New Ariane launcher all set for November liftoff
Paris, 11 Nov 2002 The launch date of 28 November has been announced for Europe's new 10-tonne launcher. Preparations are well underway at Europe's spaceport in French Guiana where a series of...
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Update 13:15
Guelph tops Canadian university league table Guelph University took first place in the comprehensive universities category in Maclean's magazine's Canadian Universities 2002, published yesterday. 46...
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Inventors get more cash to plug brain drain Nesta, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, has been given a grant of £95 million by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport....
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Patentability of computer-implemented inventions (Extract from Background, Competitiveness Council)
Copenhagen, 08 Nov 2002 The Council will attempt to define a common approach, pending the European Parliament's opinion in first reading, on the draft directive aimed at harmonising member states'...
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Community patent - jurisdictional arrangements (Extract from Background, Competitiveness Council)
Copenhagen, 08 Nov 2002 The Council will attempt to reach agreement on a number of key issues relating to the jurisdictional arrangements for the proposed Community patent, with a view to enabling...
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Still a long way from fulfilling the Lisbon objective: Europe is not investing enough in knowledge
Brussels, 8 November 2002 Europe must do more if it is to become the truly knowledge-based economy called for by the European Council in Lisbon in March 2000. This is the message to emerge from the...
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"Research 2002" conference opens in Brussels: EU science & technology programme in the starting blocks
Brussels, 8 novembre 2002 On Monday, November 11, in Brussels European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin and Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt will open the biggest conference on EU...
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Today's news
Cambridge may break ranks over top-up fees Cambridge University will consider opposing top-up fees today, breaking with other elite institutions and intensifying the debate over charging students....
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Update: 12:25
Oxford launches Mexican studies centre A Centre for Mexican Studies is being launched at Oxford University. It will be the first academic base in Europe dedicated to the promotion of research,...
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Presidency's progress report on the proposed regulation on the Community patent - Jurisdictional arrangements
Brussels, 07 Nov 2002 Full text of Document 13408/02 No. prev. doc.: 12395/02 PI 46 No. Cion prop.: 11684/02 PI 41 COUR 6 Subject: Proposal for a Council Regulation on the Community patent -...
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Directive on animal experiments must be properly implemented
Brussels, 07 Nov 2002 The Environment Committee has criticised several Member States such as Austria, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain for failing to enact completely...
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JRC and French national space agency to cooperate on risk management
Brussels, 07 Nov 2002 On 12th November 2002, the JRC and the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the French national space agency, will sign a Partnership Agreement on co-operation in risk...
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Statement by Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation on behalf of the EU at the Pan-European Regional Preparatory Conference, Bucharest 7 - 9 November
Copenhagen, 07 Nov 2002 Check against delivery. Statement by Mr Helge Sander Danish Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation on behalf of the European Union Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen...
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DG Enterprise Grant Theme 10: European Approvals of Proven Materials for Pressure Purposes, deadline 29/11/2002 (link)
Brussels, 07 Nov 2002 Further information Enterprise DG http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/ind ex_en.htm
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Cosmetics: conciliation agreement on animal testing ban
Brussels, 07 Nov 2002 After a second conciliation meeting in the night of 6/7November, the European Parliament and the Council reached agreement on the main points of the seventh amendment of the...