EU’s Online Video Portal to Archive WWII Resistance Fighters
May 9, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
The EU has launched the first online history project that collects videotaped personal stories of resistance fighters: men and women who stood up against Nazism and Fascism during World War II.
There have been numerous efforts to document the histories of Nazi concentration camp survivors, trying to make sure their collective history is not lost [...]
Dutch Not Proud of Europe or of Netherlands
May 9, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
The Dutch are least proud to be European of all the EU countries’ citizens. They also take little pride in being Dutch, according to research by the Socio-Cultural Planning Bureau (SCP) and Central Planning Bureau (CPB).
Only 7 percent of the Dutch are ‘very proud’ to be European, compared with an EU average of 16 percent. [...]
EU gives new funds for immigrant integration
May 8, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
The European Commission on Monday said it was giving new funds to support cross-border projects aimed at improving the integration of immigrants in the 27-member European Union.
Some four million euros (5.4 million dollars) would be made available for 12 initiatives that “encourage dialogue with civil society, develop integration models, seek out and evaluate good [...]
Vulture disappears in the Netherlands
May 8, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
Call it a different kind of scavenger hunt.
A private bird of prey breeding center was inundated with calls Monday after appealing for help tracking down a 3-foot-tall white-backed vulture called Abu that was blown away in high winds while soaring over the park.
“We’re getting calls from all over the country,” said Wilma van [...]
Coarse language on Dutch TV up 13 per cent in 2006
May 8, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
The number of expressions of coarse language on Dutch TV broadcasters rose 13 percent in 2006 from 2005. Once again, public broadcaster BNN was the coarsest, according to the Swearing Monitor of the Union against Swearing.
On TV, 112,000 swearwords, invective and cursing could be heard. Compared with 2003, the year in which the Swearing Monitor [...]
Six injured in terrace accident in Maastricht
May 7, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
A 36-year-old Portuguese man who lives in France drove into a sidewalk terrace in Maastricht injuring five people on Sunday afternoon. The man had three times the legal limit of alcohol in his blood, police announced on Monday.
The man was taken into custody and questioned. The police are also running tests to see whether he [...]
Triple Crown for University Maastricht Business School
May 7, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
The International Accreditation Advisory Board of the Association of MBAs (AMBA) has approved the MBA programmes of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration/Universiteit Maastricht Business School (UMBS) for AMBA accreditation.
Obtaining this accreditation in addition to the EQUIS and AACSB accreditation has resulted in the so-called Triple Crown accreditation for UMBS.
Only 1% of [...]
Aachen: History Meets High-Tech at the Cradle of Europe
May 5, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
Once the heart of Charlemagne’s kingdom, Aachen is now a center of technology and learning. Located in western Germany near both the Dutch and Belgian borders, the city is considered a model for cross-border cooperation.
Read full article: Deutsche Welle, 27 April 2007
Netherlands turns back Hamas minister
May 5, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
The Netherlands turned back a Palestinian minister with the Islamist movement Hamas on Friday who was headed for a conference on refugees, the minister said.
Speaking to Arab news channel Al-Jazeera from his plane, sports and youth minister Bassem Naim said he was stopped at Brussels airport where he was to have made a stopover and [...]
Two confessions on Palestine and Israel
May 5, 2007 by Sueli · 3 Comments
The perpetually contested issue of Israel and Palestine was the central theme of an illuminating debate recently held at the University of Maastricht. Organized by Maastricht Debates and moderated by Wilfried Ruetten, director of the European Journalism Centre, the event allowed a glimpse into the hearts and minds of a Palestinian, Saman Khoury, and an Israeli, Avi Primor, who appeared as two very conscientious individuals seeking not to evangelize their respective causes but to find new hope through Europe’s next generation.
Queen’s Day in Maastricht
May 4, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
Every year on Koninginnedag (Queen’s Day), 30 April, the Netherlands celebrates the Queen’s official birthday. Street parties and other events are held all around the country. This year in Maastricht, a large “vrijmarkt” (free market) was organised in the StadPark (City park) and many music bands performed for the public. [more photographs...]
60 years and counting! The Netherlands-England Society of Limburg celebrates its Diamond Jubilee
May 3, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
Anniversaries are, by definition, special. The 60th birthday of the Genootschap Nederland-Engeland (Netherlands-England Society or GNE) branch in South Limburg, however, was extraordinary. This jubilee, with its rich and entertaining program, will last in the memories of the people who attended it for a long time. [continued...]
Municipal offices moving back to Maastricht city centre
May 1, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
On 1 May 2007, the Municipality of Maastricht moves back to the Maastricht Market Square. The new visiting address is Mosae Forum 10.
From that same date the municipal buildings in Randwyck will be closed.
Only the visiting address of the Municipality changes. The postal address, telephone/fax numbers and internet/e-mail addresses remain the same.
On [...]
Fewer victims of common crime
May 1, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
This year, 26 percent of the 15-and-over population in the Netherlands reported that they had been victimes of common crime, as against 29 percent two years ago; the number of offences experienced by the Dutch population also dropped in that period. The percentage of Dutch citizens who occasionally felt unsafe dropped from 27 in 2005 [...]
