN-UP EUR 203M
[BIZ/INFRA: Liège, May 5]
Frédéric van Vlodorp writes in 'La Libre Belgique' that a new water purification plant has been opened at Engis, which is an important link in the chain in the Meuse basin. At Esneux, the Ourthe has benefited from a similar plant. These...[more]
LRM INCREASES IPTE STAKE
[BIZ: Hasselt, May 4]
The Limburg development company LRM has increased its stake in Genk-based IPTE, a market leader in the development of turnkey automation systems for the production, testing and treatment of printed circuit boards (PCB) and for final assembly...[more]
NEW BOSS FOR SAPPI
[BIZ: Lanaken, May 3]
Peter Loubele, the new director of Sappi Fine Paper Europe’s Lanaken mill, was born and bred in Lanaken, studied chemistry at the University of Louvain and worked for Fasson Avery before coming to work at KNP Lanaken - the predecessor of...[more]
MACINTOSH 2003 RESULTS
[BIZ: Maastricht, May 2]
The Maastricht-based, Macintosh Retail Group is a large-scale non-food retailer specializing in the distribution of consumer products in the Living, Fashion and Automotive & Telecom sectors in the Benelux and surrounding countries....[more]
AMB DOWNSIZES TOP
[BIZ: Aachen, May 2]
AMB Generali, the management holding company of the third-largest primary insurance group in the German market, is downsizing its top management. The Group will, in future, be headed by a Board of Management with only two directors. In addition...[more]
EUPEN CHAMBER BICENTENARY
[BIZ: Eupen, May 1]
200 guests with representatives from the world of politics and business, celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Chamber of Commerce for Eupen, Malmedy and St Vith with a party in the Europa Hall of the DG Ministry building. The Chamber...[more]
DSM AKULON® EXPANSION
[IND: Heerlen, May 1]
DSM Engineering Plastics has announced (28.04) an expansion of its Akulon PA6 capacity at its polyamide plant in Emmen, the Netherlands. The plant will be completed by mid 2005.The capacity expansion - by over one third - follows a complete...[more]
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FLIGHTS TO THE ANTILLES
[LOG: Maastricht/Amsterdam, May 3]
The new Dutch CaribbeanExel Airline, which underwent gestation in Maastricht, is starting flights to the Antilles from Amsterdam as of July 1. There will be 3 weekly return flights between Amsterdam and Curaçao. In the Caribbean,...[more]
GERMAN TV IN VERVIERS
[INFRA/MEDIA: Eupen, May 3]
As part of a network upgrade, Belgian German language TV, BRF Channel 3, will now be available in all the French-speaking municipalities of the Verviers district, following a go-ahead from Intermosane, the distribution utility...[more]
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GO ON AACHEN AGGLOMERATION
[GOV: Aachen/Cologne, May 15]
The Cologne 'Governor' Jürgen Roters announced on Friday that he was giving the go-ahead for the development of the Aachen urban agglomeration. [Städteregion Aachen] . There is now no impediment to the foundation meeting to be...[more]
MEDAL FOR MELCHIOR
[GOV: Maastricht, May 11]
The Mayor and City Council of Maastricht have awarded the city’s Medal of Honor to Mr Leon Melchior. The award was made during a sponsor meeting of the MVV soccer club on May 11.Leon Melchior has been involved in the economic development...[more]
BIOTECH MASTERS IN BONN
[EDU: Bonn, May 10]
The University of Bonn is offering a master’s degree in molecular biotechnology from the beginning of the next academic year. The course is international and will be given in English. Graduates in natural sciences and medicine, with a bachelor’s...[more]
LUC RECTOR: DE SCHEPPER
[EDU: Hasselt, May 7]
Professor Luc de Schepper will succeed Harry Martens as the new rector of the Limburg University Center (LUC). Professor Mieke van Haegendoren has been chosen as vice-rector. Both appointments become effective on October 1. Luc de Schepper...[more]
AACHEN PEACE PRIZE
[GOV: Aachen, May 7]
The Aachen peace prize for 2004 will be awarded to women from Russia and Turkey. The Turkish lawyer Eren Keskin and the St Petersburg soldiers’ mothers are receiving the prize for their work in human rights, peace and reconciliation. They...[more]
DG LIVE UPGRADE
[GOV/MEDIA: Eupen, May 7]
In a move towards e-government, the German-speaking Community’s Internet site, DG-LIVE has been upgraded and 50 members of staff at the DG ministry will update it on a regular basis. The design and development of this online service...[more]
DG AND THE PALATINATE
[GOV: Eupen, May 7]
The Premier of Belgium’s German-speaking Community (DG), Karl-Heinz Lambertz, recently met with his opposite number from the Rhineland Palatinate, Kurt Beck, and visited institutions in Bitburg in Germany and St Vith in Belgium. Topics of...[more]
MAASTRICHT-LIEGE U?
