Shutting out horrors
In his review of the late W. G. Sebald's On the Natural History of Destruction ( THES , February 28), André Engel speculates that Sebald might have been astonished by the amount of German media...
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New Date for Kick-Off meeting of CEN/ISSS ICT-SKILLS Workshop - 16 April: Validation of IT practitioners' profiles and higher-education Curriculum development guidelines
Brussels, 05 Mar 2003 Announcement of a new CEN/ISSS Workshop: IT-Profiles and Curricula This Workshop is to validate the "IT practitioners' profiles at professional level" and "Curriculum...
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ESA's first deep space ground station opens in Western ߣߣÊÓƵ
Paris, 05 Mar 2003 The inauguration ceremony for the European Space Agency's first deep space ground station was held today in New Norcia, 150km north of Perth. The completion of the New Norcia...
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Autumn 2003 earliest date for new GMO authorisations
Brussels, 05 Mar 2003 At a meeting of the Environment Council in Brussels on 4 March, the Commission told EU environment ministers that a decision on new authorisations of genetically modified...
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Master Japanese R&D techniques in ten days!
Brussels, 05 Mar 2003 The European Commission and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry are organising training programme in Japan, to take place from 12 to 21 May, advertised under...
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Commission calls on EU Member States to intensify efforts in life sciences and biotechnology
Brussels, 5 March 2003 In its first progress report since adopting the EU strategy on life sciences and biotechnology in 2002, the European Commission today indicated that the risk of diverging...
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Proposed Council Decision concerning the renewal of the agreement with Russia on cooperation in science and technology
Brussels, 05 Mar 2003 Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION concerning the conclusion of an Agreement aimed at renewing the Agreement on cooperation in science and technology between the European Community...
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Belgian federal government launches third return and reintegration grant initiative
Brussels, 05 Mar 2003 The Belgian federal scientific policy office has launched its third return and reintegration grant, which aims at encouraging Belgian researchers to return from overseas to...
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GMOs: Commission addresses GM crop co-existence
Brussels, 5 March 2003 Today, the European Commission held a policy discussion about co-existence of genetically modified (GM), conventional, and organic crops. The Commissioners addressed the...
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Increased ethanol fermentation can benefit industry and environment, suggests EU project
Brussels, 05 Mar 2003 A new EU project is developing promising techniques in the area of fermentation that could benefit both industry and environment. The project, for the development of a...
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Update: 12:40
Superstition survey kicks off week of science A superstition survey looking at the strange fears and beliefs of people across Britain was launched today as part of National Science Week....
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Today's news
Manchester universities to merge Two of Manchester's three universities are to merge to create one of Britain's biggest academic institutions after securing an £82 million package of public funding....
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Ethics as a dimension of agrifood policy: EurSafe Congress
Brussels, 04 Mar 2003 The fourth congress of the European society for agricultural and food ethics (EurSafe) will take place in Toulouse, France, from 20 to 22 March. The theme of the congress is the...
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Community Patent (Extracted from Results of the Competitiveness council)
Results of the Competitiveness Council of Ministers, Brussels, 3rd March 2003 The Council reached agreement on a "common political approach" concerning the proposed Community Patent (see MEMO/02/255...
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Agreement reached on Community patent
Brussels, 04 Mar 2003 The EU Competitiveness Council reached agreement on the creation of a Community patent on 3 March, following a compromise from the Greek Presidency. Discussions on a Community...