Brussels, 11 Mar 2004 Competitiveness is driven by the existence of a 'creative class', according to a paper by Richard Florida and Irene Tinagli, and published by the UK think tank Demos. But the...
Brussels, 11 Mar 2004 A new European astronomy project, RadioNet, financed under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), will build bridges and improve communication between European astronomers. This...
Brussels, 11 Mar 2004 On 10 March, a Decision of the European Parliament and Council came into force, making all targets and requirements under the 1997 Kyoto protocol legally binding in all EU...
Brussels, 11 Mar 2004 A briefing day entitled 'unlock the mysteries of project management for Sixth Framework projects' will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on 22 April. The event will be of...
Brussels, 11 Mar 2004 The European Commission's Health and Consumer Protection DG has published a call for expressions of interest for membership of the Commission's new non-food scientific...
Brussels, 11 Mar 2004 The European Commission has given prior information of its intention to call for tenders for a portfolio analysis of EC non-nuclear energy RTD (research and technological...
Brussels, 11 Mar 2004 CORDIS, the European Community's Research and Development Information Service, has developed a new service to follow discussions on the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). The...
Paris, 11 Mar 2004 Today the Rosetta Science Working Team has made the final selection of the asteroids that Rosetta will observe at close quarters during its journey to Comet 67P/Churyumov-...
Bashir beats dirty tricks to clinch Union presidency An Oxford Union tribunal approved the election of Ruzwana Bashir as its president after viewing a secretly filmed video that showed that...
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