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Blair pushes ahead with top-up fees bill Tony Blair and Charles Clarke are to finally publish their long-awaited bill introducing top-up fees for university education tomorrow. The decision was taken...
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Genetically Modified Micro-Organisms: Commission requests Belgium and Spain to comply with rulings of Court of Justice
Brussels, 6 January 2004 The European Commission has requested Belgium and Spain to comply with 2003 rulings of the European Court of Justice concerning their failure to adopt and notify national...
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Communications minister outlines broadband initiatives for Irish Presidency
Brussels, 06 Jan 2004 Dermot Ahern, the Irish Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, has said that the key issue facing EU communications ministers during the Irish Presidency is...
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China successfully launches satellite carrying ESA instruments
Brussels, 06 Jan 2004 The Chinese national space administration (CNSA) has successfully launched the first of two scientific satellites known as Double Star, which include the first ever European...
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Mars Express will attempt to 'talk' to Beagle 2 from 7 Jan.
Paris, 06 Jan 2004 As of Wednesday 7 January 2004, and for the following three days, ESA's Mars Express orbiter will be as little as 315 kilometres above the landing area of the still-silent Beagle 2...
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UK study reveals dramatic fall in male sperm count
Brussels, 06 Jan 2004 A new UK study of men's sperm counts, one of the largest of its kind, has revealed a drop in the average concentration from 87 million sperm per millilitre in 1989 to 62 million...
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Examining the ethical implications of research on bioweapons and bioterrorism
Brussels, 06 Jan 2004 The European Commission will host a conference on the ethical implications of scientific research on bioweapons and the prevention of terrorism in Brussels, Belgium, on 3 and 4...
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New web service provides answers to common FP6 questions
Brussels, 06 Jan 2004 The European Commission has launched a new service providing answers to frequently asked questions on the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). Questions and answers are divided into...
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Call for tenders related to a study on e-learning policy indicators
Brussels, 06 Jan 2004 The European Commission's Information Society DG has published a call for tenders to carry out a study on e-learning policy indicators. The objective of this study is to obtain...
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Today's news
No 10 barters with rebels on tuition fees Downing Street wobbled yesterday over the long-delayed launch of its university tuition fees bill, as rebel Labour MPs prepared a last-ditch attempt to...
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Decision on ITER postponed until February at the earliest
Brussels, 05 Jan 2004 The much awaited meeting between participants in the international thermonuclear experimental reactor (ITER) project, which was to settle where the reactor will be hosted,...
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Irish presidency announces research and innovation priorities
Brussels, 05 Jan 2004 The Irish government has announced that raising research investment, furthering excellence in basic research and developing an effective European space policy will be among its...
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European tech investment forum
Brussels, 05 Jan 2004 The UK will host the 11th European tech investment forum (ETIF) in London on 30 and 31 March. The event is organised by Europe Unlimited and supported by the European Commission...
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Networking event on automotive sensing technologies
Brussels, 05 Jan 2004 A networking and knowledge sharing event, displaying some of the most advanced sensing technologies in the automotive industry, will take place on 20 January in London, UK. The...
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Closing in on the Red Planet: Mars Express orbit lowered
Paris, 4 January 2004 Today at 14:13 CET, ESA's Mars Express spacecraft successfully executed an essential planned manoeuvre to reduce its orbit around the Red Planet. A five-minute burn of its main...