European Union

The Commission announces its largest annual spend on ICT research and tells the industry it must achieve a higher impact with the money.

The European Commission has set out moves to encourage private and public investment in broadband networks to deliver speeds of 30 megabits per second by 2013.

Twenty partners from across research and industry have teamed-up to create a single open source platform for developing mobile Internet applications.

The long-awaited EU Innovation Union policy, now likely to be published early next month, is raising hopes it will boost innovation in Europe.

Europe needs to stop talking and take action on setting up a global system for governance of the internet, says Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission.

A strategy for encouraging more students into higher education will put the onus on European universities to improve.

The European Photovoltaic Industry Association has set up the Photovoltaic Observatory to monitor policy across Europe and ensure consistent conditions for growth.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso highlights the need to complete the internal energy market, build and interconnect energy grids, and ensure security.

Delivering the EU patent just got harder. But the Belgian presidency says it won’t give up on this daunting task.