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Send colleagues, family and friends holiday greetings using the CERN e-card service
CERN people will have the chance to see a preview of the film "Particle Fever" in CERN's main auditorium on Tuesday 10 December at 7.30pm
Motorists traveling on Swiss territory must drive with their headlights permanently on from 1 January 2014
Jean-Pierre Burquier's playful art exhibition "Out of their minds" is now showing in building 500. Meet the artist in the library at 4pm on Thursday
10% off for CERN card holders
Registration is now open for the Academia-Industry Matching Event “Controls for Accelerators and Detectors”, in Athens, Greece, on 2 and 3 December
On Monday 14 October, the Service Status Board for GS and IT will change
The "Etablissment français du sang" will be taking blood at CERN restaurant 2 on 16 October
The second interactive workshop from the CERN Diversity programme will take place on 22 October
The first Israel at CERN exhibit will continue until Friday 4 October on the first floor of building 500
On 2 October, the UBS branch located in CERN's Main Building will close. As of 3 October, the UBS branch will be located in Building 510
Composer Mark Bowden and writer Owen Sheers will present their work and talk about their careers. CERN library, today at 4pm
