Dear Colleagues, As you heard from Albrecht Wagner at the Ecfa/Desy workshop at Prague yesterday, the German Science Council met last Thursday and Friday and upgraded its previous positive statement about TESLA to a formal recommendation. More details can be found in the Desy press release: http://www.desy.de/pr-info/desyhome/html/presse/meldungen/PM_TESLA_WR_2_e.htm As stated therein, "The final decision of the German federal government regarding the TESLA project is expected in 2003." Best wishes, Ron