[EDU: Liège, May 7]
A Letter of Intent has been drawn by the universities of Liège and Maastricht on educational cooperation. Working groups will discuss cooperation in law, science, medicine, economics and management. When these meetings have been completed,...[more]
AACHEN REDUCES ENERGY BILL
[GOV/INFRA: Aachen, May 6]
The city of Aachen has reduced its energy costs considerably in the past year. In 2003, the costs were reduced by EUR 1.7m as against the figures for 1995, representing a saving of 19%....[more]
TECH MANAGEMENT MBA
[EDU: Aachen, May 5]
An executive MBA for technology managers has been started by the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and the engineering lab of Aachen’s RWTH University. This is the first and thus far only MBA for technology management in the German-speaking...[more]
PRIX DE ROME
[EDU: Maastricht, May 5]
Mariana Castillo Deball (Mexico, 1975), a former researcher in Fine Art (2002-2003) at Maastricht’s Jan van Eyck Academy, has won the first prize of the Prix de Rome 2004 for Drawing and Graphics. In addition to the prize money of EUR...[more]
EUR 58 M FOR FLEMISH HOUSE
[GOV: Hasselt, May 4]
The Flemish minister responsible for the public service recently opened a Flemish house in Hasselt, which will provide a home for 450 civil servants, responsible for traffic, planning, agriculture and environmental protection....[more]
JEAN JACQUES ANNAUD
[GOV/MEDIA: Aachen, May 3]
The French film director and Oscar winner Jean-Jacques Annaud has been awarded the Charlemagne medal for European media in Aachen. Annaud received the award for his major contribution to European unity and the development of a European...[more]
AACHEN'S FRENCH CONSUL
[GOV: Aachen, May 1]
On Thursday March 18 in the White Hall of the Aachen City Hall, the French Ambassador to Berlin, H.E. Mr Claude Martin in the presence of the Mayor Dr. Jürgen Linden, the French Consul-General in Düsseldorf, Jacques Moreau, and many others...[more]
GSIM NEWS
[EDU: Maastricht, May 1]
Maastricht’s Graduate School of International Management (GSIM) has produced its April Newsletter which covers participation in the Audencia MBA Business Simulation Game Competition, currently being held; it lists the information sessions...[more]
LIMBURG (NL) STATISTICS
[GOV: Maastricht, May 1]
Statistics on Limburg are available at the Province’s website. These cover a wide range of socio-economic topics. They cover the province as a whole, but are also divided into north, south and central Limburg for the 47 municipalities....[more]
GLASPALEIS ONLINE
[GOV: Heerlen, May 1]
In 2004 the Glaspaleis (Glass Palace) will be opened in Heerlen. This one time Schunck department store was developed by the architect Frits Peutz in 1933-1935 and has been placed on the list of 1000 most important buildings by the Union...[more]
ARCELOR COMPENSATION
[GOV: Liège, May 1]
Mr Michel Daerden, the vice-president of the Walloon government and Minister of the budget for the French-speaking community, noted in his May 1 speech that the life of Arcelor steel could be extended in Liège to 2010 and that Arcelor had...[more]
AACHEN REGION NEWS
[GOV: Aachen, May 1]
The Aachen Region in Meuse-Rhine has produced the 6th issue of its quarterly newsletter dated April 2004. It deals, among other things, with the new organization of North-Rhine Westphalia’s structural and labor market policies. The focal...[more]
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NEW CARDIOVASCULAR THERAPIES
[LIFE-SCI; Maastricht/The Hague, May 14]
Researchers in Maastricht have recently developed a mechanism that shows the way to new treatment for chronic diseases, like cardiovascular disease and diabetes. They have unraveled the working of a protein that regulates...[more]
CELLS AT WORK II
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, May 13]
We shall be giving a report on Cells at Work II in Issue 87 of the Meuse-Rhine Journal,to be published on May 30. For the present, suffice it to say that there was a general feeling of
satisfaction about this key event in Meuse-Rhine's...[more]
DSM GREEN ANTIBIOTICS
[LIFE-SCI: Heerlen, May 13]
DSM Anti-Infectives, the world’s largest producer of antibiotics, will expand its existing ZOR-f plant in Delft for the production of 7-ADCA. 7-ADCA is an advanced intermediate for the production of cephalosporins, an important group...[more]
APLAGEN LICENSES LONZA
[LIFE-SCI/BIZ: Basel and Baesweiler, May 11]
Lonza Ltd and AplaGen, Germany closed a combined cooperation and licensing agreement for AplaGen’s “CFPS”-Technology (correctly folded peptide synthesis), a new and emerging method for the synthesis of longer mer...[more]
THE HOSPITAL KEYHOLE
[LIFE-SCI/HEALTH/LEI: Heerlen/Kerkrade, May 8]
The Industrion museum in Kerkrade and the Atrium Medical Center in Heerlen are presenting an exhibition called: ‘Look! Operation’ from May 8 to October 10 to mark the centenary of hospital care in Parkstad Limburg....[more]
PHDS IN MAASTRICHT
[LIFE-SCI: Maastricht, May 1]
The following PhDs were to be awarded in May in Maastricht.
