3-31 July: Photo exhibit at Centre Céramique: “Slimmerds; creativity and innovation in action”
June 30, 2009 Leave a Comment
Europe Direct presents ‘Slimmerds; creativity and innovation in action’, a photo-exhibit from photographer Maarten van Haaff (www.maartenvanhaaff.nl) for SICA (Centre for International Cultural Activities) during the European Year of Creativity and Innovation. Slimmerds; creativity and innovation in action In 25 photos, five central themes such as cultural entrepreneurship, creative industry, digitisation of cultural heritage e.d., [...]
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June 30, 2009 Leave a Comment
Kunsthandel Noortman weg uit Maastricht Noortman Master Paintings, de voormalige galerie van de omstreden kunsthandelaar Rob Noortman, gaat na 25 jaar weg uit Maastricht. Noortmans zoon Willam opent in september een nieuwe vestiging van Master paintings in Amsterdam-Zuid, zo bevestigt hij zelf. Volgens William gaat het om 'een zakelijk besluit dat al een jaar geleden [...]
Maastricht branding: two embeddable video clips in English
June 30, 2009 Leave a Comment
Maastricht Region in 5 minutes “The Maastricht Region: to work, to live, to love. The ultimate work-life balance. Beautiful cities in an astonishing landscape. Great career opportunities, high-quality housing and education. www.maastrichtregion.com” Source:Maastricht Region Branding Foundation Maastricht University – Leading in Learning / Source: Maastricht University
Doing business in Maastricht: “Offer him a glass of beer and he’s your best friend, forever.”
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Confessions of a culture junkie: Pecha Kucha Maastricht makes the grade
June 30, 2009 2 Comments
Jeroen Vinken – Art upon Fabrics
For US expat Susan Schaefer, the recent Pecha Kucha Night revealed a side of Maastricht that she had never experienced before: “Maastricht and its surrounding “Euroregion” area shone as a wholly new sphere in my celestial imagination,” she writes.
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June 29, 2009 Leave a Comment
Maastricht I took Michael to Maastricht for his birthday. Maastricht is a town in the south of Holland that is heavily influenced by its surroundings, that is to say, Belgium. We stayed at an amazing hotel, the Herenkruis hotel, which was once a church and a convent. (tags: English) Teleperformance sluit overeenkomst met groot software [...]
Start of Kingdom-wide internet consultation trial
June 28, 2009 Leave a Comment
Minister Hirsch Ballin of Justice today gave the start sign for the Kingdom-wide trial to have citizens, companies and interest groups contribute their opinions on new legislation and regulations, by means of the Internet, in the Communication Museum in The Hague. The Minister launched the www.internetconsultatie.nl website for this purpose. The experiment will be concluded [...]
Amsterdam local authority services to be bilingual
June 28, 2009 Leave a Comment
Amsterdam is to introduce English as its second language. The centre-left D66 proposal was supported on the city council by the leftwing Greens (GroenLinks), Labour (PvdA) and the conservatives (VVD). The proposal was voted down last September, but a majority now supported D66 councillor Jan Paternotte’s plan. “Nowadays, everyone can get by in English in [...]
Gratifying feedback from a Japanese expat in Maastricht
June 25, 2009 1 Comment
Crossroads editor Sueli Brodin has received a very gratifying message from a Japanese expat in Maastricht.
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June 25, 2009 Leave a Comment
Originelen Fiep Westendorp tentoongesteld (tags: dutch) De taalgrens over De Nederlandse theatergroepHet Vervolg en het Duitse Theater K spelen samen ’Wunschkamer’. Regisseur Hans Trentelman over zijn tweetalige toneelavontuur. (tags: Dutch) Wijlre Castle: Do-It-Yourself Garden, With Moat In 1982, when Marlies and Jo Eyck purchased Wijlre Castle, a 17th-century castle near Maastricht in the Netherlands, they [...]
