European Commission

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Education and Culture has issued a call for tenders for the design and testing of a global ranking system for universities.

The Netherlands needs to find ways to hang onto its home grown scientific talent and attract more foreign R&D investment, says the European Commission.

Europe’s high-tech clusters are failing to reach their full potential. We need encourage more cooperation, says the Commission.

The Innovative Medicines Initiative gets under way in earnest on 30 April when would-be participants will learn about the scope of the programme.

After final political clearance Galileo can get set for lift off. Politicians have finally given the go-ahead after years of setbacks and delays. Now the horse trading over contracts begins.

The European Commission has introduced rules to harmonise conditions for mobile services on aircraft, paving the way for a pan-European telecoms network in the air.

The European Commission has ordered Italy to pay back €270M of loans for aeronautics R&D after rules on state aid were broken.

The EU is investing a further €12 million in a network that connects countries in Asia and Pacific to Europe to carry out research projects.

The European Commission is planning legislation to make it easier to set up collaborative laboratories in the European Union.