+Vote!
Yeshiva World News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
The Jewish community of Maastricht, Netherlands, together with the municipality and the local Sphinx Tiles manufacturer, arranged for the reburial of Jewish remains from an 18th century cemetery. According to local historians, the area surrounding the planned construction of a new Sphinx building was used by the Jewish community as a cemetery from 1782 to 1822. [...]
+Vote!
Sky News (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
The mellow world of dope-dealing Dutch coffee shops is at the centre of a furious international row.
+Vote!
All Africa (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Since the establishment of the European Union (EU) through the 1992 Maastricht Treaty, the bloc has adopted a series of measures in relation to development in Africa. Although contained in all these measures, the ethos of coherence between different EU policies was innately lacking in its practical dealings with the continent.
+Vote!
networked_performance (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
El Lissitzky's proposal for a street decoration in Vitebsk IMAGINARY PROPERTY :: Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht Imaginary Property, a new research project of the Design department, initiated by Florian Schneider, aspires to explore new potentials for design practices across various registers. The project is set up as a realm of experimentation at the [...]
+Vote!
The Barnsby Blog (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
... agreed and a Single European Act in 1986 led to the free passage of goods across the EU and the Maastricht Treaty introduced the Euro , the single currency now adopted by the majority of countries, but not the UK. Such a tangled web has now been woven which leads to our present discontents and furores which, as I say, Unlock Democracy will play an important part in sorting out. KICK RACISM...
+Vote!
Dave's Part (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... for a start. Many commentators, especially on the eurosceptic right will never forgive him for Maastricht, although as a soft europhile myself I can't really see where they are coming from. Yet the malaise that surrounded the government during the Major years could not be attributed to one or two single issues, however weighty. The miasma of mediocrity was more pervasive than that. The over-riding...
+Vote!
TREND HUNTER Magazine (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
(TrendHunter.com) Who knew Gothic architecture could be so unbelievably funky and hip? Kruisherenhotel, located in Maastricht, Netherlands proves that it can be. We've seen renovated churches as homes, but this 15th century monastery is a beautiful example of how the ancient old world architecture can thrive today an…
+Vote!
BBC News (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... treaty requires a change to the 1937 Irish constitutionYes votes on Single European Act 1987, Maastricht Treaty 1992, Treaty of Amsterdam 1998 In June 2001, Irish voters rejected the Nice Treaty on EU expansionIn October 2002, that vote was overturnedAll EU member states have to ratify the Lisbon Treaty for it to come into forceEU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso say there is 'no...
+Vote!
BBC News (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... treaty requires a change to the 1937 Irish constitutionYes votes on Single European Act 1987, Maastricht Treaty 1992, Treaty of Amsterdam 1998 In June 2001, Irish voters rejected the Nice Treaty on EU expansionIn October 2002, that vote was overturnedAll EU member states have to ratify the Lisbon Treaty for it to come into forceEU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso say there is 'no...
+Vote!
EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... Programme agreed by the European Council in December 2004 . But, relying on powers acquired in the Maastricht Treaty, it had already been set in train in 1995 with a Council Decision "regarding protection for citizens of the European Union by diplomatic and consular representations". It is typical of the media, therefore, to go for the fluff, the rather trivial issue of a sticker in the...
+Vote!
Midas Oracle .ORG (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
- No good. Nicolas Sarkozy has become the most unpopular French president ever —primarily due to his personal behavior. France’s public finances deteriorated in 2006, hovering close to the Maastricht 3% mark. Public spending (54% of gross domestic product) is the highest in the European Union. Nicolas Sarkozy has launched some reforms, which were needed, but which will not suffice. He [...]...
+Vote!
Medical,Health News and Articles (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
May 9 — Consuming large amounts of acrylamide, a chemical commonly found in French fries, cakes, snacks and even coffee, appears to raise the risk of kidney cancer, especially in smokers, Dutch researchers report. “Ours is the first report of a positive association between dietary acrylamide intake and renal cell [kidney] cancer,” said study author Janneke Hogervorst, a researcher at Maastricht...
+Vote!
Business Week (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
... intake and renal cell [kidney] cancer," said study author Janneke Hogervorst, a researcher at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.The report is published in the May issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.Studies of the chemical have been ongoing since 1994, when the International Agency for Research on Cancer classified the chemical as a probable human carcinogen. Experts...
