Maastricht University’s Knowledge Centre for International Staff wins Best Expat Service Provider of the Year Award
March 31, 2011 Leave a Comment
Announcing the winners of the Expat of the Year Awards 2011
Expat Dean Southall and organisations IMC and KCIS are the winners of the Expat of the Year Awards 2011, created to recognise the efforts and successes of the international and expat community in the Netherlands.
Expat of the year
The public and jury voted unanimously for Dean [...]
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March 29, 2011 Leave a Comment
PVV unlikely to be in any provincial executives bar Limburg
The PVV came fourth in the provincial elections at the beginning of this month but is only likely to become part of the administration [...]
5 April: Made in Europe Film Festival to open with Michaël R. Roskam’s Belgian-Limburgian film RUNDSKOP
March 28, 2011 Leave a Comment
Made in Europe will open with Michaël R. Roskam’s Belgian-Limburgian film RUNDSKOP
Dutch premiere
Successful reception at Berlinale
With powerful performances by Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval,
Jeanne Dandoy, Barbara Sarafian and Frank Lammers
6th edition - Maastricht and Genk
April 5th – 10th, 2011
www.madeineurope.nu
The Made in Europe Film Festival will open in Maastricht on Tuesday, April 5th [...]
A Texan in Maastricht
March 28, 2011 3 Comments
Before she arrived in Maastricht as a study-abroad student a few months ago, Audrey Cary had never set foot in any other country than her native United States. What has the experience taught her about herself and the world?
My highlights of TEFAF 2011
March 27, 2011 1 Comment
Crossroads editor Sueli Brodin shares her personal highlights of this year’s edition of Maastricht’s Arts and Antique Fair TEFAF.
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March 27, 2011 Leave a Comment
A Perfect Day in Maastricht
“The organizers of the annual European Fine Art Fair — one of the world’s biggest arts and antiques gatherings — have in Maastricht a host city that really can’t [...]
Upcoming activities in March
March 26, 2011 Leave a Comment
Thank you Sam Welie for these tips!
Dear all,
I went to see Opera Zuid’s Barbe Bleue on Sunday. I would highly recommend it to anyone who likes music, comedy, theatre and understands French and/or Dutch.
They will be playing again in Venlo tomorrow evening, and in Sittard on Sunday afternoon 3 April.
There is also a [...]
5 April: Special event for internationals for opening of Made in Europe film festival
March 24, 2011 Leave a Comment
International Service Desk Maastricht Region
From bizarre Greek films and Belgian dramas to Italian comedies and Scandinavian thrillers. The Made in Europe Film Festival features the best of European cinema. With around 40 movies, “Made in Europe” will showcase the diversity of both Europe and its rich film culture. Many movies will be spoken in English or [...]
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March 24, 2011 Leave a Comment
Maastricht art fair: a shopping mall like no other - Telegraph
“An estimated £2 billion of art and antiques is on display until next Sunday at the European Fine Art Fair in the Dutch city [...]
26-27 March: Charity event in Maastricht for tsunami victims in Japan
March 24, 2011 Leave a Comment
A Thousand Cranes of Hope for Japan, an event organised by Students of Maastricht University, Conservatorium Maastricht and Training Teachers of Hogeschool Zuyd.
Music, origami workshops and additional activities.
Dates: 26-27 March, from 11 am till 6 pm
Location: Vrijthof
Reason: to support the Japanese victims of the Tsunami
More information: Facebook page
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March 23, 2011 Leave a Comment
Marina Cashdan: TEFAF is My Dream Art Fair. Let Me Explain Why.
This was my first year visiting the European fine art fair TEFAF, and let’s just say that I’ve turned a corner on [...]
World students in Maastricht
March 23, 2011 7 Comments
Attracted by Maastrichts convenient geographic location at the heart of Europe, and its university’s outspoken ambition to be an international academic institute, Dutch, German and Belgian students, as well as a large number of other foreign students arrive each year to study in Maastricht. For the cosmopolitan group among them, Maastricht only represents a temporary stopover on their global journey. Katalina Präkelt explains why.
Tefaf: Global art market tight, buoyant as financial uncertainty persists
March 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
A video report from EUX.TV
Bureau VIA2018 launches new website
March 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
Maastricht is a candidate on behalf of the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion for the title of European Capital of Culture in 2018.
Maastricht wishes to become an international knowledge centre, a residential city with a focus on culture. An important means of achieving that is the candidacy for European Capital of Culture.
In December 2009, the municipal council [...]
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March 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
Celebrating the Hindu Holi Spring Festival in Maastricht
The Holi Festival is an immensely popular feast of colours, celebrated by millions of Indians across the globe to welcome the arrival of spring. A group [...]
