Month: November 2012
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The World Federation celebrates its 10th Anniversary
We wish a happy 10th anniversary to all our fellow science journalists who contributed to the success of the World Federation of Science Journalists, that has just happily turned 10. Ten years ago, in Sao José dos Campos, Brazil, the World Federation of Science Journalists was created and Canadian Véronique Morin was elected its first…
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What we discussed at our board meetings
At our General Assembly we gave an undertaking that a resume of all board meetings would be posted on the EUSJA web site. We have held two. The first In Dublin during ESOF and the second during a study trip to the European health Forum in Gastein, Austria held in September. As far as we…
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Romanian trip chronicle – by Valeria Fieramonte
In the Bucaresti ballroom of the Rin Grand Hotel in Bucharest, the 2nd European Conference on Nuclear Physics ENPC (European Nuclear Physics Conference) recently took place. The delegation of EUSJA journalists, with colleagues from Spain, Italy, CzechRepublic, the Netherlands, Germany,Finland, Romania and Russia, could only have a slight idea of it, since they were busy…
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Wealthy and healthy, with a dose of literacy! By Wolfgang C. Goede
Once upon a time there was a socialist system which tried to treat all citizens equally. Health care was guaranteed, but it stayed on an overall low level and could not compete with capitalism. This system encouraged consumption and growth, without any strings attached. While the first one collapsed and is history by now, the…