Maastricht Debates: International responsibilities: what Darfur teaches us
April 6, 2007 Leave a Comment
On the evening of March 29th, a full house at the Grand Theater La Bonbonnière — over 200 mostly international students — waited expectantly for Jan Pronk to speak. Launching off with the incendiary declaration, “Everything went wrong and everyone is responsible,” Pronk didn’t disappoint. [continued...]
Fashion shopping in Maastricht
April 5, 2007 Leave a Comment
The importance of the city of Maastricht began a long time ago, when the Romans recognized the strategic value of its location and built a settlement here. Nowadays, Maastricht still benefits from this geographical advantage: its nearness to Germany, Belgium and France certainly contributes to give an international image to the city.
Maastricht is often described as a student city, but it also boasts historical and renovated monuments, underground fortifications, Romanesque and Gothic churches, beautiful bridges, museums and theatres, nice city walks, a variety of pubs… but above all shops! [continued...]
Minister in dialogue with ambassador on Turkish integration
April 4, 2007 Leave a Comment
Integration Minister Ella Vogelaar will invite the Turkish ambassador, Selahattin Alpar, for a discussion on integration. Her move is prompted by an interview the diplomat gave to newspaper De Telegraaf last Saturday. Alpar said in the newspaper that Turkish pupils in the Netherlands should be able to have lessons in their own language and culture [...]
Hennes & Mauritz contact center in Maastricht
April 4, 2007 Leave a Comment
In addition to dealing with queries by telephone from customers of the various H&M shops, the contact center will play a large part in internet sales. The company is now experimenting with this sales method in the Netherlands. In Scandinavia it has already become an important sales channel for the company. If the initiative is [...]
Netherlands expects 850,000 foreign Easter tourists
April 3, 2007 Leave a Comment
About 850,000 foreign tourists are expected to spend the Easter holidays in the Netherlands this year, the Netherlands Bureau for Tourism and Congresses said on Monday. This is 50,000 less than the number of foreign tourists during Easter last year. The bureau attributes the high number of tourists last year mainly to the activities surrounding [...]
Netherlands to import more gas
April 2, 2007 Leave a Comment
Declining national gas reserves are forcing the Netherlands to increase its imports. Companies and consumers will pay higher charges, Economic Affairs Minister Maria van der Hoeven has warned in a letter to parliament. To absorb declining production of natural gas from Dutch fields in the future via imports, substantial investments in the gas network are [...]
Dutch tax system stimulates investment
April 2, 2007 Leave a Comment
Jochum Haakma, director of the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency, explains why the Dutch tax system is user-friendly and how it encourages foreign direct investments. Haakma is currently visiting Japan on a seven-day mission from Friday. Japan is the second largest source of foreign direct investment to the Netherlands outside the European Union, and the Dutch [...]
St. George’s English International School to open in Aachen in August 2007
April 1, 2007 Leave a Comment
The St. George’s English International School will open in Aachen in August 2007. Excerpt from St George’s International School website: St.George’s is a co-educational, non denominational school which seeks to provide the best of the English private education system for children aged 3 to 18 (in Aachen initially for Kindergarten and Primary School aged children). [...]
French TV disappears
April 1, 2007 Leave a Comment
The latest issue of the Meuse-Rhine Journal reports: Camille Oostwegel, the Honorary French Consul in Maastricht and the President of Château Hotels & Restaurants, is concerned about the policy of @Home in removing the French TV stations RTBF 1 from Belgium, and France 2 and 3 from the cable. He has written a letter to [...]
