The tree-felling campaign that began in 2010 continued last winter, as we reported in our article of 4 March 2013 (see here). While safety concerns* are the main driver, the campaign will also allow a coherent landscaping plan to be implemented. >>

The post office on CERN's Prévessin site is still selling pre-paid envelopes commemorating the 2013 Open Days. Hurry while stocks last! >>

CERN’s roads, car parks, pavements and pedestrian areas cover an area of 60 hectares in total. The EN-HE Group is responsible for clearing snow from and salting the roads and car parks. The GS-IS Group, through its contracts for the cleaning and maintenance of green spaces, is responsible for clearing the snow from, salting and sanding the pavements, pedestrian routes and entrances to buildings, and for replenishing the bins of silica sand*, which will be used in place of salt in the bins from now on. >>

The HSE Unit just released the Safety Bulletin 2013-3 entitled “Drive with caution!”. >>

In accordance with the Swiss Federal Decree of 15 June 2012, it will be mandatory from 1 January 2014 to keep your vehicle lights permanently switched on when driving on Swiss territory. >>

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Have you ever worried about using your password for logging into critical applications (like accelerator or experiment control systems), as an administrator for computing services, or for authorising expensive orders in EDH? You are right to worry. If your password is lost or stolen, the lucky finder or malicious thief might misuse your access rights to wreak severe havoc on the operation of the Organization. >>