Brussels, 29 Nov 2004 Anxious that the international thermonuclear experimental reactor (ITER) project remains as international as possible, the Competitiveness Council has proposed a 'privileged...
Brussels, 29 Nov 2004 Switzerland has become the first country in the world to ask its citizens whether scientists should be allowed to carry out research on the stem cells of human embryos. The...
Brussels, 29 Nov 2004 A workshop on 'the role of biotechnology for the characterisation and conservation of crop, forestry, animal and fishery genetic resources' will take place in Turin, Italy, from...
Brussels, 29 November 2004 Adapting diets to reduce the occurrence of Alzheimer’s or osteoporosis and more generally to improve health among the elderly are some of the possibilities revealed by EU...
Brussels, 29 November 2004 LIPIDIET: preventing Alzheimer’s disease through the diet Diet is already associated with the development of cardiovascular disease. Now the LIPIDIET research project...
Brussels, 29 Nov 2004 Full text of Document 152/04 Suite of documents 152/04 Delegations find attached a list of research areas established by the Presidency on the basis of the Member States'...
Brussels, 29 Nov 2004 The 2004 European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) confirms Sweden and Finland as the EU's innovative leaders, with Estonia and Slovenia leading the ten new Member States. This is...
Brussels, 26 Nov 2004 Decision to amend the negotiating directives The Council, with a view to concluding the international negotiations with the six partners1 on the site of ITER, decided...
The Hague, 26 Nov 2004 The Competitiveness Council of 26th November mandated the European Commission to do its utmost to finalize the negotiations between the six partners of ITER, the international...
Brussels, 26 November 2004 The first ever European “Space Council” was held today. This is a major political milestone for Europe in Space, offering ministers representing the European Union and/or...
Geneva, 26 November 2004 Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights FURTHER OBSERVATIONS BY SWITZERLAND ON ITS PROPOSALS REGARDING THE DECLARATION OF THE SOURCE OF GENETIC...
Brussels, 26 Nov 2004 Following a wide ranging policy debate on the future of the EU funded research and the broad contours of the next Framework Programme, formal proposals for which are expected...
Brussels, 26 Nov 2004 Two years into the 'new and emerging science and technology' (NEST) programme, introduced for the first time with the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), researchers, the European...
Brussels, 26 Nov 2004 At a time when an effort is requested from European citizens to increase investment in research to three per cent of GDP, we must ensure that the public at large is better able...
Brussels, 26 Nov 2004 The German Research Foundation (DFG) has announced that it is to create seven new collaborative research centres that will investigate, among other things, how the ancient world...