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April 30, 2010 Leave a Comment
Unspoiled
My thoughts wandered off once again to my encounter the previous evening at Maastricht Debates with the two guest speakers of the event, Mrs Luisa Diogo, the former Prime Minister of Mozambique, and Mrs Sylvia Borren, the co-chairman of the World Connectors think tank and former director of Dutch aid organisation Oxfam Novib.
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links for 2010-04-26
April 26, 2010 Leave a Comment
Art Cologne is set apart by dual approach, director says
Art Cologne is the world’s longest-running fair for contemporary, modern and post-war art.
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Research Maastricht Cultural Capital of Europe in 2018
April 26, 2010 Leave a Comment
A group of researchers at Maastricht University is conducting a large-scale public survey among the
population of Maastricht on the subject of Maastricht’s bid to become Cultural Capital of Europe in 2018.
Please feel welcome to fill in the surveys below. Thank you for your cooperation!
Survey in Dutch
Survey in English
links for 2010-04-23
April 23, 2010 Leave a Comment
Adieu to Sjo
“Perhaps that’s the secret of the beauty and the strength of Dutch funerals,” I thought.
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links for 2010-04-22
April 22, 2010 Leave a Comment
Yes, the Netherlands has its mountains too (video report)
Ask anyone and they'll tell you: the Netherlands is flat, flat as a pancake. But take a closer look and you'll see that the Netherlands also has its slopes. The highest peak is the Vaalserberg in the south, which rises 322 metres into the air.
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links for 2010-04-21
April 21, 2010 Leave a Comment
Limburg only province where the population will shrink
The southern province of Limburg is the only one of the 12 Dutch regions where the population is set to shrink over the next 15 years, according to a preliminary report by researchers at Wageningen University's Lei institute.
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links for 2010-04-20
April 20, 2010 2 Comments
'Limburg enige echte krimpprovincie'
Limburg is de enige Nederlandse provincie waarvan het aantal inwoners in de komende vijftien jaar zal dalen. In Limburg zal die daling het sterkst zijn in de meest verstedelijkte gebieden.
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links for 2010-04-19
April 19, 2010 Leave a Comment
Political prisoner in Iran: Abdullah al-Mansouri
Abdullah al-Mansouri (1945) was a professional soldier in Iran, but he deserted during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. He took refuge in Maastricht in the Netherlands and became a Dutch citizen.
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24 April-27 June: Stephan Vanfleteren, Portrait 1989-2009
April 19, 2010 Leave a Comment
Belgian photographer Stephan Vanfleteren concentrates on stills of every day life.
Mulder
Merckx
Vanfleteren works as a freelance photographer for the weekend supplement Zeno in the newspaper De Morgen. He also works for international magazines and invests a lot of time in personal projects.
His radical black-and-white documentary work covers the disappearance of small, anarchic worlds and the phenomena [...]
TEFAF in Maastricht: The taste of fine art in an elegant city
April 19, 2010 Leave a Comment
Every spring the city of Maastricht hosts The European Fine Art Fair, better known under its acronym: TEFAF. It is a celebration of art in all of its forms: sculptures, classical antiquities, Asian art, pottery and porcelain, ceramics, glass and crystal, bronzes and metal work, textile arts, furniture, tribal art, modern art, design, photography and even jewelry and books, manuspripts and maps. A report by Claudia Falutoiu
27 April: Maastricht Debates: What … if women had more economic options?
April 17, 2010 Leave a Comment
With Louise Diogo, former Prime Minister of Mozambique and Sylvia Borren, member of the Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV)
Short bio of Luisa Diogo
Short Bio of Sylvia Borren
A complicated paradigm change, background note on women and the Swaziland Business bill
Did you know…
That compared to 15% in the EU, the gender pay [...]
links for 2010-04-16
April 16, 2010 1 Comment
“Under the Maastricht sky, our school”
The first time I heard of the Japanese Supplementary School in Maastricht was through my Japanese friend and neighbour Kiyo who used to work there as a teacher a few years ago.
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Ruim 90 procent Limburgers is trots op eigen provincie
In het Bevolkingsonderzoek Limburg dat de Provincie Limburg jaarlijks uitvoert, [...]
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April 13, 2010 Leave a Comment
BOOK FESTIVAL MAASTRICHT 2010
The Book Festival in MECC Maastricht is being organised from Thursday the 22nd till Sunday the 25th of April. Thursday is the first sale day. It is then possible to purchase books and you have the first choice. The admission is free all days.
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Wild West under Dutch soil
By 2050, it will [...]
Mestreech ancestors
April 12, 2010 Leave a Comment
Crossroads writer Dr Hennie Reuvers was asked by two friends, Monique and Sabine, to undertake some research into their ancestry in Maastricht. He now shares the results of his findings.
links for 2010-04-12
April 12, 2010 Leave a Comment
Bonnefantenmuseum Exhibits Works by Sidi El Karchi and Bas de Wit
Since the 'youngsters' Sidi El Karchi and Bas de Wit successfully completed their studies at the art academy a little less than ten years ago, the museum has been following their progress.
