News Muncher - category maastricht

1 day, 18 hours ago

Valkenburg increases security following German Christmas market attack

NL Times

Mayor Daan Prevoo of Valkenburg, home to one of Europe's busiest Christmas markets, expressed alarm following a suspected attack in Magdeburg, Germany, which left five dead and dozens injured. “I immediately met with police and municipal services Friday evening.” Security at Valkenburg’s market, which attracts 700,000 visitors annually, was already heightened. Arnhem Mayor Ahmed Marcouch’s office emphasized adherence to national …

Valkenburg Increases Security Prevoo German Christmas

1 week, 2 days ago

Maastricht Univ. to continue international education, but budget cuts are worrying

NL Times

Maastricht University has expressed relief over the preservation of internationalization efforts within the updated higher education budget but remains concerned about ongoing budget cuts and uncertainty regarding the new funding measures for education, according to broadcaster 1Limburg. "The region cannot function without international students and English-taught programs," said Janosch Prinz of the student advocacy group WOinActie Maastricht, which has been …

Education International Higher Education English Budget Student Pulse

1 month ago

Police investigating Tefaf diamond heist search Belgian river

Dutch News

Police have begun trawling a river in Belgium as they try to track down the thieves who stole tens of millions of euros’ worth of jewellery at the Tefaf art fair in Maastricht two years ago. Dutch and Belgian police are searching the water in Verviers with special equipment, including one metre-wide magnets, in the hope of finding tools used …

Search Belgian

5 months, 1 week ago

Women more successful with corporate crowdfunding than men: Maastricht University study

NL Times

Corporate crowdfunding - borrowing money from the general public - works better for women than men. Women complete their crowdfunding campaigns about 20 percent faster, according to a new study by Maastricht University, NOS reports. Previous research already showed that women receive just as good conditions as men in crowdfunding for private loans, while they often receive less good conditions …

Good Women Maastricht University Corporate Crowdfunding

9 months, 1 week ago

Maastricht is where museums go on shopping sprees

Hindustan Times

THE PAINTINGS are spotlighted, so you can see every brushstroke and crack. “Maastricht”, as art-world insiders call it, is “the most important fair by a mile for classical paintings and works of art”, says Jonathan Green, a gallerist based in London. Maastricht is the “Met of art fairs, and Art Basel is MoMA”, says Eric Lee, director of the Kimbell …

Art Museum Museums Artists Old Fair Paintings

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Maastricht bridge in danger of collapsing after houseboat crash

NL Times

The bridge on the Stuwweg in Maastricht is in danger of collapsing after a houseboat drifted into it early Thursday morning. According to the spokesperson for the regional safety office, a slight bend is visible in the middle of the bridge. "But the problem is that we cannot go onto the bridge, and the ground around it is very soggy …

Bridge Maastricht

1 year, 2 months ago

Maastricht University can fire professor for sexual misconduct with students: court

NL Times

Maastricht University can dismiss a professor for sexual misconduct, the court in Limburg ruled on Thursday. The man taught and lectured students and was involved in setting up a research master’s program in which he intensively supervised Ph.D. students and postdocs. The professor also acknowledged to investigators that he kissed another victim and touched her breasts, took another woman home …

University Sexual Misconduct Man Professor Limburg Maastricht University Court Maastricht

1 year, 3 months ago

Price for energy-guzzling offices falls by at least a fifth

Dutch News

Energy-guzzling offices have plunged in price by up to 40%, according to a study by the University of Maastricht published in the ESB journal. The Maastricht researchers found that, although rental prices did not rise for more energy efficient offices, sales prices dropped significantly for those that are guzzling gas. Since the legislation was first discussed in 2018, the price …

Energy Price Label C Offices Falls

1 year, 3 months ago

Price for energy-guzzling offices falls by at least a fifth

Dutch News

Energy-guzzling offices have plunged in price by up to 40%, according to a study by the University of Maastricht published in the ESB journal. The Maastricht researchers found that, although rental prices did not rise for more energy efficient offices, sales prices dropped significantly for those that are guzzling gas. Since the legislation was first discussed in 2018, the price …

Energy Price Label C Offices Falls

1 year, 8 months ago

Police put an end to illegal rave party in Maastricht

NL Times

The police broke up an illegal rave party in an empty office building in Maastricht on Saturday night. https://twitter.com/NOS/status/1639891445430603776 The police intervened after receiving reports of noise nuisance from the former office building between Limburglaan and Wim Duisenbergplantsoen. When police entered the building, they found a rave party with hundreds of partygoers on five floors. Before officers could enter the …

