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...
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...
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-...
£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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Education secretary furious with Edexcel The exam board that set an AS-level maths question that was impossible to answer has also lost the AS-level coursework of 20 performing arts students in Devon...
Brussels, 18 January 2002 Draft opinion of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy for the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy on the proposal for a...
Brussels, 18 January 2002 An innovative type of driverless taxi which runs on tracks, developed under the EU-funded project EDICT (evaluation and demonstration of innovative city transport), was...