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

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.

The European Policy Centre, a Brussels policy think-tank, has called on the European Union to adopt a more market-oriented approach to innovation policy.

The first call for research proposals in aeronautics and air transport under Framework Programme 7 has identified 36 highly projects that promise to bring greener, safer and more secure air transport.

The European Commission published its strategy for promoting the adoption of mobile television across Europe, setting out requirements for standards, spectrum allocation and regulation to encourage take-up.

With different regimes for tax incentives for R&D across the EU, it can be hard to forge the country-to-country links that they like to encourage in the Framework Programme. Some new notes from Brussels set out to make life easier in the future.

The EU backed Innovative Medicines Initiative has updated its strategic research agenda, outlining strategies to overcome 'bottlenecks' to efficient R&D for new medicines.