Office Party

1 year, 10 months ago

Strike in regional transport today; Garbage strikes start in Den Bosch, Maastricht

NL Times

Employees in regional transport will again go on strike on Wednesday. Trade unions FNV and CNV organized the regional transport strike for better working conditions for 13,000 employees, mainly bus drivers. Regional public transport workers also went on strike from February 6 to 10, disrupting many bus services. A second collective labor agreement in regional transport covers 1,300 employees, mainly …

Garbage Trade Unions Den Fnv Den Bosch Cnv Strike Start

1 year, 10 months ago

Carnival waste will not be collected in Amsterdam, Maastricht, and Den Bosch due to strikes

NL Times

In Den Bosch and Maastricht, a large part of the carnival waste will not be collected on Wednesday, because the municipal employees, including the city cleaners, will be on strike for a week starting that day. The municipality warns Amsterdam residents that the strike can cause nuisance and asks residents to keep waste inside as much as possible and not …

Strike Carnival Civil Servants Den Fnv Den Bosch Maastricht

1 year, 11 months ago

Maastricht University to give students mandatory lessons on sexual boundaries

NL Times

From September, Maastricht University will offer first-year students compulsory lessons on sexual boundaries and sexual violence. Maastricht is the first university in the Netherlands to make information on transgressive behavior mandatory, Trouw reports. “We now think it is time for the next step,” Maastricht University spokesperson Koen Augustijn said to the newspaper. A 2021 study showed that 46.9 percent of …

University Sexual Maastricht University Maastricht Transgressive Behavior Mandatory Lessons

2 years, 1 month ago

Mother of boy who was kidnapped and murdered found dead in Maastricht home

NL Times

The mother of Gino van der Straeten, a nine-year-old boy who was kidnapped, drugged, sexually abused and murdered, was found dead in a home in Maastricht on Tuesday evening. Police confirmed that a body was found in the home on Gildenweg, but officers found no evidence of a crime, a police spokesperson told the regional broadcaster. When they brought him …

Gino Maastricht Family Spokesperson

2 years, 1 month ago

Netherlands sets new warm weather record for Oct. 28; Weekend could set new record highs

NL Times

Friday was the warmest October 28 ever measured in the Netherlands. The old national record stood at 22.5 degrees and was measured in 2005, also at the Maastricht weather station. The temperature in De Bilt reached 19.8 degrees at 12:50 p.m., breaking the previous official record of 19.4 degrees also set in 2005. Many other areas also saw temperatures between …

Record Netherlands Temperature Degrees 20 Degrees Maastricht De Bilt

2 years, 3 months ago

Maastricht University fraternity punished for hazing first-years with urine stunt

NL Times

Maastricht University imposed strict sanctions against student association Tragos after incidents involving the hazing of first-year students. “From conversations with the board of the association after a report was submitted to the university, it appears that during the introductory period things have occurred that are completely unacceptable to the university, and which violate the provisions of the applicable code of …

University Association Maastricht University Tragos Spokesperson

2 years, 4 months ago

More and more students search for housing outside of major student cities

NL Times

Students are increasingly looking for accommodations outside of the city where they study, due to the housing shortage. A spokesperson for Kamernet, a room rental website, told the NOS that there is a greater demand for housing in towns surrounding major student cities. Jolan de Bie, director of Kences knowledge center for student housing, said housing students far away from …

Housing Students Student Nos Utrecht Maastricht

2 years, 5 months ago

Maastricht hits 39.5 Celsius as NL sizzles in a mini heatwave

Dutch News

The highest temperature recorded in the Netherlands during Tuesday’s heatwave was 39.5 Celsius at the Maastricht weather station, weather bureau KNMI has confirmed. At the De Bilt weather station near Utrecht, where ‘official’ temperatures are recorded, the thermometer tipped 35.5 Celsius. ‘Such temperatures are still rare,’ KNMI climate expert Karin van der Wiel told broadcaster NOS. It is the tenth …

Temperature Celsius

2 years, 5 months ago

Record-breaking 39.5 degrees in Maastricht, as asphalt reaches 52 degrees; People flock to the movies

