Crossroads is taking a short winter holiday break
December 23, 2010 Leave a Comment
Dear readers, contributors and friends, Crossroads is taking a short winter holiday break from 24 December 2010 until 3 January 2011. We thank you for your continuous support and encouragements over the past year and wish you all – also on behalf of the European Journalism Centre – a very happy and rewarding New Year [...]
Summer break
July 30, 2010 1 Comment
Dear reader, Crossroads is taking its annual summer break on August 1 and will resume daily updates on Wednesday, September 1, 2010. Best wishes, Sueli Brodin Crossroads editor P.S. Please note that comments on Crossroads are subject to moderation. Publication will be delayed until September 1, 2009. Thank you for your understanding.
Crossroads is back
September 1, 2009 Leave a Comment
Dear reader, Crossroads is back after its annual summer break and we’re looking forward to a new season of stories and news for and about the international community in the Maastricht region. We would also like to extend a warm welcome to our new readers and all those of you who have expressed interest in [...]
Crossroads summer break
July 31, 2009 Leave a Comment
Dear reader, Crossroads is taking its annual summer break on August 1 and will resume daily updates on Tuesday, September 1, 2009. The past few months have been busy, fruitful, rewarding and I wish to thank all our readers and contributors for their continued support and interest in our magazine! I will leave you with [...]
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 [...]
New links on Crossroads
March 28, 2009 Leave a Comment
The following websites have been added to our list of links: Links to Language courses: Onthaalbureau Limburg: free Dutch language courses for expats living in Belgium; EUR 60 for expats living in the Netherlands Officenter Hendrik van Veldekesingel 150 3500 Hasselt Tel: +32 11 24 78 02 website: Onthaalbureau Limburg email: Onthaalbureau Limburg Jules & [...]
Comment function working again
February 10, 2009 Leave a Comment
I’m very pleased to inform you all that the “comment” function is working again. Sueli Brodin Crossroads editor
Problem with “Comment” function
February 5, 2009 Leave a Comment
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The “comment” function doesn’t appear to be working properly at the moment. We’re looking into it. The “comment” function will be disabled until the problem is solved, but please feel welcome to share your thoughts in our Guestbook instead. Thank you for your patience! Sueli Brodin Crossroads editor
Winter break
December 19, 2008 Leave a Comment
Dear readers, Crossroads is taking a short winter break from December 22, 2008 till January 5, 2009. Best wishes for a healthy and happy New Year! Sueli Brodin Crossroads editor
New on Crossroads: Guestbook
December 4, 2008 2 Comments
We’re pleased to introduce a new feature of our webmagazine — our guestbook. Please feel free to leave us a message. We’d love to hear from you! Best wishes, Sueli Brodin Crossroads editor
Crossroads update
November 24, 2008 Leave a Comment
The following update was sent to our mailing list subscribers on Monday 24 November 2008: Dear reader, Welcome to a new update about recent developments on Crossroads, the web magazine for expatriates in Maastricht published by the European Journalism Centre. First of all, we are very pleased to announce that Crossroads has been relaunched with [...]
Crossroads launches redesigned website
November 20, 2008 Leave a Comment
Welcome to our redesigned website! Over the past few weeks, my colleagues Arne and Ivan at the European Journalism Centre and I have been discreetly working on a new look for Crossroads. Crossroads now has its own domain name at: http://crossroadsmag.eu (Please update your links accordingly) Crossroads is available via RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/crossroadsmag/SKyw It is [...]
Crossroads summer break
July 14, 2008 Leave a Comment
The following update was sent to Crossroads’ mailing list subscribers on Monday 14 July 2008: Dear Crossroads reader, Crossroads is taking its annual summer break on July 15 and will resume daily updates on Monday, August 18, 2008. Here’s an overview of the articles we’ve published since our last update on December 21, 2007. Click on any headline to go [...]
New on Crossroads: Links to Language courses
July 3, 2008 Leave a Comment
Interested in learning Dutch, English or other languages? Please have a look at our new page with links to language courses in the region. The list of languages courses has been kindly provided by the Limburg Development Company LIOF.
Crossroads update and best wishes for the New Year!
December 21, 2007 Leave a Comment
The following update was sent to Crossroads’ mailing list subscribers on Thursday 20 December 2007: Dear Crossroads reader, First of all, I would like to wish you – also on behalf of the European Journalism Centre - a healthy and inspiring 2008! This past year has been very rewarding for Crossroads: we’ve welcomed many new writers (who joined our magazine with great [...]
