Update: 12:40
UU pulls out of Belfast 'peaceline campus' project Ulster University has pulled out of the Springvale project to build a "peaceline campus" in north and west Belfast. It is believed that the PFI...
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Competitiveness Council to focus on R&D, innovation and entrepreneurship
Brussels, 15 Oct 2002 Meeting informally for the first time on 11 and 12 October, the EU's Competitiveness Council agreed that the Council shall focus on the areas where the EU lags behind, notably,...
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IST: A new approach for better telecoms systems
Brussels, 15 Oct 2002 An EU funded project is creating the foundations for improved telecoms systems through the design and application of a new software development technique. The MODA-TEL project...
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Research challenges in space
Brussels, 15 Oct 2002 How can you be prepared for any eventuality when you are aiming to go where no-one has gone before? Some challenge, and one that European Space Agency (ESA) scientists will have...
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Question and Answers on the regulation of GMOs in the EU
Brussels, 15 October 2002 This questions and answers fact sheet is divided into two sections; Part A covers legislation in force; Part B covers the legislative proposals on tracability and labelling...
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Research: Commission highlights the new challenges for Food and Agriculture
Brussels, 15th October 2002 The changing attitude of European society to research in food and agriculture demands that researchers pay more attention to the concerns of the public and other...
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Debate on GM-food and -feed proposal (Extracts from Commission and Council press releases)
Luxembourg/Bruxelles, le 15 octobre 2002 The Council had a further orientation debate on the GM food/feed proposal. Delegations focused on answering the three questions asked by the Presidency: The...
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Growth, prosperity and patents
Brussels, 15 Oct 2002 The Danish Presidency is organising a conference on 'Growth, prosperity and patents', to take place in Aalborg, Denmark on 28 and 29 October. The conference is organised under...
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First results of CORDIS evaluation survey reported
Brussels, 15 Oct 2002 'CORDIS is the right tool for the Europe of innovation. Effort should concentrate on increasing its value.' This is one conclusion of the interim report summarising the first...
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Update: 12:25
Watson gives Holmes elementary award Sherlock Holmes today became the first fictional character to be awarded an honorary fellowship by the Royal Society of Chemistry for being the first detective to...
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Today's news
Morris at bay over A-level debacle The Conservatives hit out yesterday at what they called the "worst crisis ever to affect the exam system" and spoke of the education secretary's "brazen lack of...
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Candidate countries in the Sixth Framework programme - press conference set for 29 Oct
Brussels, 14 Oct 2002 Press Conference WHEN? 29 October 2002 WHERE? Brussels, (Charlemagne building, Room S3, Rue de la Loi 170) Research is the first policy to integrate Candidate countries On 29...
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286th Meeting of the Scientific & Technical Research Committee (CREST), 18 Oct, agenda
Copenhagen, 14 Oct 2002 Chairman: Dr. A. MITSOS 1. Adoption of the draft agenda (10h00) 2. Approval of the draft summary conclusions of the 285th meeting Doc. CREST 1207/02 3. Information from the...
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Erkki Liikanen: "How can we establish clear policy objectives for European competitiveness" Informal Council (Competitiveness) Nyborg, 11 October 2002
Nyborg, 11 October 2002 The new Competitiveness Council The creation of the Competitiveness Council sends a good signal because it promises a stronger voice advocating the competitiveness of European...
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WHO releases global reference guide on medicines
Brussels, 14 Oct 2002 In its efforts to promote the safe and cost-effective use of medicines, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released the 'WHO Model Formulary', the first ever publication to...