Dear Colleagues, The German Science Council has issued a press release summarizing its recent discussions relating to the nine large-scale facilities for basic scientific research. The text (in German) can be found at: http://www.wissenschaftsrat.de/presse/pm_2402.html (try http://babel.altavista.com for a rough translation) The full report (also in German) can be found at: http://www.wissenschaftsrat.de/texte/5454-02.pdf One thing to note is that the relative status of the projects presented in the full report from this summer (http://www.wissenschaftsrat.de/texte/5385-02.pdf) has not changed. Norman Graf