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June 24, 2009 Leave a Comment
Recession takes the sparkle out of Antwerp's diamond quarter Huge decline in the gem trade is affecting a small, ethnically diverse district in Belgium (tags: English) Gratis toegang musea: eerst experimenteren Voordat besloten wordt of musea voor kinderen definitief gratis toegankelijk worden, gaat verder onderzocht worden wat de effecten daarvan op de bezoekaantallen zijn. Daarom [...]
Over-65s with a foreign background growing fast
June 24, 2009 Leave a Comment
The population group in the Netherlands with a non-western foreign background will age strongly in the next few decades. According to Statistics Netherlands’ latest forecast of the foreign population in the Netherlands, the number of over-65s with a non-western foreign background will increase from just under 70 thousand today to more than 520 thousand in [...]
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June 23, 2009 Leave a Comment
Foreign brains welcome despite crisis The Netherlands has decided to change its immigration policy in an attempt to increase the number highly-skilled professionals coming to the country. This approach is in direct contrast to that of the United States and the United Kingdom, which during the current worldwide financial crisis have opted for an “own [...]
Migration policy concerning knowledge workers, students and researchers leads to reduced administrative burden
June 22, 2009 Leave a Comment
Upon a proposal from Minister of Justice Hirsch Ballin and State Secretary for Justice Albayrak, the Dutch Government has agreed to the Modern Migration Policy bill. The bill comprises a modernisation of the Aliens Act 2000 and is based on the proposals contained in the Modern Migration Policy policy document presented last year by State [...]
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June 22, 2009 Leave a Comment
More than 1,200 people re-enact the Battle of Waterloo Artillery infantry and cavalry were all in attendance on Sunday morning for a re-enactment of the Battle of Waterloo. The historic battle that saw the allied forces led by Wellington beat Neopléon's French army was fought 114 years ago last Thursday. (watch video) (tags: English) Chagall [...]
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June 21, 2009 Leave a Comment
Oosterse supermarkt in MosaeGusto! Verskelder MosaeGusto! bij de Markt in Maastricht krijgt een vestiging van Amazing Oriental, een oosterse supermarktformule. Het filiaal – 1000 vierkante meter – komt naast supermarkt Jumbo. Amazing Oriental gaat de grootste ruimte vullen die leegkwam door het faillissement van Cucina Mosae, eind vorig jaar. Voor de andere ruimten zijn nog [...]
Exile on Main Street: nine American artists’ “exile on mainstream”
June 21, 2009 Leave a Comment
The nine artists featured in Exile on Main Street at Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht have done solo exhibitions before in Europe and in the US. Now, in a European first, their works are being shown under one roof. Although the artists are all American, it can be argued that this exhibition could not as easily have been put together in their home country, because of the type of content the artworks deal with. They tackle the taboos in art, either in style or context, by using confrontation, humour, sex, disgust, sarcasm, self-criticism and admiration in their artworks. A review by Burcak Gursoy.
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June 19, 2009 Leave a Comment
Dutch Queen and Russian President to Open New Hermitage Amsterdam Museum Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and the President of the Russian Federation, Mr. Dmitry Medvedev, will attend opening celebrations of the Hermitage Amsterdam museum on the evening of Friday, June 19, one day prior to the public opening of the museum on June 20, [...]
The Netherlands will be a little less crowded
June 19, 2009 Leave a Comment
At a conference on Wednesday, government officials and researchers get together to discuss how Dutch municipalities can deal with a diminishing population. The Dutch minister for housing, Eberhard van der Laan, said he was “slightly depressed” after visiting the southern cities Heerlen and Maastricht earlier this year. There he saw what is unheard of in [...]
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June 18, 2009 Leave a Comment
Zuid Limburg pakt kindermishandeling en huiselijk geweld aan Ruim 20 instellingen, de provincie en het overgrote deel van gemeenten uit Zuid Limburg ondertekenden donderdag 18 juni 2009 het Convenant Meldcode huiselijk geweld en kindermishandeling. Zuid Limburg is daarmee één van de eerste regio’s in Nederland waar in gezamenlijkheid een stap wordt gezet om kindermishandeling en [...]
