News Items and Newsletters

GAC-EPA Bulletin

The 6-monthly Bulletins report on the activities of the Committee of the Groupement des Anciens du CERN — ESO Pensioners' Association" (GAC-EPA) and on the CERN and ESO committees in which the GAC-EPA can be found HERE


25 April 2025 - Update of Retirees Email List

The Retirees Email Addresses listing has been updated with the latest information.

14 March 2025 - Farewell event for Bruno Leibundgut on 30 April 2025

On the occasion of the retirement of the Director for Science, Bruno Leibundgut at the end of April 2025 after more than 32 years of commitment to ESO, ESO Staff and ESO retired staff are invited to a farewell event to celebrate with Bruno his multi-fold contributions to the organisation. The event will take place at the ESO Garching HQ on Wednesday 30 April 2025, his last working day

The event will take place at the Eridanus auditorium, starting with a talk by Bruno (within the series Astronomy for non-astronomers (AfnA) entitled: Exploring Universes.) and ends with refreshments and a toast for Bruno. The Microsoft Teams link for online attendance will be published at a later stage.

10 Februrary 2025 - ESO Pensioners New Year's gathering

Two photos of the New Year's gathering on 10 February in restaurant "Made in Italy" are now available. 

22 December 2024 - Viewgraphs for the ESO General Assembly 12 Dec 2024

The viewgraphs of the latest ESO General Assembly on 12 Dec 2024 have been added to the Documentation page.

21  December 2024 - Update of Retirees Email List

The Retirees Email Addresses listing has been updated with the latest information.

04 December 2024 -  CERN Pension Fund Meeting

The viewgraphs of the CERN Pension Fund Annual Information Meeting on 20 November 2024 (see previous News item d.d. 22 October 2024) are now available on the Documents and Presentations page, which also includes a link to the meeting recordings (restricted access).