'Europe lands on Mars' - Media event at ESA/ESOC
Paris, 25 Nov 2003 ESA's Mars Express probe is scheduled to arrive at Mars at Christmas: the Beagle 2 lander is expected to touch down on the surface of the Red Planet during the night of 24 to 25...
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BL helps Amazon storm antiquarian book market The online retailer Amazon has dragged the buying and selling of rare and out-of-print books into the dotcom age by acquiring the rights to the British...
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Stem-Cell Research Background for the Competitiveness Council 26/27 Nov.
Brussels, 24 Nov 2003 The Council is expected to reach a political agreement on the Commission's proposal on EU funding of human embryonic stem cell research. This proposal aims at establishing...
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European Space Policy Background for the Competitiveness Council 26/27 Nov.
Brussels, 24 Nov 2003 The Council will hear the presentation by Commissioner Philippe Busquin of the Commission's White Paper "Space: a new European frontier for an expanding Union- An action plan...
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Industrial Propery Rights - Community Patent Background for the Competitiveness Council 26/27 Nov.
Brussels, 24 Nov 2003 The Council is expected to reach a political agreement on the proposal for a Regulation creating a Community Patent and also on a proposal for amendments to the European Patent...
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Background for the Competitiveness Council 26/27 Nov. (link to full report)
Brussels, 24 Nov 2003 Full text
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A strategic vision for European research infrastructures
Brussels, 24 Nov 2003 Commissioner for Research Philippe Busquin has called on all European stakeholders to work together to define a common strategy for research infrastructures, essential...
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Expert group delivers its preliminary conclusions on an ERC
Brussels, 24 Nov 2003 The European Research Council Expert Group (ERCEG), set up under the Danish Presidency to investigate the creation of a new European body for the support of basic research, has...
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EGNOS satellite navigation system provides basis for new road safety technology
Brussels, 24 Nov 2003 The European Space Agency (ESA) and a number of Portuguese organisations are developing a new road management technology, based on the EGNOS satellite navigation system. As...
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euroCRIS meeting, Italy
Brussels, 24 Nov 2003 The next meeting of euroCRIS, a non-profit organisation working towards the advancement of current research information systems (CRIS), will take place in Bari, Italy, from 3 to...
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Group on Earth Observations to meet in Italy
Brussels, 24 Nov 2003 The European Commission and the Italian Presidency will host a plenary meeting of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) on 28 and 29 November in Baveno, Italy. The GEO working...
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The Role of Science in the Information Society - Conference at CERN, Geneva, 8-9 Dec
Geneva, 24 Nov 2003 Plenary Speakers: Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of WWW Santiago Borrero, Secretary General of the Pan American Institute for Geography and History H.E.L.M.R.A. Brito, Minister of...
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US and EU Announce Progress on Several Issues over Galileo
Brussels, 24 Nov 2003 The European Commission and the United States held productive talks the week of 17-21 November in The Hague, the Netherlands, where the Parties bridged several outstanding...
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Today's news
BL helps Amazon storm antiquarian book market The online retailer Amazon has dragged the buying and selling of rare and out-of-print books into the dotcom age by acquiring the rights to the British...
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Stem-Cell Research Background for the Competitiveness Council 26/27 Nov.
Brussels, 24 Nov 2003 The Council is expected to reach a political agreement on the Commission's proposal on EU funding of human embryonic stem cell research. This proposal aims at establishing...