29 Mar 2004 Full text Abstract: This paper is the first part of a wide-ranging study of the role of intellectual property in the software industry. The project focuses on the software industry...
Brussels, 29 Mar 2004 The most deadly of all cancers could all boil down to a fault in the way cells signal each other, a team of European scientists now believe. Although it is too early to talk...
Brussels, 29 Mar 2004 A report by an advisory group to the UK government has claimed that thousands of students are opting for 'fashionable' science degrees which will not necessarily lead directly...
Brussels, 29 Mar 2004 Within the framework of the Fifth Framework Programme 'Stratfeed' project, an international symposium on 'Food and feed safety in the context of prion diseases' will take place...
Brussels, 29 Mar 2004 The EU's Heads of State and Government agreed on 26 March that a focus on just four priorities is necessary in order to enhance European competitiveness - completing the...
Brussels, 29 Mar 2004 What specific support actions are needed to encourage small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to participate in the EU's research Framework Programmes? That was the question...
Brussels, 29 Mar 2004 A European stakeholders conference entitled 'Knowing your genes, what implications?' will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on 6 and 7 May. The conference, organised by the...
Rebels in fresh bid to scupper tuition fees bill Labour's education rebels, who have tabled an amendment to the higher education bill removing the principle of variable fees, were told last night...
Brussels, 26 Mar 2004 REPORT on the proposal for a Council Regulation on the establishment of structures for the management of the European satellite radionavigation programme Full text [...] In...
Strasbourg, 26 Mar 2004 Because of the strategic nature of the Galileo European satellite navigation system and the shortage of time before the operational phase starts in 2008, there is an urgent...
Brussels, 26 March 2004 Commission Decision of 29 March 1999 concerning the conclusion of a cooperation Agreement between the European Atomic Energy Community and the Republic of Kazakhstan in the...
Brussels, 26 March 2004 Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for having invited me to address this workshop. This is an excellent occasion to exchange best practices on how to promote the role of SMEs as...
Strasbourg, 26 Mar 2004 Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE ZU BARINGDORF (Greens/EFA, D) for the Agriculture Committee will be tabling a non-binding draft resolution on the use of genetic resources in...
Brussels, 26 Mar 2004 At a conference on genetics in Brussels on 24 and 25 March, stakeholders called for increased vigilance against the risk of commercialisation of genetic testing. An appeal was...
Brussels, 26 Mar 2004 The UK's Royal Society added its voice to the debate surrounding fundamental research in Europe on 25 March, when it published a report calling for more centres of research...