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Music for today ·The regional hub brings together books, archives and spaces for young readers. Opening events are scheduled for 13–14 November; daily access is announced from the 15th.
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The comparison published on 13 November shows the Palaw area in 2010 and February 2026. It documents local recovery, not the end of deforestation.
Midelney and Huish Episcopi are the first two stages of an £11 million programme. Four other pumping stations remain to be completed.
UNICEF documents endorsement of the children, youth and climate declaration: announced on 29 October, the signed document was later handed over at COP31.
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UNESCO’s 13 November report covers the 30 October forum, where youth projects and a media literacy resource portal were presented.
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The project announced by CNR will run for 36 months from January 2027, bringing advanced computing and bibliography together around printed heritage.
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Released on 13 November, the guideline covers diagnosis, management and follow-up up to age 19, with attention to settings where resources are limited.
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The 12 November briefing compares historical periods, not today’s measurements. Modelled average concentrations fell about 60% between 2000–2006 and 2012–2019.
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Design · Philosophy · Plants · Curiosities · Words · Food · Cultures & peoples. Ideas worth a closer look.
Weaving can design a surface: Gunta Stölzl shows how materials and structure help create a pattern before any added decoration.
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Festina lente brings energy and care together: in Erasmus’s Adages, two images help distinguish making a decision from carrying it out.
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In Codiaeum variegatum, the surprise is not a display of flowers: leaf shapes and colours vary among its cultivated forms.
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A slow movement can produce sudden little pops: paper’s crackling sound reveals how some of its parts change shape.
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From glasses to pencils, a fitted case has an Italian name of Provençal origin; an earlier Latin connection remains a hypothesis.
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The fig we eat develops from a hollow structure containing many tiny flowers: its story needs a few careful distinctions.
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Tocatì safeguards traditional games through the people who practise them: passing them on needs people, shared rules and accessible places.
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Enlarge the chart In 2024, domestic research and development expenditure equalled 3.12% of GDP in Germany and 1.41% in Italy. This compares intensity: Germany’s ratio is about 2.21 times Italy’s, rather than a measure of spending per person. [1]
The selection also includes Sweden (3.53%), France (2.18%), Greece (1.53%) and Spain (1.50%). The EU total is 2.26%, flagged as estimated in the table. The 3% line marks the target set at EU level, not a result achieved across the countries. [1][3]
The indicator covers research performed in the economy by businesses, government, higher education and private non-profit organisations, whatever the funding source. It is not just a public budget measure. The 2024 data were updated on 3 November 2026; the Datobello chart is dated 13 November. Positive Times adaptation; Eurostat is not responsible for it. [2][4][1]
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