http://crossroadsmag.eu Web magazine for expatriates living in Maastricht Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:28:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 2642797http://www.feedburner.com http://crossroadsmag.eu/2009/01/maastricht-launches-redesigned-website/ Through contacts at the Dutch Embassy in South Africa, 17 students in their early twenties from across Zimbabwe were able to organize themselves and come to Maastricht to study while being granted refugee status in the Netherlands. "We declined a system that arrested our human rights," says Themba Maphenduka, "that is why we are in Maastricht today." A report by Alex Derry for Crossroads. ]]> http://crossroadsmag.eu/2008/12/zimbabwe/ http://crossroadsmag.eu/2008/12/links-for-2008-12-19/ http://crossroadsmag.eu/2008/12/winter-break/ http://crossroadsmag.eu/2008/12/share-of-seniors-foreigners-in-population-to-increase-more-sharply/ http://crossroadsmag.eu/2008/12/minister-wants-to-abolish-turkish-national-service/ http://crossroadsmag.eu/2008/12/links-for-2008-12-18/ The Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht will in 2009 celebrate the 125th anniversary of its foundation. "With time, our institution has grown into the only art museum in the area, focusing both on old masters and contemporary art,” says artistic director Alexander van Grevenstein in an interview with Crossroads writer Saramicol Viscardi.]]> http://crossroadsmag.eu/2008/12/bonnefanten/ http://crossroadsmag.eu/2008/12/links-for-2008-12-17/ http://crossroadsmag.eu/2008/12/international-organisations-in-the-hague-happier/