In mid-December 2008, Balance was asked by the Cultural Heritage Department of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science to translate a substantial part of the Amsterdam canal network nomination dossier for the UNESCO World Heritage List into English. Despite the traditional busy period in late December, Balance translated ten of thousands of words between 15 December 2008 and 15 January 2009 to bring this assignment to a successful conclusion. Our client was extremely satisfied.…

In April 2008, the governors of the five partner regions in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion (the Belgian provinces of Limburg and Liège, the German-speaking community of Belgium, the Aachen region, and the Dutch Province of Limburg) held consultations about tackling the cross-border drugs problem and the related criminality. They subsequently instructed professors Cyrille Fijnaut and Brice De Ruyver to analyse the problem and to draw up a plan of approach to tackle drug-related crime in the…