Paul Meller

After months of lobbying, the Hungarian capital was chosen as headquarters for the European Institute of Technology and Innovation.

Computer firm HP has re-structured its HP Labs research division ito focus efforts on fewer, bigger projects, and to speed up the process of tech transfer.

The latest Eurostat data show Europe is not delivering on the Lisbon targets. So what is to be done, asks Bruno van Pottelsberghe from the think tank Bruegel.

Tax breaks are becoming an increasing popular way for governments to encourage innovation, as direct public spending on corporate R&D declines, according to a new report by the OECD.

Peter Mandelson, EU Commissioner for Trade, calls for governments to stop "dragging their feet" and set import/export rules for GM foods.

The timing couldn’t have been worse. As the European Commission announces two new public/private research partnerships, it admits that its flagship partnership project - the ambitious Galileo satellite system - has crashed and burned.

There’s just one problem with the idea of a European Institute of Technology – some of the businesses and universities it’s supposed to benefit don’t want it.

In his first interview since taking up the job, Bruno van Pottelsberghe, the 37-year-old newly appointed chief economist at the European Patent Office, bemoans the failure to create a single EU-wide patent.