Results of the EESC's February Plenary Session
Brussels, 28 th February 2003 Highlights Of the February Plenary Session : Adoption of a Resolution for the Spring European Council concerning the Lisbon Strategy (covered in a separate press release...
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Stepping up economic and technological intelligence: SMEs in FP6 call
Brussels, 03 Mar 2003 The European Commission has published a call for proposals in the area of 'stepping up economic and technological intelligence' under the Sixth Framework Programme's 'research...
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Call for proposals: deepening the understanding of ethical problems
Brussels, 03 Mar 2003 The European Commission has published a call for proposals for research on 'deepening the understanding of ethical problems' (Area 4.3.2.3 of the work programme) under the Sixth...
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FP6 science and society information day, Naples
Brussels, 03 Mar 2003 The University of Naples is to host an information day on the science and society action plan and Priority 7 of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), 'Citizens and governance in...
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Intellectual Property Rights (Extracted from Report from the 3 March meeting of the Competititveness Council)
Brussels, 03 Mar 2003 The Council took note of the oral presentation by Commissioner Bolkestein of the proposal for a Directive on measures and procedures to ensure compliance with intellectual...
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Green Paper: European Space Policy (Extracted from Report from the 3 March meeting of the Competititveness Council)
Brussels, 03 Mar 2003 The Council, following a brief presentation of the Commission's Green Paper on Space Policy by Commissioner Busquin, welcomed the document as an important step forward in...
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ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) (Extracted from Report from the 3 March meeting of the Competititveness Council)
Brussels, 03 Mar 2003 The Council took note of an oral report presented by Commissioner Busquin on the state of play concerning the international negotiations on a joint initiative on the...
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Third Eureka-Asia meeting (Extracted from Report from the 3 March meeting of the Competititveness Council)
Brussels, 03 Mar 2003 The Council took note of information given by the Portuguese delegation on the forthcoming 3rd Eureka-Asia meeting which will take place on 26-30 May 2003 in Macao. The meeting...
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Astronomers on virtual quest to map digital universe
Brussels, 03 Mar 2003 There is a huge, unexplored universe out there, but astronomers are breaking with centuries of tradition and turning away from their telescopes and towards their computers in...
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FDA's tough line on antibiotics
Brussels, 03 Mar 2003 Many strains of bacteria are already resistant to commonly used antibiotics in Europe and around the world. Thanks to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), all antibiotics...
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Commission publishes 'research and innovation' work programme
Brussels, 03 Mar 2003 The Commission's Enterprise DG has published its work programme for the 'research and innovation' thematic area of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). This theme comes under...
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Study on improving complementarity of national and Community non-nuclear energy research
Brussels, 03 Mar 2003 The European Commission has published a call for tenders to carry out a study on ways of improving complementarity and synergy between national and Community research in the...
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GMOs (Extracted from Preparation of Environment Council, 4 March 2003)
Brussels, 3 March 2003 The Commission will inform the Council of the state of play regarding applications for authorisation of GM products. 18 applications for new product approvals have been...
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Update: 12:50
Stanford announces 2004 salary freeze Stanford University, the latest US university to be hit by the plunging stock market, faces a projected $25 million (£15.7 million) deficit and...
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Today's news
Class gap target for universities is ditched Higher education minister Margaret Hodge has been forced to retract a specific pledge on closing the class gap in universities under pressure from Charles...