Strasbourg, 6 February 2002 Verbatim report for 5 February, Part 2 Byrne, Commission. - Madam President, I am very encouraged by the recommendations in Mr Olsson's report and his support for the...
Brussels, 06 February 2002 The Organisation for the promotion of energy technologies (OPET) of Bavaria-Austria will host two seminars on 7 and 8 March as part of World Energy Days 2002. The first...
More power for Cambridge v-c in proposed reform Cambridge University is to beef up the powers of its vice-chancellor and water down the traditional democratic role of its community of scholars as...
Scandal of cash for drug company papers Scientists are accepting large sums of money from drug companies to put their names to articles that they have not written endorsing new medicines - a growing...
Brussels, 05 February 2002 This topic will be discussed by the Ministers of Health of the EU, due to meet in Malaga on Friday. EU experts are to meet, over a period of two days starting tomorrow, in...
Brussels, 05 February 2002 A report into the safety of genetically modified (GM) foods, published by the UK's Royal Society on 4 February, has called for improvements to safety assessments before...
Brussels, 05 February 2002 The Joint Research Centre's (JRC) high flux reactor (HFR) in Petten, the Netherlands will be shut down during the first week of February after a crack in the reactor was...
Brussels, 05 February 2002 A new study from research firm Gartner G2 shows that consumers in the UK, Germany and France, Europe's three largest Internet markets, are being put off high speed...
Washington D.C., 05 February 2002 U.S. Secretary of Commerce Don Evans today released new Census data showing that more than half of American households and more than half of all Americans are now...
Brussels, 05 February 2002 Kallistratos Dionelis, Secretary General of ASECAP, the European association of tolled motorways has told CORDIS News that the European Commission needs to listen to the...
Brussels, 05 February 2002 The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has called for expressions of interest for contractors interested in monitoring veterinary drug residues. The IRMM,...
Washington D.C., 05 February 2002 As the President's budget makes clear, the Administration looks to science and technology to play essential roles in improving the economic and homeland security of...
Warning issued over stress payouts to workers Workers claiming compensation for stress must satisfy tough new rules laid down by the Court of Appeal yesterday that make it clear that no job is...
Learning disability website launched Health minister Jacqui Smith will launch a website today that aims to combat medical discrimination against people with Down's syndrome and other learning...
Brussels, 4 February 2002 Common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 76/768/EEC on the...