Brussels, 23/08/2005 (Agence Europe) - The services of the European Commission are in the process of putting the final touches to the specific programmes which will form the content of the forthcoming framework programme of research and development (FPRD). These specific programmes are impatiently awaited by the European Parliament ahead of the first reading of the seventh FPRD, which was proposed by the Commission on 6 April. Their definitive adoption will take place not before...