Go Dutch, save money: British students can take degrees in English at the University of Maastricht and pay lower fees than at home
June 18, 2009 Leave a Comment
Why don’t more British students head to the University of Maastricht, where they can take degrees in English and – best of all – pay lower fees than at home? It is a warm afternoon in May towards the end of the summer term and 10 young people on a European studies degree are gathered [...]
Fortuna back in Dutch first division
June 18, 2009 1 Comment
The Dutch Football Association (KNVB) has been ordered to allow Fortuna Sittard back into the First Division next season. The club has been in financial difficulties for many years, which was the reason the KNVB decided to exclude it. However, a court in Utrecht has now ruled in summary proceedings that the decision was not [...]
Newly arrived American expats in Maastricht: “No time to be bored!”
June 17, 2009 2 Comments
Amanda “Mandy” Potter (27) moved to Maastricht only recently, in April 2009 to be precise. Her husband Dan was offered a job as a biology researcher at Maastricht University. Mandy describes a lot of her experiences in her blog Single Stitch Studio to help her family and friends back home get an idea of what life is like in Maastricht. Truly inventive is the podcast Maastricht Minutiae in which Mandy and Dan talk about various aspects of living among the Dutch, and review their trips and adventures in the region. They have only been here for a couple of months but have already released the 7th episode of Maastricht Minutiae! Reason enough for Crossroads to introduce the Potters to the expat community at large.
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June 17, 2009 Leave a Comment
Nearly all EU countries opt into free fruit scheme Millions of children in nearly all of the EU's 27 countries will get free fruit and vegetables from next school year under a scheme to promote healthy eating and tackle child obesity, the bloc's farm chief said on Tuesday. (tags: English) Tot eind 2010 verdwijnen in [...]
25 June: The engagement of art institutions with artists, a debate at Bonnefanten Museum
June 17, 2009 Leave a Comment
Thursday June 25th – 8.30 pm – English spoken The engagement of art institutions with artists. An evening with Iwona Blazwick and Maria Anna Potocka Introduction Paula van den Bosch Interview Annie Fletcher The connection between art institutions and artists are governed by a mix of public and private elements. Even if the sky is [...]
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June 16, 2009 Leave a Comment
Directeur corporatie Maastricht weg Bij woningcorporatie Servatius in Maastricht stapt directeur Verzijlbergh op. Hij was al geschorst. Volgens de Raad van Toezicht waren er verschillen van mening over de koers van de corporatie. De directeur laat een tekort van tien miljoen euro na. Twee dure projecten zijn stilgelegd. Het gaat om de bouw van een [...]
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June 15, 2009 Leave a Comment
Team tegen corruptie in Limburg Negentien Zuid-Limburgse gemeenten en de provincie Limburg gaan een speciaal team oprichten dat zich drie jaar lang bezig gaat houden met corruptiebestrijding. (tags: Dutch) First HST train to Germany Belgian Rail has inaugurated a new high speed train line in the province of Liège. This completes the HST connection between [...]
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June 14, 2009 Leave a Comment
EZ beslist over gasboringen in Limburg Het ministerie van Economische Zaken beslist waarschijnlijk eind juni, begin juli of er in Limburg naar gas mag worden geboord. (tags: Dutch)
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June 13, 2009 Leave a Comment
Sneller papieren voor buitenlandse kenniswerkers Het wordt makkelijker om reis- en verblijfspapieren te regelen voor hoogopgeleide arbeidsmigranten voor bedrijven en instellingen die veel kenniswerkers uit het buitenland nodig hebben. (tags: Dutch)
Lion’s Club Maastricht Mondial May Fair 2009
June 12, 2009 Leave a Comment
Lion’s Club Maastricht Mondial May Fair 2009 from European Journalism Centre on Vimeo.
Maastricht Mayor Gerd Leers and the ‘t Meestreechs Rizzjemint perform the opening ceremony of the 2009 May Fair with a platoon of 16 militiamen with guns and cannon.
http://www.lionsmaastrichtmondial.nl
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