Progress on GMOs expected at Barcelona summit
Brussels, 22 January 2002 Officials in the USA and the European Union are reported to be hopeful that the de facto moratorium on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) will be tackled at the Barcelona...
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First PROBA pictures promise wealth of environmental data
Paris, 22 January 2002 ESA’s new micro-satellite PROBA has captured its first test images of the Earth’s surface using its small but powerful optical instrument, just two months after its launch from...
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Report on Policies for Promoting Research and Development (Provisional Version 2405th Council meeting - ECOFIN)
Brussels, 22 January 2002 The Council, after a brief debate, endorsed a report from the Economic Policy Committee on Research and Development 1 and underlined the importance of R&D in...
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R&D to play major role as Greece enters period of restructuring, Minister Tsohatzopoulos tells CORDIS
Brussels, 22 January 2002 In an interview with CORDIS, Akis Tsohatzopoulos, the Greek Minister of Development, stressed that Greece is investing a lot of time and money in new technologies in order...
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Response to US action on frequencies to be used by Galileo
Brussels, 21 January 2002 An Information Note on Galileo prepared by the Energy and Transport DG reports that the U.S. Department of Defence has raised problems with Galileo which it feels are not...
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From today's UK papers
Blair may face attack on education spending Tony Blair is braced for a wave of criticism of the government's public services strategy if education loses out to health in the latest three-...
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£6m research boost for Welsh universities The Welsh Assembly has announced an extra £6 million for higher education in Wales for the current academic year. Jane Davidson, the assembly’s education...
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Final dissolution of Joint European Torus complete
Brussels, 19 January 2002 Final notice - dissolution of the Joint European Torus (JET) joint undertaking (OJ C16/11 19.1.2002). Text [NB link expires 45 days from publication date] .... The...
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Charter website will assist rescue operations
Paris, 21 January 2002 A new website was announced at last Tuesday’s evaluation meeting of the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters. This will further improve the services offered to...
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MEPs call for peaceful application of EU space strategy
Brussels, 21 January 2002 On 17 January 2002, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the Commission's communication on the need to develop a more coherent space strategy for the EU, 'Europe...
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Spanish research and innovation information service now available in English
Brussels, 21 January 2002 The Spanish Presidency web service provided by CORDIS, the European Commission's Research and Development Information Service, is now available in English. The service,...
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Report on policies promoting research and development to be discussed at Ecofin Council, 22 January
Brussels, 21 January 2002 (Extracted from "Preparation of Eurogroup and Council of Economics and Finance Ministers" - MEMO/02/7 ) Ministers will discuss an EPC (Economic Policy Committee) report on...
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EU must increase interplay between innovation, technology and risk capital, report claims
Brussels, 21 January 2002 The European Commission has published a report, 'Innovation, technology and risk capital,' which claims the reason for the success of the ICT (information and communications...
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Commission proposes registration scheme for herbal medicine to avoid need for testing
Brussels, 21 January 2002 The European Commission has proposed a registration scheme for herbal medicinal products with a history of traditional use in order to improve quality checks and harmonise...
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From today's UK papers
Exam chiefs knew of error in maths paper The examination board Edexcel had been warned of a mistake in one of its AS-level maths papers but did not tell students in Britain, it emerged last night....