NL Times

Tuesday set a new record for the hottest-ever July 19 in the Netherlands, according to Weeronline. The Netherlands refers to temperatures over 30 degrees as being "tropical," and the mercury hit that marker across the entire country, according to the weather website. Pavement temps hit 52 degrees The asphalt in many places in the Netherlands topped 50 degrees on Tuesday …

Netherlands Temperature Degrees Weeronline Tuesday Afternoon Asphalt 52 Degrees

2 years, 7 months ago

Activists call for airport shrinkage with speeches, music performances

NL Times

A few hundred people gathered at Schiphol Airport on Saturday to protest nuisance and pollution from air traffic. ", "Schiphol is a major polluter," "Royal Air Pollution Company" and "Flights are no longer possible." "Without shrinking aviation, KLM and Schiphol will not seriously participate in stopping dangerous climate change," said Bram van Liere of Milieudefensie. According to Van Liere, a …

Airport Schiphol Decrease Van Liere

2 years, 7 months ago

Protesters at 6 airports call for downsizing aviation

NL Times

People who live near airports and environmental activists will simultaneously protest at six Dutch airports on Saturday against "the growing nuisance and pollution from air traffic." Far fewer planes flew during the coronavirus pandemic, but now that air traffic is picking up again, they say the time has come to intervene. "The sector makes a major contribution to dangerous global …

Airport Airports

2 years, 7 months ago

King's Day was 'old-fashioned fun', royals celebrate in Maastricht

Dutch News

The first old-school King’s Day in three years was celebrated all over the Netherlands on Wednesday, with plenty of orange, beer and fund raising for Ukraine. Few people seemed to be aware of the the city council’s ‘one alcoholic drink’ rule although one visitor, carrying a half-empty bottle of wine, told Dutch News he had asked by plain clothes police …

Een Dag Maastricht

2 years, 7 months ago

King's Day was 'old-fashioned fun', royals celebrate in Maastricht

Dutch News

The first old-school King’s Day in three years was celebrated all over the Netherlands on Wednesday, with plenty of orange, beer and fund raising for Ukraine. Few people seemed to be aware of the the city council’s ‘one alcoholic drink’ rule although one visitor, carrying a half-empty bottle of wine, told Dutch News he had asked by plain clothes police …

Een Dag Maastricht

2 years, 7 months ago

Dutch King thanks Maastricht for "unforgettable" King's Day

NL Times

King Willem-Alexander thanked Maastricht for an "unforgettable day" after spending his 55th birthday in the city. De regio Zuid-Limburg laat haar brede diversiteit zien: van wielrennen en wandelen door het heuvellandschap, Pinkpop, het drielandenpunt tot de Kunradersteengroeve. https://t.co/xNgVUJ5Vm5 pic.twitter.com/svUWSzebOQ — Koninklijk Huis April 27, 2022 In the European life section of the tour, the Royals helped lay the final tiles …

Met King Van Maastricht De Koninklijke Het Limburg Koninklijk Huis

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Valkenburg increases security following German Christmas market attack

Maastricht Univ. to continue international education, but budget cuts are worrying

Police investigating Tefaf diamond heist search Belgian river

Women more successful with corporate crowdfunding than men: Maastricht University study

Maastricht is where museums go on shopping sprees

Maastricht bridge in danger of collapsing after houseboat crash

Maastricht University can fire professor for sexual misconduct with students: court

Price for energy-guzzling offices falls by at least a fifth

Price for energy-guzzling offices falls by at least a fifth

Police put an end to illegal rave party in Maastricht

Strike in regional transport today; Garbage strikes start in Den Bosch, Maastricht

Carnival waste will not be collected in Amsterdam, Maastricht, and Den Bosch due to strikes

Maastricht University to give students mandatory lessons on sexual boundaries

Mother of boy who was kidnapped and murdered found dead in Maastricht home

Netherlands sets new warm weather record for Oct. 28; Weekend could set new record highs

Maastricht University fraternity punished for hazing first-years with urine stunt

More and more students search for housing outside of major student cities

Maastricht hits 39.5 Celsius as NL sizzles in a mini heatwave

Record-breaking 39.5 degrees in Maastricht, as asphalt reaches 52 degrees; People flock to the movies

Activists call for airport shrinkage with speeches, music performances

Protesters at 6 airports call for downsizing aviation

King's Day was 'old-fashioned fun', royals celebrate in Maastricht

King's Day was 'old-fashioned fun', royals celebrate in Maastricht

Dutch King thanks Maastricht for "unforgettable" King's Day