As the UN prepares to publish its report on the aftermath of war in Sierra Leone, Richard Wilson reports on the difficulties of intervention in third-world countries and the potential for abuse by...
Sari Nusseibeh's career straddles politics and academia, an approach he believes is essential in the pursuit of peace between Palestine and Israel. Helena Flusfeder reports. Sari Nusseibeh, president...
Brussels, 23 January 2002 The European Commission today adopted a major policy initiative for the development of life sciences and biotechnology in Europe. This is one of the main building blocks of...
Brussels, 23 January 2002 A new report published by the European Commission's Enterprise DG, 'Innovation and Competitiveness in European biotechnology,' has concluded that although Europe lags behind...
Brussels, 23 January 2002 (Enterprise Papers No 7, 2002) Innovation and competitiveness in European biotechnology A. Allansdottir, A. Bonaccorsi, A. Gambardella et al. This report analyses the...
Brussels, 23 January 2002 A conference organised by Eurospace, the association of European space industry, will examine computer-based applications and technologies for aerospace applications. The...
Brussels, 23 January 2002 Germany is attracting talented young foreign researchers to the country with a 21.5 million euro prize fund. The Sofja Kovalevskaja awards will be presented for the first...
Brussels, 23 January 2002 A new expert group on women in industrial research, the STRATA-ETAN group, met for the first time on 22 January by the European Commission's Research DG. The group aims to...
Brussels, 23 January 2002 Large ozone losses (20-30% in the column, 40-70% at altitudes around 18 km) have occurred in the Arctic during each of the five last cold winters since 1993/94. Recent...
Paris, 23 January 2002 One of ESA’s longest-serving and hardest-working communications satellites is being put into retirement after years of dedicated service. Marecs B2, built as a reserve...
Government plans to cut employment tribunal hearings by a quarter will be "disastrous" for unfairly sacked or victimised workers, the judge in charge of the tribunal system has warned. Judge John...
Talks begin to consider teacher 'superunion' The end of more than 80 years of fractious competition between teaching unions could be in sight after the second largest, and hitherto most reluctant,...
Apprenticeship scheme strapped for cash Work based learning is on the verge of collapse, according to a report by the joint Engineering Skills Advisory Group. It warned the government that few...
Brussels, 22 January 2002 An assessment report on European research into the stratosphere, released on 21 January, has concluded that the occurrence of mini ozone holes over Europe is on the increase...
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...