Tourism income down in Netherlands
July 21, 2009 Leave a Comment
The first quarter of the year saw foreign visitors to the Netherlands spending less than a year before, figures published by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) on Monday show. The quarterly figures reveal that while Dutch people spent four percent more abroad (1.7. billion euros) than they did in the same period in 2008, visitors to the [...]
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July 20, 2009 Leave a Comment
Limburg krijgt waarschijnlijk Cultuurprijs De kans is groot dat er vanaf volgend jaar een Cultuurprijs Limburg komt. VVD en CDA in het Limburgs Parlement hebben daartoe samen een initiatiefvoorstel ingediend. (tags: Dutch)
TEFAF Maastricht 2010 invites dealers to new works on paper section
July 20, 2009 Leave a Comment
Dealers are being invited to apply to take part in a new section specializing in a wide range of works on paper proposed for TEFAF Maastricht 2010, the world’s most influential art and antiques fair. The next edition of TEFAF (The European Fine Art Fair) will take place from March 12-21, 2010 in the MECC [...]
Local Councils: gender-segregated integration only natural
July 20, 2009 Leave a Comment
The local councils association (VNG) condemns any criticism of the fact that 41 municipalities offer Dutch language and culture lessons in classes in which men and women are segregated. “Integration classes for women alone are an automatic consequence of the programmes these women are following,” VNG said on Friday. In 41 of the 443 municipalities, [...]
Moving to Maastricht
July 18, 2009 5 Comments
“It was somewhere over the Indian Ocean that my partner Darryn and I made the decision to move to Maastricht,” says Australian journalist Laura Parker. “We were flying home to Australia after a particularly enjoyable holiday in Greece when we suddenly found ourselves overwhelmed with sadness at the thought of leaving the beauty of Europe and returning to the mundane Sydney city life. So we thought: why don’t we just move to Europe?”
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July 16, 2009 Leave a Comment
Expat Voices: Jennifer Evans on living in the Netherlands – Expatica The Netherlands American student Jennifer Evans wonders why the cloggies think if we "do it like the Dutch do it", the world's problem's will be solved. (tags: English) Elke zondag straattheater in centrum Valkenburg Het Theodoor Dorrenplein in Valkenburg wordt deze zomer omgedoopt tot [...]
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July 15, 2009 Leave a Comment
Maastricht start proef met draadloos internet in hele binnenstad De gemeente Maastricht start samen met de universiteit een experiment met een draadloos WIFI-netwerk in de binnenstad. Studenten en medewerkers van de universiteit en de gemeente kunnen vanaf het voorjaar 2010 overal in het proefgebied inloggen op hun bedrijfsnetwerk en gebruik maken van de diensten die [...]
Ceramics maker Sphinx leaves Maastricht
July 15, 2009 1 Comment
Ceramics maker Sphinkx is to stop production in Maastricht, ending its 175-year association with the southern city. Sphinx is now owned by Finland-based Sanitec which is moving the making of baths and sinks to Sweden, the Telegraaf reports. City council executive Jean Jacobs told the paper the move was very disappointing, not least because the [...]
European Conference at the Province of Limburg urges for “practical approaches towards effective European transfrontier cooperation”
July 14, 2009 Leave a Comment
A Council of Europe conference held at the Province of Limburg on 6-7 July 2009 focused on the importance of transfrontier cooperation in border regions such as the Meuse-Rhine euroregion.
Also see: Province of Limburg calls for more effective transfrontier cooperation with humouristic clips
New series on Crossroads: “On the relay track”
July 14, 2009 Leave a Comment
“On the relay track” is a new series on Crossroads introducing local and regional personalities who have made their mark in the landscape of Limburg or who are still involved in developing the region. Each guest is asked to recommend the following personality to be featured on the series and to pass on the relay [...]
On the relay track: Louk Hustinx on the origins and future of the MECC and Maastricht’s place in Europe
July 14, 2009 Leave a Comment
“On the relay track” is a new series on Crossroads introducing local and regional personalities who have made their mark in the landscape of Limburg or who are still involved in developing the region. Each guest is asked to recommend the following personality to be featured on the series and to pass on the relay baton with a specific question.
Cultural analyst Ger Kockelkorn started the race and suggested PR professional Louk Hustinx, the man who helped establish the reputation of the Maastricht Exhibition & Congress Centre (MECC) to take the relay and explain how he sees the future of the MECC.
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July 14, 2009 Leave a Comment
Dutch bikes take the world by storm People in the Netherlands don’t bat an eye when an out-of-breath mother cycles by with her brood in a bakfiets. Also known as a cargo bike or carrier cycle in English, the bakfiets is about to take the world by storm, say the owners of the Fietsfabriek, a [...]
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July 13, 2009 Leave a Comment
Ton subsidie voor The Great Indoors Award 2009 De Provincie Limburg kent een subsidie van 100.000 euro toe aan The Great Indoors Award, een biënnale voor interieur design. Deze tweejaarlijkse biënnale wordt georganiseerd door het NAiM / Bureau Europa, FRAME en de Stichting Marres en omvat een meerdaags congres, verschillende workshops en een internationale prijsvraag. [...]
Cityfilm Maastricht to be available in September 2009
July 12, 2009 Leave a Comment
CityFilm.tv is a new marketing website featuring short films about major cities in the Netherlands and Belgium. Newspaper Trouw reports that Maastricht will be added to the existing list of cities in September 2009. About CityFilm.tv: “CityFilm advises you about the best city hot spots in The Netherlands and Belgium – Learn about the rich [...]
