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Javier Solana receives democratic award Former High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and Secretary General of the European Union Council, Javier Solana, has been awarded with the XVIII Premio de Convivencia Manuel Broseta, an award given by the Spanish Foundation Profesor Manuel Broseta.... more

Awards ceremony of the contest "Energy/Climate" On the occasion of the French and North Rhine-Westphalian Year, the contest "Energy/Climate" was initiated by the French-German Society for Science and Technology with the support of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia among North Rhine-Westphalian and French sister cities. The twining programmes... more

Innovations for Sustainable Food Production EU and global agriculture face major challenges, such as climate change, loss of biodiversity, food security and depopulation of rural areas. In the belief that organic farming is an important part of the solution to these challenges, thirty (so far) organisations from the organic food and farming... more

Launch of REACHforLIFE campaign Facing the revision of the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS), a new campaign was launched on 10 September to tackle alleged irregularities in EU-related decision- making processes. REACHforLIFE, initiated by chemical producers Albemarle, Chemtura and ICL-IP, claims that scientific... more

Commissioner Verheugen launches Electra Report The 2020 targets are set, but how to get there? EU governments will need all the help of the electrical manufacturing and electronics industry to reach the 2020 goals that they committed to: less CO2 emissions and more energy efficiency and more renewables. The burning question; can we turn this... more

16th European Biomass Conference a great success "A new dimension About the 16th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition" From 2nd to 6th June 2008, more than 1,500 participants from 72 countries met in Valencia to attend Europe´s largest biomass congress. The speakers of the 16th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition highlighted the new... more

The Eurosparks Research Project On 24th January, the EUROSPARKS research project presented the results of their twelve month long investigation into a problem which has been faced by European judiciaries for some time. That is, the difficulty of trans-national cooperation in the enforcement of minor traffic offences committed by... more

Revitalization of train transport in Europe Seven European high speed operators Eurostar (UK, France and Belgium), Deutsche Bahn (Germany), SNCF (France), SNCB (Belgium), NS (Netherlands), ÖBB (Austria), SBB (Switzerland) and subsidiaries Thalys, Lyria and Alleo announced on 2 July, 2007 the start of Railteam-its purpose is to give travelers... more

Visit to the Metallo-Chimique Recycling Plant European Copper Institute organised a journalist visit on 31 May to the Metallo-Chimique Recycling Plant in Beerse outside Antwerp where 1,000 tonnes of WEEE (waste electrical and electronic equipment)is melted down every month to become 99,99% pure copper cathodes. Participants were given the... more

Volvo Truck Corporation Road Safety Seminar In conjunction with the Road Safety Week, Volvo Truck Corporation organised a Road Safety Seminar titled "Drowsiness and Drinking in combination with driving" on 25 April at Hotel Leopold in Brussels. Experts on Road Safety and research from Volvo and the Swedish Road Authorities presented... more