Anna Jenkinson

News that criminal gangs were awarded huge EU grants looks like an open and closed case for greater scrutiny. But actually it underlines the need for less, not more red tape

The increasing incursion of social media into our professional and personal lives and shared data storage in the Cloud makes the question of data protection and security ever-more urgent. The answer won’t come from technology alone, but will need to embrace research and policy

The European Commission has received resounding public backing for its Green Paper proposal to bring research, development and innovation under one umbrella. Now it wants the public to vote on one of three shortlisted names for the new programme

The European Commission’s latest update on its Innovation Union strategy says economic growth targets will not be met unless there is a great leap forward for innovation

Under pressure from the EU Court of Justice, the Commission issued proposals scaling back ambitions for the single patent court, while Spain and Italy launched a legal appeal

The first concrete results of joint programming initiatives, set up three years ago to coordinate national research activities in Europe to tackle big problems like neurodegenerative diseases and climate change, are starting to be seen

Barroso is continuing a personal search to find the right candidate for the €200,000 science advisor post

Three ambitious pan-European biological sciences research infrastructures have been given the green light. At the same time the European Strategy Forum has added three energy projects - costing €1.2 billion - to its wish list of infrastructures

The European Institute for Innovation and Technology is starting to formulate plans for the next EU funding cycle, and is looking for more money to run more projects

The Commission is ploughing on with the single patent despite legal uncertainties, putting new legal proposals at the heart of efforts to revive Europe’s open market.