14 July: Le Quatorze juillet à Maastricht
July 12, 2009 Leave a Comment
On Tuesday 14 July there will be live music in and around bars situated in the Pieterstraat and the French film “La Gloire de mon Pere” in the park to mark the French national holiday. From 5.00 p.m., in St. Pieterstraat. Outdoor film at 10.00 p.m. Free admission. Source: MaastrichtNet.nl
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July 10, 2009 Leave a Comment
Maastricht University: SUN Project: vijf stadswijken uit de Euregio in een nieuw licht tegen 2012 Steden zijn onderhevig aan de effecten van stadsvlucht; de meer welgestelde bevolking verlaat de stadswijken om op ‘duurzame’ wijze te bouwen in de groenere wijken aan de rand. (tags: Dutch) André Rieu Vrijthofconcerten Maastricht Van vrijdag 10 tot en met [...]
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July 9, 2009 Leave a Comment
Keep Dutch soft-drugs coffee shops for locals: commission Dutch coffee shops that sell cannabis should should cater mainly for local people and not bulk-buying drugs tourists from abroad, a government commission proposed Thursday. (tags: English) Netherlands suspends tobacco inspections in small bars The Dutch government has dropped spot checks on smoking in small cafes after [...]
Province of Limburg calls for more effective transfrontier cooperation with humouristic clips
July 9, 2009 Leave a Comment
The Province of Limburg has called for “the support of Europe and national authorities” to achieve more effective transfrontier cooperation in five key areas during a Council of Europe conference held in Maastricht on July 6-7, 2009. Public Transport in the Meuse-Rhine region Education in the Meuse-Rhine region Healthcare in the Meuse-Rhine region Public safety [...]
Imanzi Heart, Manus van Alles Festival
July 9, 2009 Leave a Comment
Read a review of the Manus van Alles Festival in Maastricht.
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Dutch terrorism databank opens
July 9, 2009 Leave a Comment
The University of Leiden’s Centre for Terrorism and Counterterrorism is opening a databank this week full of data about national and international terrorism. The databank is accessible on application for a password. The Centre for Terrorism and Counterterrorism has been working on the research database in the area of terrorism, radicalisation and polarisation since 2007. [...]
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July 8, 2009 Leave a Comment
Timmermans wants speedy progress on transfrontier cooperation European affairs minister Frans Timmermans wants to help resolve the problems encountered by those who live and work in border areas. He underscored the importance of transfrontier cooperation in a keynote speech on 6 July 2009 at a Council of Europe conference on this issue in Maastricht. (tags: [...]
Pecha Kucha Night Maastricht: Lonneke ten Hoeven on Food Seduction
July 8, 2009 1 Comment
Read a review of the last Pecha Kucha Night in Maastricht.
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Timmermans pursues transfrontier cooperation
July 7, 2009 Leave a Comment
Minister for European Affairs Frans Timmermans wants to help resolve the problems encountered by those who live and work in border areas. He will set out his ideas in a keynote speech on 6 July 2009 at a Council of Europe conference on transfrontier cooperation in Maastricht. The conference will identify practical approaches towards the [...]
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July 6, 2009 Leave a Comment
Groot feest Maastricht gestaakt na vechtpartij Het Terrassenfeest van Huub Adriaens in Maastricht is zondagavond vervroegd afgebroken. In een café aan de Boschstraat ontstond een massale vechtpartij, die ook buiten voor onrust zorgde. De politie arriveerde met honden om de boel te kalmeren. (tags: Dutch) First for Genk hospital Doctors at the East Limburg Hospital [...]
Celebrating our differences at the Manus van Alles multicultural festival
July 6, 2009 Leave a Comment
Romanian Law student Catalina Goanta discovered Maastricht from a new angle at the Manus van Alles Festival.
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July 3, 2009 Leave a Comment
Relaxed Dutch drugs policy may end The policy on soft drugs in the Netherlands has become a famous – or infamous – aspect of the international image of a free and liberated country with relaxed views on delicate issues. But that may come to an end, now that a government commission has admitted the current [...]
Economic growth down in nearly all regions; Poorest results in North Brabant and Limburg
July 3, 2009 Leave a Comment
Poorest results in North Brabant and Limburg Economic growth in four major cities above average Economic growth slowed down in nearly all Dutch provinces last year. Growth in the Randstad provinces was at or above the nationwide average of 2 percent. The province of Limburg recorded the lowest growth figure. According to the latest figures published [...]
Dutch labour participation rate one of the highest in the EU
July 3, 2009 Leave a Comment
The Dutch labour participation rate in 2008 was among the highest in the European Union (EU). In fact, the rate for Dutch men was the highest in the EU. The labour participation rate in the age category 50–65 was also above the average EU level. Labour market participation 15 to 65-year-olds, 2008 Netherlands has second [...]
Dutch women among the most emancipated in Europe
July 3, 2009 Leave a Comment
Inequality between men and women in the Netherlands is relatively small compared to the other countries of the EU 27. The Netherlands has a relatively high score on the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM). It comes fourth behind Sweden, Finland and Denmark. The new member states come in last. The gender empowerment measure The GEM signals inequality [...]
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July 2, 2009 Leave a Comment
‘Grand animal’ is terug in Parijs Het wereldberoemde fossiel van de mosasaurusschedel uit Maastricht is sinds dinsdag weer veilig terug in Parijs. De mosasaurusschedel, die sinds maart in bruikleen was bij het Natuurhistorisch Museum, heeft 11.000 bezoekers getrokken. De bruikleen was uitzonderlijk omdat de Fransen 'le grand animal de Maestricht' beschouwen als Frans nationaal erfgoed. [...]