A.M.J. Chorus, Faculty of Medicine, topic: "Rheumatic patients at work".A.M. Schins, Faculty of Medicine, topic: "Etiological issues of depression post myocardial ...[more]
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NANO ROAD SHOW TRUCK
[SCI-TECH/EDU: Jülich, May 10]
On May 19, in Jülich, a special road show truck will give a 60 m² live show on the world of nano-technology. The program will include a laser show, a show where you can win some money and a multi-media presentation and lectures...[more]
SATELLITES FROM AACHEN
[SCI-TECH: Aachen/Berlin, May 10]
Participants from the Aachen region in the Berlin International Aerospace Exhibition, May 10-16, include the Aachen Applied Sciences University, Aerospace Studies department, which is showing a small space satellite that is...[more]
SHELL ECO-MARATHON
[SCI-TECH: Liège, May 9]
On May 15 and 16, a University of Liège vehicle, piloted by Madeleine Fonder, a 22-year old student of electromechanical engineering, who is 1.68 tall and weighs 57 kg, is participating in the Shell Eco-marathon, an annual fuel economy...[more]
CO2-FREE POWER STATION
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, May 7]
The Jülich research center wants to develop a CO2-free coal-fired power station and plans have been presented to the Minister of Economics Mr. Wolfgang Clement. The objective is to completely filter out the carbon dioxide emissions....[more]
NEWS FROM NAB2004
[HIGH-TECH: Liege, May 5]
NAB2004, The World's Largest Electronic Media Show (April 17-22) in Las Vegas was important for EVS. There has been, of course, 150 square feet of product displays, mostly in High Definition, offering near- real world configurations...[more]
HIGH-TECH ROOF PLANTS
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, May 4]
Jülich’s new high-tech plant research center enables scientists to subject plants to differing environmental and climatic conditions, to determine the influence of raised carbon dioxide levels, or damaging gases like ozone on them or...[more]
PUTTING THE OGC IN EAI
[SCI-TECH: Liège, May 2]
IONIC announces its release of RedSpider Enterprise 3, the most extensive geospatial Java toolkit and component library currently available for geospatially-enabled enterprise application integration (EAI). Natively based on ISOtc211...[more]
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CULTURE AT THE BAVIERE
[LEI: Liège, May 11]
The Bavière site in Liège, which has served as a hospital and country retreat for the early prince bishops and their mistresses is now to take on a new identity as a center of culture. A contract is to be signed with the owner to renovate...[more]
DANCING IN BRUNSSUM
[LEI: Brunssum, May 11]
The world festival parade will take place in Brunssum from May 16 through May 23, with 800 participants from more than 24 countries. 50,000 Visitors are expected. The focus is on folklore and multicultural encounters. This is the 13th...[more]
EUREGIO CAROLUS MAGNUS
[LEI: Maastricht, May 11]
‘Euregio Carolus Magnus: Grenzen in Fluss rund um das Städtedreieck Maastricht, Aachen Lüttich’ is a valuable reference book written in German by Johanna Kamermans and available in bookstores for EUR 25. It can also be ordered online...[more]
ORCHIDS IN LIMBURG
[LEI: Valkenburg, May 10]
South Limburg and the Forest Service are arranging tours of the orchid gardens, which were planted in the Gerendal in 1958. The trips leave from the Gerendal parking lot with a guide from the State Forest Service. The visits are on...[more]
AMATEUR DRAMATICS IN THORN
[LEI: Thorn, May 7]
There will be a Theater Day 2004 run by the Limburg Federation of Amateur Theatrical Associations on May 23 in Kerkrade-Spekholzerheide near the church on the Patronaatsstraat. It runs from 13.30-18.00 hrs. It is part of the tradition that...[more]
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