Strasbourg, 18 Mar 2003 Signatures and ratifications at the Council of Europe - Week from 17 to 21 March 2003 - Provisional list The Czech Republic will ratify: - the European Convention for the...
Brussels, 18 March 2003 The Council adopted the Common Position with a view to the adoption of a Decision concerning the production and development of Community statistics on science and technology (...
V-cs unite in call to raise £3,000 cap on fees Universities are urging the government to lift its proposed £3,000-a-year cap on charging top-up fees. Former polytechnics and vice-chancellors...
Water shortages 'foster terrorism' A lack of water is a key factor in encouraging terrorism, the Third World Water Forum in Kyoto has heard. Mona El Kody, the chair of the National Water Research...
Brussels, 17 Mar 2003 Some 15 opinions and reports relating to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) and genetically modified (GM) plants, as well as the harmonisation of risk assessment...
Brussels, 17 Mar 2003 An international symposium on forest ecosystem and landscape research will take place from 25 to June in Tours, France. The event aims at identifying the scientific priorities...
Brussels, 17 Mar 2003 Scientists from the Netherlands have warned that if the avian flu virus currently affecting the country encounters human influenza, it could crossbreed to form a human pathogen...
Brussels, 17 Mar 2003 A conference focusing on the emerging issue of human and veterinary pharmaceutical products appearing in aquatic environments is being organised from 14 to 16 April in Lyon,...
Brussels, 17 Mar 2003 CarboEurope is a cluster of EU research projects, funded under the Fifth Framework Programme, which aim to assess the European carbon balance of the terrestrial biosphere. The...
Brussels, 17 March 2003 Europe's performance in research comes under scrutiny today with the publication of the Third European Report on Science & Technology (S&T) Indicators 2003....
Bruxelles, le 17 mars 2003 J'ai le grand plaisir de vous présenter aujourd'hui la troisième édition du 'Rapport Européen sur les Indicateurs de la Science et de la Technologie'. Ce rapport présente,...
Chancellor Patten to head off fees unrest Chris Patten will mark his first visit to Oxford as the university's new chancellor by holding talks with student leaders about improving financial aid to...
Brussels, 14 Mar 2003 Bologna is to host an information day on the issue of 'human resources and mobility' as covered by the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), on 24 March in Bologna, Italy. Speakers...
Paris, 14 Mar 2003 Between 18-23 March 2003, scientists across Europe and the world will be meeting the public to explain the newest theories about the way in which the Sun connects to and affects...
Brussels, 14 Mar 2003 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Innovation policy:...