On 10 January, the prime minister of Malta, Lawrence Gonzi, visited CERN to sign a co-operation agreement between the organization and the government of Malta. The agreement is the starting point of a negotiation process that will ultimately lead to a collaboration in which Maltese scientists and engineers will contribute to CERN's scientific and technical programmes. In anticipation of the agreement, the University of Malta has already collaborated in the development of the LHC in the form of the field description forthe collider.
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