Rotterdam festival screens mobile phone movies
January 23, 2009 Leave a Comment
The 38th Rotterdam International Film Festival opens today, featuring around 700 short and full-length films from all over the world. It is the largest film festival in the Netherlands and ranks among the larger festivals in Europe. This year the Rotterdam festival will be experimenting with extreme screen sizes, both large and small. Films will [...]
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January 22, 2009 Leave a Comment
Dancetour blijft op Markt Maastricht Muziekevenement Dancetour blijft welkom op de Maastrichtse Markt. Het stadsbestuur volgt unaniem een ongevraagd advies van de Maastrichtse Jongerenraad om het discjockeyfestijn een plek te blijven gunnen in het hart van de stad. (tags: Dutch) Krant gaat de grens over Dagblad De Limburber gaat vanaf vandaag samenwerken met de Belgische [...]
Geert Wilders to be prosecuted for inciting hatred
January 22, 2009 Leave a Comment
The Amsterdam court has ruled that the Public Prosecutor’s Office should after all prosecute the right-wing populist politician Geert Wilders for remarks about Muslims and Islam. The court found that there was a case of inciting hatred, discrimination and insulting language to answer. Earlier the Public Prosecutor decided not to proceed against Mr Wilders, which [...]
Ministry pays compensation in discrimination case
January 22, 2009 Leave a Comment
The defence ministry has paid an undisclosed amount of compensation to a Dutch citizen of African descent. He was arrested by the border police at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport after he became involved in an argument with a white man. The black Dutchman was locked up for 17 hours without food or drink, while the white [...]
First expat TV show in Holland
January 22, 2009 1 Comment
On 26 January, broadcasting company TV West is launching West International, the first TV programme for the international community in the Netherlands. From an idea which had been in the ether for several years, the TV show has finally become a reality,” says expat Paul Brown, originally from London, the anchor-man of the show which [...]
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January 21, 2009 Leave a Comment
Dutch builders face up to 50,000 job cuts -industry body Up to 50,000 jobs could be scrapped in the Dutch building industry this year due to the economic slowdown, the chairman of the Dutch construction association warned on Tuesday. (tags: Dutch) Nederlanders zijn stresskippen Nederlanders gaan vaker gebukt onder stress dan andere Europeanen. Bij driekwart [...]
16 Feb: GNE lecture: Drawing the Baroque English Landscape – Johannes Kip, Leonard Knyff + English Gentlemen
January 21, 2009 Leave a Comment
Monday, 16 February 2009: Mr Ray Biggs on ‘Drawing the Baroque English Landscape -Johannes Kip, Leonard Knyff +English Gentlemen’ . Why were so many trees planted towards the end of the 17th century? What part does a wooden lighthouse play in the story? Can we trust all we see in the detailed drawings? This slide-illustrated [...]
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January 20, 2009 Leave a Comment
Mosasaurusschedel terug in Maastricht De schedel van de in Maastricht gevonden mosasaurus, die al sinds 1795 in het natuurhistorisch museum in Parijs ligt, komt terug naar de stad. Het beroemde fossiel wordt de belangrijkste publiekstrekker van de expositie ‘Darwin, Cuvier et le Grand Animal de Maestricht’, die vanaf 8 maart 2009 in het Natuurhistorisch Museum [...]
Two-thirds of Dutch think less of US post-Bush
January 20, 2009 Leave a Comment
The image that the Dutch have of the US has deteriorated under the presidency of George W. Bush. They have high expectations of his successor Barack Obama, according to a poll held by Synovate on behalf of TV programme NOVA. About 65 percent of the Dutch said their image of the US was worse than [...]
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January 15, 2009 Leave a Comment
School met Frans accent Op de Maastrichtse basisscholen St. Aloysius en Wijck krijgt het provinciale proefproject ‘Euregioschool’ steeds meer vorm. Het accent wordt steeds nadrukkelijker gelegd op de Franse taal. Veelal spelenderwijs, tot en met de allerjongsten toe. (tags: Dutch)
14 Feb 2009: LIONS Club Maastricht Mondial host International Charity Gala Event on St Valentine’s Day
January 14, 2009 Leave a Comment
LIONS Club Maastricht Mondial host an International Charity Gala Event on St Valentine’s Day on Saturday February 14th, 2009 at the splendid CHATEAU ST GERLACH. Click here to see the invitation flyer.
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January 14, 2009 Leave a Comment
Banenrijklimburg The first priority of Banenrijklimburg is to create transparency in the labour market in Limburg for employers and high educated employees. The website contains, among others, vacancies available in Limburg. (tags: English) Czech sculpture tests EU sense of humour A giant piece of art is managing to shock and amuse the normally staid corridors [...]
English speaking services in Maastricht
January 14, 2009 Leave a Comment
English language church services 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month – 10.30am in a local home until further notice Last Sunday of each month – 5pm, St Jan’s Church in Maastricht (red-spired church on Vrijthof) These services are held with the backing of the Church of England. Everybody is welcome. For more details, please [...]
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January 13, 2009 Leave a Comment
NRC Handelsblad to expand European online media network NRC International, the English-language web version of the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad, will be expanding its cooperation with other English-language websites in Europe and the Netherlands. (tags: English) Essent to be sold to German power giant RWE The second biggest German power company, RWE, said Monday it [...]
