NATO chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has visited the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to reaffirm his support for the country's bid to join the alliance.
A conference ahead of Saturday's International Women's Day has drawn more than 50 women heads of state, ministers, business leaders and heads of international organisations to Brussels
Brussels aims to make "scientific collaboration (across the world) seamless and straightforward", in the words of the Information Society commissioner.