Job vacancy for German native speakers
March 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
Job vacancy at the Selfservice Company in Maastricht
The Selfservice Company is looking for new employees for a part time job.
Who are we looking for?
You are exceptionally gifted in languages and have a good eye for detail. You are Muttersprachler Deutsch or locuteur natif francais with a good command of written and spoken English. [...]
5 April: Europe Film Award goes to actress/director Hafsia Herzi
March 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
EUROPE FILM AWARD
New European film prize honours outstanding cinematic contributions to European culture
First award for actress / director Hafsia Herzi
6th edition - Maastricht and Genk
April 5 - 10 2011
www.madeineurope.nu
The 6th edition of the Made in Europe Film Festival will see the introduction of the brand new ‘Europe Film Award’. The festival, based in the [...]
TEFAF Art Fair opens in Maastricht
March 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
The 24th annual Tefaf art fair has opened in Maastricht, showcasing art work and antiques from some of the world’s top dealers. But the fair may be in jeopardy because of a recent tax hike on art sales.
Source: Radio Netherlands
25 March: Theatre performance: C’est du Chinois
March 16, 2011 Leave a Comment
Announcement by Theatre company Huis van Bourgondie:
Friday the 25th of March at 8.30 pm we have a performance by Edit Kaldor at Het Huis van Bourgondië in Maastricht which I think might be of your interest. It is called C’est du Chinois.
A French expression, meaning “it’s all Greek to me” (literally “it’s Chinese”), a phrase [...]
From Russia with love
March 15, 2011 Leave a Comment
Visitors to the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht will from 18 March until 19 June have a chance to see a selection of 90 Dutch drawings and sketches from the Golden Age in the special exhibition: “Treasures from Moscow. Dutch drawings from the Pushkin Museum”. A report by Crossroads editor Sueli Brodin
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Euro*MBA: Six schools are better than one
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March 9, 2011 Leave a Comment
Dutch lead EU in rate of part-time women workers: agency — EU business news - EUbusiness.com
“The Netherlands has the European Union’s highest rate of women working part-time, the Dutch statistics agency CBS said [...]
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March 8, 2011 Leave a Comment
Fastest work of art races past antiques and masterpieces at TEFAF Maastricht Arts and Antiques Fair - Art, Arts & Entertainment - The Independent
“The BMW Art Car by Jeff Koons will be exhibited [...]
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March 3, 2011 Leave a Comment
Maastricht investigates effect of cannabis pass
“Maastricht council has asked two researchers from Tilburg university and the COT Safety and Crisis Management Centre in Leiden to look into the effects of the cannabis pass.”
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Knowledge Centre for International Staff nominated for the Expat Awards 2011
March 3, 2011 Leave a Comment
Maastricht University’s Knowledge Centre for International Staff (KCIS) has been nominated for the Expat Awards 2011 in the Expat Service Provider of the Year category.
Maastricht University video: What is Infonomics?
March 2, 2011 Leave a Comment
The economics of the digital age
How do new information technologies affect market structures? What is the importance of information in the knowledge society? How information and economics can complement each other in the business world?
Infonomics is a high level Master of Science programme at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics.
More information on the website.
Leisure activities at Brunssumerheide
March 2, 2011 Leave a Comment
There is a programme of activities via natuurmonumenten (www.nm.nl) including a moonlight excursion on the Brunssummerheide on the evening of 26 March. Places are limited. You need to register via the website, or maybe by phone.
From 6 March there is a new family “speurtocht” - a “treasure” hunt through the area. You get a [...]
4-6 March: Classic Car Show in Antwerp
March 2, 2011 Leave a Comment
This weekend – if you want to escape Carnaval for a while – there is a big Classic Car show (similar to the recent Interclassics in the MECC) in Antwerp (Wilrijk-Expo)
Opening: 4 March 14.00 -20.00 hrs; 5 and 6 March 09.00 – 18.00 hrs. Entrance costs € 15 p.p. children 10 and under are [...]
10 “unhealthy” Dutch foods that are actually good for you
March 2, 2011 1 Comment
Can the Dutch offer guilt-free nibbles to get through the week? British expat and nutritionist Mandy Dunlop shares her top 10 “noteworthy noshes that not only will satisfy your taste buds but sneak in generous amounts of some very important nutrients.”
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March 1, 2011 Leave a Comment
British Educators Telling Students - Go Abroad - NYTimes.com
““Our students can get to Maastricht by train more quickly than they can get to Leeds from London,” Mr. Dennis said. In the Netherlands just [...]
