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World’s Next Gen Cosmic Observatory: Webb Space Telescope and Ariane 5
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The world’s next generation cosmic observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, is due for launch on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Webb is a joint project…
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A pair of stars at the start of a common envelope phase. In this artist’s impression, we get a view from very close to a binary system in which two…
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Ahead of the upcoming Ariane 5 launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Kourou – home to Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, an…
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Save The Date - Africa Week With S&D GROUP Brussels 8-9-10 February 2022 for a stronger Africa-EU Partnership The fifth edition of our Africa Week Initiative will take place in Brussels.…
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Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt), 17 December 2021 - The ninth session of the Conference of the States Parties the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) concluded today with the adoption of…
Economy
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the driving force of the economy, both nationally and at European level, contributing significantly to job creation, value-added production and make a significant contribution…
Education
COVID-19 cases are spiking all over the world, but the Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday that despite the rise of the highly transmissible Omicron variant…
Europe
WHO/Europe, through the WHO European Office for Investment for Health and Development, based in Venice, Italy, has launched a New Economics Expert Group (NEEG) comprised of representatives and research specialists…
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COMECE welcomes the CAP reform and encourages the EU to make it part of a broader ecological transition On Tuesday 23 November 2021, the European Parliament adopted a new legislative…
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The Conference of European Churches is set to implement a sharp organisational profile. As a church-fellowship, CEC will strengthen its work to develop Christian voices in European political institutions and…
