Berlin, 28/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - The new European security research programme was launched at a European conference in Berlin on 25-26 March. The principles and operation of this seven-year, €1.4 billion, programme were set out and commented on, before an audience of some one thousand representatives of national and European administrations, industry and research centres.
The aim of the programme is, in the words of German Research Minister Annette Schavan, opening the conference,...