links for 2009-11-30
November 30, 2009 Leave a Comment
Zuid-Limburg lanceert geheel vernieuwde internationale site
De website MaastrichtRegion.com is geheel vernieuwd en vanaf 27 november speciaal toegesneden op de internationale gemeenschap in Zuid-Limburg. De site wordt vrijdagmiddag gelanceerd, tegelijk met de opening van de International Service Desk Maastricht Region.
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What would Maastricht look like as a Transition Town?
November 30, 2009 Leave a Comment
Transition Towns (also known as Transition network or Transition Movement) is a movement aiming at equipping communities for the dual challenges of climate change and peak oil by raising awareness of sustainable living and build local resilience in the near future.The movement currently has member communities in a number of countries worldwide.
Source: Maasmedia.org
More information: Transition Towns
19 Dec: The Ultimate Dancehall Reggae X-Mas Party
November 30, 2009 Leave a Comment
Benaïssa, KaliBwoy & Smiley… three Dutch reggae acts with nuff potential!! Late 2008 Benaïssa released his real fine album “Tables Turn”, recently nominated for a Grammy Award. KaliBwoy is a young up and coming artist who is strongly influenced by Jamaican stars Vybz Kartel and Sizzla, while the ever conscious Smiley has been active on [...]
links for 2009-11-28
November 28, 2009 1 Comment
Maastricht opent info-loket voor expats
Bij het gemeenteloket in Mosae Forum is vrijdagmiddag een informatiebalie voor expats in Maastricht en omgeving geopend. Kinderen van het United World College in Maastricht zongen enkele liedjes ter ere van de opening.
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links for 2009-11-27
November 27, 2009 1 Comment
Six Day returns to Maastricht
The Maastricht Six Day is set to return to the calendar next year. According to the organization behind the Six Day the race has been confirmed on the calendar for the upcoming three years. The race will make its comeback to The Netherlands’ most Southern region after having taken place between [...]
International Service Desk Maastricht Region
November 27, 2009 1 Comment
The International Service Desk Maastricht Region opened in November 2009 to accommodate expatriates who are in the process of moving to the Maastricht Region. The desk is located in the Town Hall of Maastricht, next to the Municipalities Service Desk on the second floor. The Desk is established to assist foreign newcomers and businesses with [...]
Dutch more worried about their culture than economy
November 27, 2009 Leave a Comment
The Dutch are more worried about their culture than about the economy. They are also much more worried about ordinary crime than about terrorism, according to a survey by the National Anti-terrorism Coordinator (NCTB) for the Government Information Service (RVD).
Respondents were allowed to say spontaneously what causes them the most concern at the moment. The [...]
links for 2009-11-26
November 26, 2009 1 Comment
Why labour migrants are good for the Netherlands
Choose whether or not you want to be Dutch, that’s the credo of Minister of Integration Eberhard van der Laan. But with this emphasis on the Netherlands and the Dutch language, Mr Van der Laan is closing the door on a temporary migration policy. That, say various experts, [...]
Working unattractive due to inactivity subsidies
November 26, 2009 Leave a Comment
It is relatively unattractive in the Netherlands to start working more or to take a job from a position of unemployment. This is specifically due to the disappearance of subsidies and allowances for such groups, concludes the Central Planning Bureau (CPB).
Employees with a salary of up to 20,000 euros a year retain around 60 to [...]
Three quarters of all young people want to marry
November 26, 2009 Leave a Comment
Three quarters of all young people want to marry
* 72 thousand marriages in 2009
* Nine in ten young people expect to live together
* Share of unmarried parents rising
* More singles and single-parent families
* Half of [...]
Twenty years later: have the walls of Europe really come down?
November 25, 2009 Leave a Comment
Exactly two decades ago, people gathered on both sides of the Berlin Wall and climbed over it, marking by this act the beginning of the collapse of the Eastern block and the Soviet Union. For many across the European continent, the commemoration of this anniversary on 9 November 2009 was not only a moment of celebration but also an incentive for rationalisation and analysis. From the heart of reunited Europe, Maastricht University’s Science Café hosted a debate to look at developments within and outside the European Union since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and to reflect on the question: “Has the wall really come down?”. A review by Sofia Tussis.
links for 2009-11-25
November 25, 2009 Leave a Comment
Social Networking in Maastricht with my.Mtricht.com « Maastricht Minutiae
My.Mtricht.com is a ning-based social networking site designed to bring together locals, expats, and anyone else who lives, works, or simply likes to know more about Maastricht. Just like other social network sites, you can sign up, make friends, chat on the forums, upload your own media, [...]
2 Dec: After the elections: Where is Germany going?
November 24, 2009 Leave a Comment
HOT TOPICS - DEBATING TODAY’S EUROPE
Presents
After the Elections: Where Is Germany Going?
Wednesday, 2 December 2009, 18:30-20:00
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Turnzaal, Grote Gracht 90-92
“Puttering Along the Digital Autobahn”: German Elections and the Role of the Media
Eric KARSTENS, European Journalism Centre, Maastricht
Reunited or Alienated? The New German Government and the Franco-German Couple
Dr. Wolfram VOGEL, Franco-German [...]
