Category: At CERN

  • Extension of the pre-retirement programmes

    Extension of the pre-retirement programmes Written by: HR department — Following a recommendation by the Standing Concertation Committee at its meeting on 27 November 2025 and approval by the Director-General, please note that the Part-Time Work as a Pre-retirement Measure Scheme and the Progressive Retirement Programme have been extended by one year, from 1 January

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  • Burglary and thefts in public places prevention campaign

    Burglary and thefts in public places prevention campaign — The Swiss authorities warn of high risks of burglary during the holiday season. Risks can be considerably reduced by taking simple preventive measures: More information on the Republic and canton of Geneva website at : https://www.ge.ch/vol-cambriolage-dommage-propriete/cambriolages In the event of an incident in France, please refer

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  • CERN Health Insurance Scheme (CHIS) – Opening hours of UNIQA offices during the end-of-year closure

    CERN Health Insurance Scheme (CHIS) – Opening hours of UNIQA offices during the end-of-year closure Written by: HR department — Please note that the office of UNIQA, the third-party administrator for the CERN Health Insurance Scheme (CHIS), in CERN’s Main Building, will be closed during the two-week end-of-year closure. During that period, the UNIQA offices

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  • 2025 gift guide for the CERN community

    2025 gift guide for the CERN community

    Looking for gift ideas? Look no further. Here are 16 options to help the CERN community find the perfect present

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  • CERN welcomes elected representatives of Geneva communes

    CERN welcomes elected representatives of Geneva communes

    Elected representatives of Geneva communes visited CERN Science Gateway over the course of three evenings designed to showcase CERN, its mission and its broad local outreach programme

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  • 2026 Municipal Elections in France

    2026 Municipal Elections in France Written by: HR department — In accordance with the Staff Rules and Regulations, the Director-General may authorise members of the personnel to stand as candidates in local elections. Members of the personnel may thus become local councillors but they may not hold the office of mayor or deputy mayor or

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  • FameLab international final 2025 at CERN

    FameLab international final 2025 at CERN

    Join us on Tuesday, 25 November 2025 at 8.00 p.m. CET for the FameLab international live final at CERN Science Gateway!

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  • CERN celebrates LGBTQ+ in STEM Day

    CERN celebrates LGBTQ+ in STEM Day

    Progress Pride flag flies above the Esplanade des Particules for the third year running

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  • Celebrating 25 years of service to CERN in 2025

    Staff members who marked 25 years of service to CERN in 2025 were invited by the Director-General to the traditional ceremony held in their honour on 13 October 2025. The photos from the ceremony and the list of the 66 staff members concerned can be viewed in this album (restricted access). We thank them all

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  • CERN theorist receives prestigious European Research Council Synergy Grant

    CERN theorist receives prestigious European Research Council Synergy Grant

    The COSMOMAG project, led by four research scientists including CERN theorist Chiara Caprini, has been awarded funding to trace the evolution of cosmic magnetic fields

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