Oct-Nov 2009: Music agenda at Café Thembi
October 11, 2009 Leave a Comment
STICHTING MUSIC LAB LIMBURG & PODIUM THEMBI PRESENT: SMULL MUSIC LAB SERIES OCT-NOV 2009 Saturday October 17, 21:00 Didier Castell-Jacomin Solo Piano Avant Premiere of his new Chopin CD Info: www.thembi.nl Thursday October 22, 22:00 Dimitar Bodurov Trio Presenting CD “Stamps from Bulgary” Info: www.thembi.nl Friday October 23, 22:00 Boi Akih featuring Sandip Bhattacharya Saturday [...]
22-25 October: Jazz Promenade Maastricht
October 9, 2009 Leave a Comment
One of Europe’s largest jazz meetings! Over 60 Pubs and other venues, Nearly 30 different styles: mainstream, jazz dance, popjazz, ethnic, traditional, blues and soul. Top Jazz bands: Ad Colen, Charli Green, Hans Dulfer, Eric Vloeimans and Captain Hook. and new young and (eu)regional musicians: Daniel Daemen, Carlo Nardozza and Rob van Bergen. Ethnic jazz (Balkan [...]
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October 9, 2009 Leave a Comment
What women want "OK ladies, so tell me what went wrong with your film group, I’m listening," said Rudy Jansen, marketing officer at Maastricht’s Lumière cinema, grabbing his pen and notebook. (tags: English) 'More eastern Europeans in Holland' At least 165,000 people from central and eastern Europe are working in the Netherlands, some 60,000 more [...]
The Netherlands exports 1.3 billion euro worth of sweets
October 9, 2009 1 Comment
In 2008, the value of sweets exports was nearly twice as high as its imports value. Chocolate is by far the most popular type of sweets. Within the EU, the Netherlands occupies a prominent place as a manufacturer of liquorice sweets. Sweets imports and exports Chocolate most important type of sweets In 2008, the Netherlands [...]
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October 8, 2009 Leave a Comment
Euregion magazine Niveau goes oblong | Mtricht.com Nine years ago, Photographer Guy van Grinsven proudly launched his own magazine, ‘Niveau Euregio Magazine,’ a glossy quarterly publication focussing on photography and the region surrounding the city of Maastricht, namely the Meuse-Rhine. (tags: English) Leers hielp Bulgaren aan expo Burgemeester Gerd Leers zette zich in 2007 persoonlijk [...]
15-16 Oct: Innovations in Youth Media and Next Generation Classroom
October 8, 2009 Leave a Comment
The European Journalism Centre is organising another two-day event in our series of conferences on issues affecting the innovation ecosystem. This time we will dive into the theme of Innovation in Youth Media and Next Generation Classroom. This two-day event in Maastricht gathers media experts, academics, scientists and researchers to discuss the issues affecting the [...]
Jazz Maastricht Promenade: close your eyes and feel it
October 7, 2009 Leave a Comment
Held over four days (22 – 25 October 2009) over 60 venues spread across the city, Jazz Maastricht Promenade is one of Maastricht’s internationally celebrated spectacles. Michael Wells-Greco speaks with organisers and jazz music aficionados Giel Coenen and Appie Weijers.
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October 7, 2009 Leave a Comment
Interview with Geert Somsen, a historian of science at Maastricht University Somsen discusses with Pankaj Sekhsaria, of the Pune-based Kalpavriksh Environment Action Group, his views on interdisciplinarity, his more recent work on ‘scientific internationalism’, ‘politically active’ scientists and his travel to India and Central Asia to look at old traditions of astronomy and science in [...]
Population decrease in one quarter of Dutch municipalities
October 7, 2009 1 Comment
New regional population forecasts to 2040: In some parts of the Netherlands, especially in the periphery of the country, the population will decrease substantially in the next thirty years. In one quarter of Dutch municipalities the number of inhabitants will fall by more than 2.5 percent by 2040; a total of one quarter of a million [...]
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October 6, 2009 Leave a Comment
The Netherlands country factbook This in-depth profile of the Netherlands includes geography, people, government, economy and transnational issues. (tags: English)
Festival Bruis and Maastricht’s global dimension
October 6, 2009 Leave a Comment
What better to start the new academic year in Maastricht than with a multicultural music festival? A review of Festival Bruis by Catalina Goanta.
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October 5, 2009 Leave a Comment
Almost 10,000 passengers reimbursed for delayed trains in Belgium Belgian Railways has given refunds to around 9,400 passengers since it introduced a compensation scheme in September last year. (tags: English) Inquiry into integrity of Maastricht mayor An investigation into the role of Maastricht mayor Gerd Leers in an affair involving his vacation villa in Bulgaria [...]
Autumn 2009: What’s there to see and to do in and around Maastricht!
October 2, 2009 Leave a Comment
SOME AUTUMN IDEAS Maastricht cultural highlights – http://www.maastrichtnet.nl/cultuur/ and http://www.maastrichtnet.nl/highlights/, as well as http://www.vvv-maastricht.eu/home.html 2009 Maastricht Events Calendar – http://vvvmaastrichteu.in2it-hosting.nl/upload/div/evenementenkalender_2009.pdf English web – Maastricht Tourist Information Office: http://www.vvv-maastricht.eu/home.html South Limburg tourist guide in English (PDF format): http://www.vvvzuidlimburg.nl/uploads/brochures/VVVZL_WW07_Engels.pdf The office site of Holland: http://www.holland.com/global/ PLAY PARKS After autumn break (end of October) the Maastricht play parks [...]
Maastricht: a star among cities
October 2, 2009 Leave a Comment
Source: Maastricht Tourist Office
(production: T36 Media)
Related article on Crossroads: Tired of Amsterdam? Time to discover Maastricht!, February 2008
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October 2, 2009 Leave a Comment
Sueli's story When people ask me where I come from, my thoughts inevitably take me way back in time to the early 1930’s and to a place on the other side of the globe, the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This is where my story starts. (tags: English) Onderzoek naar integriteit Leers Het Bureau Integriteit Nederlandse [...]
Participation rate Dutch youth in education above European average
October 2, 2009 Leave a Comment
Relative to other European countries, many young people in the Netherlands attend some form of education. The number of young people leaving school without a basic qualification is also below the European Union (EU) average. Substantial part of young Dutch population still attend some form of education A substantial part of 15 to 25-year-olds in [...]
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October 1, 2009 Leave a Comment
United World College Maastricht Opens The United World College Maastricht is holding its opening Ceremony on Wednesday October 21st 2009, at UWC Maastricht, Nijverheidsweg 25, 6227 AL Maastricht from 9-11 am. (tags: English)