2 Dec: The reckoning: the battle for the international criminal court - Movies that Matter
November 24, 2009 Leave a Comment
The reckoning: the battle for the international criminal court - Lumière International Special: Erasmus Prize 2009
Movies that Matter/Studium Generale Pamela Yates, Paco Onis & Peter Kinoy, US 2009, 95 min., English spoken.
Late in the 20th century, more than 120 countries united to form the International Criminal Court (ICC) - the first permanent court created to [...]
links for 2009-11-24
November 24, 2009 Leave a Comment
Maastricht University: Hearing Europe's voice for climate change
Centered around the upcoming Copenhagen Climate Change Conference which takes place this December, The European Corner in cooperation with UM Career Services has invited three experts to answer your questions and hear your views in a lively discussion evening.
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Maastricht University: Interactieve discussieavond: "Hearing Europe's voice for Climate [...]
1 Dec: Judgement at Nuremberg - Movies that Matter
November 24, 2009 Leave a Comment
Judgement at nuremberg - Lumière Internation Special: Erasmus Prize 2009
Movies that Matter/Studium Generale
Stanley Kramer, US 1961, 186 min., English/German language, English subtitles. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich, Maximilian Schell
JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG is a dramatized version of the proceedings at one of Nuremberg trails. Judge Dan Haywood is overseeing the trials [...]
30 Nov: Nuremberg: its lesson for today - Movies that Matter
November 24, 2009 Leave a Comment
Nuremberg: its lesson for today - Lumière International Special: Erasmus Prize 2009
Movies that Matter/Studium Generale
Pare Lorentz & Stuart Schulberg, US 1948, 78 min., English/German spoken, English subtitles
NUREMBERG: ITS LESSON FOR TODAY is the official documentary of the first Nuremberg Trial, held in 1945 and 1946. For political reasons the film was suppressed by the U.S. [...]
Ever named a kid? (Part II): Dear Annalaan
November 24, 2009 4 Comments
US expat Amanda Potter now lives on Sint Annalaan in Maastricht and tells nine year-old Annalaan what it is like to live on the street she was named after…
Ever named a kid? (part I)
November 24, 2009 1 Comment
What’s the connection between this charming nine year-old girl living in the US and a street in Maastricht?
What’s Crossroads editor Sueli Brodin got to do with the Maastricht Region?
November 22, 2009 Leave a Comment
Crossroads editor Sueli Brodin speaks about her life in the Maastricht Region
Source: Maastricht Region website
A billion Chinese can’t all be wrong
November 22, 2009 Leave a Comment
South African expat Colette Victor takes a closer look at the mysteries of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), an ancient healing system based on more than three thousand years of research and experiments.
links for 2009-11-21
November 21, 2009 Leave a Comment
Blog about Maastricht Region: The world is not enough
The loneliest time of my life in the Maastricht Region must have been the period when my two first children were still very small and I was a mother at home in my little village.
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Christmas activities in December
November 21, 2009 1 Comment
Source: Maastricht International Playgroup
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CHRISTMAS MARKETS
20 November [...]
links for 2009-11-20
November 20, 2009 Leave a Comment
Gemeente Maastricht: Drugsoverlast? Bel het Drugsmeldpunt
Wordt er bij u in de straat openlijk gehandeld in drugs of weet u waar een drugspand is? Meld het dan bij het Drugsmeldpunt.
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New online platform in Maastricht
A platform where students and Maastricht residents can exchange views and information on both global and local issues – that’s what www.maas-media.org [...]
links for 2009-11-19
November 19, 2009 Leave a Comment
i-fabriek
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Asian food, Dutch kitchen, American hands
It wasn’t until the Asian supermarket opened up this month that I was able to seriously entertain thoughts of cooking Asian dishes again.
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How the European President was made (video clip)
On Thursday evening European leaders are in Brussels to elect the first President of the European Council, but where [...]
CDA Irritation over Multicultural Sinterklaas
November 19, 2009 Leave a Comment
The Christian democrats (CDA) are put out that the Christian cross on the mitre of Sinterklaas is disappearing in more and more municipalities with the apparent intention of keeping radical Muslims calm.
Sinterklaas is the Dutch variant of Santa Claus. Tradition has it that the holy bishop arrives from Spain on his steamboat on around 20 [...]
links for 2009-11-18
November 18, 2009 Leave a Comment
Sheep in Maastricht (video clip)
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links for 2009-11-17
November 17, 2009 Leave a Comment
Maas Music Maastricht
Na de opening van Maas Music met de Classic Night verheugen we ons alvast op de spectaculaire optredens van de Wicked Jazz Sounds Band, DJ Maestro en Candy Dulfer! Er zijn nog kaarten te koop bij de Uitbalie in het theater aan het Vrijthof en aan de kassa op de avond zelf.
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Food [...]
December 2009: Agenda Cafe Thembi Maastricht
November 17, 2009 Leave a Comment
Enjoy music every Sunday in December at Cafe Thembi Maastricht!
For more information, see the complete programme
29 Nov: Harmen Fraanje International Quartet featuring Thomas Morgan (USA) and Nelson Veras (Brasil)
November 17, 2009 Leave a Comment
At Thembi Maastricht
Time: 3 pm
Entrance: EUR 9
More information: Cafe Thembi
