We would like to bring you news of the UK launch of Framework Programme 7, but we can’t because the press was not invited to the event. Instead, here’s the media release.
A nuclear research facility is to be established in the north of England with £20 million from the University of Manchester and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
Scientists in the two newest EU members may have more reason to cheer their accession than the farmers and labourers who were expected to benefit most.
Europe needs to knock down national boundaries, share technology and build a competitive defence industry, Commissioner Gunter Verheugen told the recent European Defence Agency conference in Brussels
Who cares about Brussels? Apparently scientists do, with over 200,000 application forms for its €4 billion fund already downloaded. What next? Commissioner Janez Potočnik wants an EU-wide debate.
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