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Crossroads editor Sueli Brodin elected Expat of the Year
April 12, 2010 Leave a Comment
The Expat Awards have been created to recognise the efforts and successes of the International and Expat community in the Netherlands. On Tuesday, March 23 the awards were presented during the official awards ceremony at Nyenrode Business University, hosted by Paul Brown.
5-9 May: United Nations Student Association of Maastricht University (UNSA) holds third annual European Model United Nations (EuroMUN)
April 12, 2010 Leave a Comment
The United Nations Student Association of Maastricht University (UNSA) is organizing its third annual European Model United Nations (EuroMUN) which is to be held in the MECC Expo Center in Maastricht between May 5th and May 9th. During EuroMUN the four hundred and fifty culturally diverse participants will engage in a variety [...]
15-16 May: Digitally UnReel - Special Event at the Lumiere Cinema
April 12, 2010 Leave a Comment
‘Copelia’ directed by Nic Benns
Digitally UnReel
Special Event at the Lumiere Cinema
Saturday May 15th, 19.00-02.30 and Sunday May 16th, 19.00-21.00
Language: English or Foreign Languages with English subtitles
Pricing is as follows:
Pre-Sale: 5 Eur./Day or 7 Eur./2Days,
At the Door: 6 Eur./Day or 8/2 Days.
The shift of filmic presentation from 35mm prints to digital code is having an [...]
links for 2010-04-09
April 9, 2010 Leave a Comment
Jogging on the dike
The narrow country road in front of my house is a favourite route for strollers, hikers, joggers and bikers. It runs parallel to the Juliana canal about 100 metres further away and when I look out the window of the living room I can see the tops of large barges navigating up [...]
links for 2010-04-08
April 8, 2010 Leave a Comment
Opinion: Customise the integration process for immigrants
Integration courses in the Netherlands are now offered in a one-size-fits all model, effectively wasting hundreds of millions of euros, argue Lea Ward and Bernadette Kuiper.
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links for 2010-04-07
April 7, 2010 Leave a Comment
Europalive: Living in the EU in the 21st century
Over10 weeks, a young French director travels through Europe to meet fellow Europeans. Through ad-hoc interviews on streets, in parks, or at home, people from all walks of life share their opinions in front of his camera. The result: Europealive.
(tags: English)
links for 2010-04-06
April 6, 2010 Leave a Comment
Maastricht study abroad program to end next year
Macalester students hoping to take advantage of the Maastricht program during the 2010-11 school year are out of luck. Due to a lack of interest in the program-it received only four applicants this year-the college has cancelled it for the coming school year.
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“Try to integrate with Facebook”
Cultural [...]
WANTED: RESPONDENTS FOR EUROREGIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT on language and culture
April 4, 2010 Leave a Comment
Project description:
INTERcCOM is a Euroregional research project that aims to develop interactive e-learning modules for students in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion firstly, and later on also for working people. These modules will enable students/working people from one of the partial regions to study the language of the other region, within the cultural contexts of those regions. [...]
30 May 2010: Lions Club Maastricht Mondial Announces 2010 International May Fair Maastricht Region
April 4, 2010 Leave a Comment
Announcement:
Lions Club Maastricht Mondial Announces
2010 International May Fair Maastricht Region
Date: Sunday 30 May 2010
Time: 13:00 - 18:00
Place: Fort St. Pieter, Maastricht
Lion’s Club Maastricht Mondial will be holding its 13th annual International May Fair this year on 30 May 2010.
The theme this year is “Maastricht down the Ages”.
Appropriate to that theme [...]
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April 2, 2010 Leave a Comment
The gentle way
“Everyone in the Netherlands knows about Anton Geesink,” my husband said. “Geesink was the first non-Japanese to beat a Japanese opponent at a Judo world championship and he also won the first Olympic Gold Medal in Judo. After that, he became a national hero and there was a huge enthusiasm for Judo throughout [...]
Charles Popelier: “The landscape, c’est moi”
April 2, 2010 2 Comments
After talking about mountains, ochre, Spain, warmth and Goya with Dutch painter Charles Popelier at the Rob van Rijn Gallery in Maastricht, Crossroads writer Catalina Goanta realised that she “didn’t need to be an artist in order to resonate with his art.”
links for 2010-04-01
April 1, 2010 Leave a Comment
Typically Dutch? The expat view
What are the Dutch really like? Are they rude and stingy, as one stereotype would have it, or are they polite and hospitable? And what of the famed Dutch tolerance that has been brought into question by the rise of anti-immigrant sentiment?
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