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EFG Medal of Merit awarded to Antonis Angelopoulos
EFG Medal of Merit awarded to Antonis AngelopoulosMr. Antonis Angelopoulos has been awarded the 2019 Medal of Merit of the European Federation of Geologists (EFG), after the Association of Greek Geologists' (AGG) nomination. The EFG Medal of Merit is awarded to...
EFG becomes associate member of EIT Raw Materials
EFG becomes associate member of EIT Raw Materials EIT RawMaterials, which is funded by the European Union’s European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), is the largest and strongest consortium in the raw materials sector worldwide. During the last EIT Raw...
EFG Council gathered in Brussels for its 78th meeting
EFG Council gathered in Brussels for its 78th meeting The representatives of EFG’s national association members have gathered in Brussels on 23 and 24 November 2019 for the Federation’s 78th Council Meeting. During the two-day meeting, the EFG Board and Office...
New issue of European Geologist on the “Geological heritage of Europe” now online
New issue of European Geologist on the “Geological heritage of Europe” now online EFG is pleased to release a new issue of its biannual open access journal European Geologist. This thematic issue provides an overview about the “Geological heritage of Europe”...
EFG participates at EUUS2019 & Urban Thinkers Campus, Wuhan, China
EFG participates at EUUS2019 & Urban Thinkers Campus, Wuhan, China Marko Komac, President of the European Federation of Geologists, participated at the 1st International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of Underground Space (EUUS2019) and Urban Thinkers...
MinLand Final Consortium Meeting
MinLand Final Consortium Meeting On 4 and 5 November 2019, the Horizon2020 funded project MinLand held its last Consortium Meeting before the end of the project. This 2-year project has been designed to ensure access to areas with actual or potentially valuable...
Copernicus Questionnaire for geohazard risk reduction
Copernicus Questionnaire for geohazard risk reduction This questionnaire aims to analyse the use of Copernicus products and services among geohazard risk reduction stakeholders in the Atlantic Area. The Platform for Atlantic Geohazard Risk Management (AGEO) is...
Welcome to GeoNews October
Welcome to GeoNews October This month it is time to thank Isabel Fernández for her outstanding services as EFG’s Executive Director over the past 17 years and we also welcome her successor Glen Burridge. There are still a few days left to share your views on the...
EFG partners with Geology for Global Development Conference
EFG partners with Geology for Global Development Conference EFG is partnering with the 7th Geology for Global Development Annual Conference which will take place on Friday 15 November 2019 at the Geological Society of London (Burlington House, London, UK). The topic...
Energy transition key theme of the IGI’s anniversary event
Energy transition key theme of the IGI’s anniversary event At the occasion of the 20th Anniversary Conference of the Institute of Geologists of Ireland (IGI), EFG President Marko Komac recently delivered a keynote speech on “Geology and the Energy Transition”,...