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European Space Agency

(Encyclopedia)European Space Agency (ESA), multinational agency dedicated to the promotion, for exclusively peaceful purposes, of cooperation among European states in space research and technology. Member states in...

EU (European Union)

(Encyclopedia)EU: see European Union.

European corn borer

(Encyclopedia)European corn borer: see corn borer. ...

European Recovery Program

(Encyclopedia)European Recovery Program: see Marshall Plan. ...

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

(Encyclopedia)Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation: see under Pacific Rim. ...

Court of Justice of the European Union

(Encyclopedia)Court of Justice of the European Union, judicial institution of the European Union (EU). Located in Luxembourg, it was founded in 1958 as the joint court for the three treaty organizations that were c...

Economic and Social Council

(Encyclopedia)Economic and Social Council, constituent organ of the United Nations. It was established by the UN Charter and has 54 (18 before 1965) member nations elected for three-year terms (one third every year...

mir, former Russian peasant community

(Encyclopedia)mir mēr [key], former Russian peasant community. The mir, which antedated serfdom (16th cent.) in Russia, persisted in its primitive form until after the Russian Revolution of 1917. In a community of...

European Launcher Development Organization

(Encyclopedia)European Launcher Development Organization (ELDO): see European Space Agency. ...

European Space Operations Center

(Encyclopedia)European Space Operations Center (ESOC): see European Space Agency. ...