Crossroads update
May 22, 2007 Leave a Comment
The following update was sent to Crossroads’ mailing list subscribers on Tuesday 22 May 2007: Dear Crossroads reader, Welcome to a new update about recent developments on Crossroads, the web magazine for expatriates in Maastricht published by the European Journalism Centre. In this issue: Photographs from Flickr New features on the sidebar Views per article [...]
New on Crossroads: Recent articles, Views, Random articles, Share articles and Receive articles in your mailbox
May 19, 2007 Leave a Comment
New features are displayed on the sidebar since 12 May, 2007. You can now see: – the 10 most recent articles – the 10 most viewed articles – 5 random articles from our archives (to give you a glimpse into what we’ve published in the past) Number of views It is now possible to view [...]
Crossroads update
March 26, 2007 Leave a Comment
The following update was sent to Crossroads’ mailing list subscribers on Monday 26 March 2007: Dear Crossroads reader, Welcome to a new update about recent developments on Crossroads, the web magazine for expatriates in Maastricht published by the European Journalism Centre. The new year has started very well for Crossroads, since our number of visitors has [...]
New on Crossroads: Expats’ corner
February 1, 2007 Leave a Comment
In our new category entitled ‘Expats’ corner’, Crossroads invites expatriates to share their first hand impressions about life in Maastricht and South Limburg with other readers. Our first article deals with a problem that many of us are probably familiar with: the traffic light situation in Maastricht! Not without a good dosis of humour, a [...]
New header
December 10, 2006 Leave a Comment
I’ve used a photograph of the cobblestones in Maastricht’s Market square for Crossroads’ new header. Maastricht’s cobblestones have a very specific and recognisable shape and pattern. The idea of the cobblestones was suggested to me by my colleague Atticus Mullikin at the European Journalism Centre, who judiciously pointed out that they perfectly evoke the theme [...]
Crossroads update
December 3, 2006 Leave a Comment
The following update was sent to Crossroads’ mailing list subscribers on Sunday 3 December 2006: Dear Crossroads reader, Welcome to a new update on recent developments on Crossroads, the web magazine for expatriates in Maastricht published by the European Journalism Centre. New homepage layout All news stories are now displayed under a general News header. [...]
Latest feature story moved to the sidebar
December 2, 2006 Leave a Comment
Crossroads’ latest feature story now appears on the sidebar. This is to help readers immediately see any new postings in our three main homepage categories, namely “News”, “Reviews and Agenda Tips” and “Feature stories”. News items and agenda items are updated every day. Feature stories and reviews require more work and depend on the amount [...]
News items merged into one “News” category
November 13, 2006 Leave a Comment
In order to give more exposure to our feature stories on the homepage , I will now post all news items into one single “News” category. The various news stories will still be separately categorised under “Maastricht area news”, “Dutch national news” or “European news” in the sidebar.
New homepage layout
October 14, 2006 Leave a Comment
The latest feature story is now on top of the page. This way, it gets a better place in the spotlight and gives Crossroads’ homepage a more dynamic and attrative look. I hope to be able to post a new feature story every five to seven days.
Crossroads summer break
July 14, 2006 Leave a Comment
Crossroads will be taking a summer break as of July 15, 2006. We will be back on August 14, 2006 with a fresh selection of news and feature articles. In the meantime we wish our readers an excellent summer! P.S.: Comments to the articles are still welcome but as they are subject to moderation, publication [...]
More Dutch national news headlines on the home page
May 24, 2006 Leave a Comment
I have now increased the number of Dutch national news headlines on the home page to 8. Many of these news items deal with developments in higher education, but I find many stories related to social and cultural aspects of life in the Netherlands also very interesting.
Crossroads update
May 15, 2006 Leave a Comment
The following update was sent to Crossroads’ mailing list subscribers on 15 May 2006: Dear Crossroads reader, Welcome to the first update on recent developments on Crossroads , the newsletter for and about the international and academic institutes in the Maastricht area. Since Crossroads was launched online in the early weeks of March, I have added more [...]
First update: 14 May 2006
May 14, 2006 Leave a Comment
Since Crossroads was launched online in the early weeks of March, I have added extra features on the homepage as well as new categories and two additional pages on the sidebar menu. The searchable archive now goes back to Crossroads’ very first issue in 2001. [continued...]
