Brussels, 5 March 2002 COST Secretariat: Request of the former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia for Membership of COST. Copy of letter from Prof. Dr. Nenad NOVKOVSKI, Minister of Education and...
Brussels, 5 March 2002 The European Commission today announced that it has set up a secure communications infrastructure for information exchange among European public administrations. In line with...
Brussels, 05 March 2002 The number of patent applications to the European Patent Office (EPO) rose steadily during the second half of the 1990s, although applications from the USA and Japan rose by...
Brussels, 05 March 2002 EurOcean, a new European centre for information on marine science and technology, was opened by Portuguese and French officials in Lisbon on 28 February. The new centre aims...
Brussels, 05 March 2002 An @LIS (Alliance for the information society) call for proposals has been issued by EuropeAid for the implementation of demonstration projects in the field of the information...
Paris, 05 March 2002 Since its successful launch into sun-synchronous orbit on the morning of the first of March, Envisat has been getting ready to start observing the Earth. Its 70m2 of solar arrays...
Middle classes to pay more for their campus days Middle-class university students would have to pay more for their education under plans being drawn up by ministers. A review of loans and fees to be...
Drug firms face £10m claim More than 100 women who claimed they suffered potentially lethal blood clots after taking contraceptive pills brought a £10 million compensation ...
Chancellor urged to reward UK research A radical shake-up and a big increase in funding for academic research careers are essential for UK science to be competitive, chancellor Gordon Brown...
Brussels, 04 March 2002 Speaking to the European Parliament on February, Commission President Romano Prodi outlined his expectations for the Barcelona Council on 14 and 15 May, which include...
Brussels, 04 March 2002 A study carried out for the European Commission focusing on the progress made in unbundling the local loop has concluded that efforts made so far have been 'very...
Brussels, 04 March 2002 European biotechnology research should be expanded to include further work on genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) and food quality, states an opinion published in February...
Brussels, 04 March 2002 Universities from throughout Europe will discuss the European research area and the potential for a 'European higher education area for sustainability' at a conference on 'The...
Brussels, 04 March 2002 The Conference on "The role of Regions in creating the European Research Area", to be held in Perugia, is part of the initiatives aimed at examining the European Commission's...
Brussels, 04 March 2002 Internal Market Commissioner Frits Bolkestein has declared the results of the Internal Market Council, at which an agreement on a Community patent was postponed until the next...