Justice ministry hit by Wikipedia scandal
January 13, 2009 Leave a Comment
From today’s Radio Netherlands Press Review: De Volkskrant and De Telegraaf report that someone at the Dutch Justice Ministry has been up to no good on the open-source Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia. It seems that last year the entry on the Prophet Mohammad was changed to brand the Prophet as “a warmonger” and Islam as “the [...]
‘Public broadcaster falsified TV Moment of the Year election’
January 13, 2009 Leave a Comment
Public broadcaster VARA has circulated false information about the election of the TV Moment of the Year. It claims that the public chose a moment from a VARA programme, while a leaked internal memo shows otherwise. On Friday, a fragment from the VARA programme ‘Mooi Weer De Leeuw’ was chosen as the TV moment of [...]
Paid parking for cyclists proposed
January 13, 2009 Leave a Comment
It’s a birthright of the Netherlands’ cyclists: the right to park your bicycle anywhere you like. Dutch Railways are now planning the unthinkable: charging cyclists for a parking spot. Source: Radio Netherlands, 12 January 2009
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January 12, 2009 Leave a Comment
Saudi women learn to live in liberal Europe Holland, one of the most liberal countries in the world, has 138 Saudi students currently on scholarships; 36 of them are women. In 2007 the country was added to the list of authorized Saudi scholarship destinations; students are able to choose from three fields there: Medicine, dentistry [...]
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January 9, 2009 Leave a Comment
Heated debate in store on Dutch fireworks Parliament will have to hold a debate on whether to prohibit consumers from letting off fireworks. (tags: English) Arrests made in dead Maastricht toddler case In Maastricht, the capital city of the province of Limburg in the south-east of the country, three people have been arrested in connection [...]
Jazz in Maastricht
January 8, 2009 Leave a Comment
An announcement from Jean Haesen, from Jazz Maastricht: Dear Jazz friends, DSM Vesteda New Year Concerto: Emiel van Egdom – Tuesday January 13 • Venue: Groote Sociëteit, Vrijthof 37 • Tuesday January 13, 9.00 pm • Tickets € 15,- (FSI, students, CJP, DSM, FSI 7,50): Uitbalie ticket office 043 – 350 5555 / [...]
Maastricht Debates agenda: Minister Koenders in Maastricht and more
January 8, 2009 Leave a Comment
In 2009, Maastricht Debates is offering you an interesting programme with prominent speakers, discussions and films. International issues under debate will be linked with a European policy perspective under the title ‘Europe in the World’. MINISTER KOENDERS IN MAASTRICHT On January 26 at 5.30 PM, Bert Koenders, Netherlands Minister for Development Cooperation will share [...]
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January 7, 2009 Leave a Comment
Universiteit en gemeente sluiten convenant De Universiteit Maastricht en de gemeente Maastricht hebben dinsdagmiddag een samenwerkingsconvenant ondertekend waarmee zij hun krachten bundelen. (tags: Dutch)
Province of Limburg commissions expat research in the Meuse-Rhine euroregion
January 6, 2009 Leave a Comment
The Expatriates United Research, initiated by the Dutch Province of Limburg, aims to gather information about the experiences of international employees and their families in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion. The information collected will help the Province to better facilitate the integration process of expatriates in the region.
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January 6, 2009 Leave a Comment
-15 in Maastricht Afgelopen nacht was het het koudst bij Maastricht Aachen-Airport: daar was het bijna 15 graden onder nul. Voor de komende nacht wordt nog iets strengere vorst verwacht. Op sommige plaatsen zou het wel eens 17 tot 18 graden kunnen gaan vriezen. (tags: Dutch) Netherlands' first Moroccan mayor inaugurated Ahmed Aboutaleb has been [...]
9 Dec-21 Feb: Cradle to Cradle – Hype or Future, an exhibition at Centre Céramique Maastricht
January 6, 2009 Leave a Comment
Centre Céramique Maastricht presents the exhibition: Cradle to Cradle – Hype or Future Limburg as breeding ground for sustainable thinking and action A happy, new, clean world of plenty, in which good products are manufactured, cars continue to be driven and designer lamps remain lit. No tales of sombre times and consuming less, and no [...]
Immigration reaches record level
January 6, 2009 Leave a Comment
Net population growth in the Netherlands numbered 76 thousand people in 2008, nearly 30 thousand more than in 2007. The strong growth is the result of an immigration surplus, the first in five years. A record number of 140 thousand immigrants came to live in the Netherlands in 2008. The number of labour migrants from [...]
RNW partnership with NRC Handelsblad
January 6, 2009 Leave a Comment
Radio Netherlands Worldwide has launched a partnership with the international website of the Dutch national daily, NRC Handelsblad. Under the arrangement, the two sites exchange Dutch-related news and current affairs articles via RSS feeds. In addition, they’ll publish a selection of background stories and commentary articles on their respective home pages. The collaboration aims to [...]
Maastricht launches redesigned website
January 5, 2009 Leave a Comment
The municipality of Maastricht has redesigned its website at www.maastricht.nl The main site is obviously in Dutch but there is already a great deal of information available in English as well, divided into five categories: contact information, inhabitants, visitors, entrepreneurs and politics. The French and German sections are still under construction.
