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Comparing figures on corona infections and mortality can be misleading The number of people dying in Belgium from the effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is

Creativity needed more than ever in the creative industry The Corona-crisis and the lockdown hits severely, and particularly the cultural and creative industries. Already a traditionally

During the Easter weekend there was a lack of clarity about what the rules are at the German-Dutch border. What is actually still allowed when

During my lunch break or in the evening, it is a pleasure to take a walk and visit the border crossing, because I want to

Cross-border non-coordination Yesterday I was in Maastricht at the Belgian border which is no more than 1 km behind my house. I wanted to see

With the prevailing Coronavirus (COVID-19) it is recommended to work from home as much as possible. For frontier workers, however, working from home can be

Last November, the European Commission (EC) sent the Netherlands an advice stating that the Netherlands should amend its tax rules. The Dutch tax rules prevent

It was an inspiring morning on an early December day at Maastricht’s industrial-charm Eiffel-building. A spacious and pleasant environment, framed with an engaging meeting format,

“It is vital to move from networks to cross-border structures. In addition to vertical integration from the EU, we need to work together on horizontal

More than ten years after the European Court of Justice ruled that the German Eigenheimzulage was in breach of European law, the EC also started

In its judgment of 19 September 2019, the ECJ ruled that Dutch legislation excluding frontier workers residing in the Netherlands but working as a mini-jobber in

The ‘Atlas voor gemeenten 2019’ was released on 22 May 2019. It compares the 50 largest municipalities in the Netherlands annually. These can be different