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A blood donation campaign will take place at CERN on 18 November, building 29. More information can be found following this link.

Dear Members, I am pleased to invite you to the traditional GAC-EPA end-of-year drink that will take place Thursday, December 4, 2025 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.on the mezzanine adjacent to CERN’s main auditorium (building 500/1-001). In the hope that you will be many to attend, please accept our sincerest regards, Catherine Laverrière, President

Program: https://www.geneve.ch/cite-seniors# Switzerland currently has 2,200 centenarians. The exhibition Welcome to your future – Centenarians of Switzerland, on display at the Parc des Bastions until 13 November, is dedicated to them. The result of the SWISS100 scientific study, conducted under the direction of Daniela Jopp, associate professor at the Institute of Psychology at the University of Lausanne, this exhibition provides a better understanding of the realities of this population, identifying its characteristics, challenges and specific needs. The portraits of centenarians… Read more: November Cité Seniors

The Staff Association is pleased to invite you to the conference:Taxation Regimes For International Officials in France and Switzerland This presentation, led by Maître Brocard, will cover topics such as the implications of the end of the legitimation card, issues related to multiple pensions, and the tax treatment of inheritances. Friday, 14 November – 12:30 to 14:30 – 503/1-001 – Council Chamber & Zoom For more information and to register: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1601851/ Conference in French, with simultaneous English translation.

Hendrik Verweij, born in Linschoten near Gouda in the Netherlands, passed away aged 93, in Meyrin on August 11th 2025. Henk earned his degree in electrical engineering at the Technical High School in Hilversum and started his career as an instrumentation specialist at Philips, working on oscilloscopes. He joined CERN in July 1956, bringing his expertise in electronics to the newly founded laboratory. As an early example, with the NP electronics group leader Ian Pizer he published CERN Yellow Report… Read more: HENDRIK VERWEIJ

The Staff Association is pleased to invite you to the seminar on: the Five-Yearly Review at CERN What are its objectives, how is it conducted at CERN, and what can reasonably be expected from this exercise? Monday 3 November – 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM 503/1-001 – Council Chamber Conference in French, simultaneous English translation Open to all For more information and registration: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1594781 Zoom : https://cern.zoom.us/j/66762960129?pwd=JWDho1XXS3GoBG6FndeJC8ZNMMbmJG.1

Dear GAC-EPA members, As you will have read in the letter that you received from the Fund at the beginning of June, the Pension Fund wishes to change the date on which pensions are paid from the 7th to the 25th of the month from the beginning of 2026. To better understand the rationale for this change, we asked the Pension Fund for an explanation. The main reason for the proposed change is that sometimes bereaved families have to arrange… Read more: Postpone the payment of pensions from the 7th to the 25th of the month?  Do you agree?