European Union

The League of European Research Universities (LERU) has announced that Imperial College London and Barcelona University will be joining on 1 January 2010.

The GÉANT European research network has unveiled its third generation broadband project, which will run to 2013.

The EU and Japan have agreed to strengthen their collaboration in research, signing a Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Pirelli have signed a €100 million finance contract to fund R&D projects by the Pirelli group from 2009 to 2012.

During a summit in Washington, the US and EU agree to establish a transatlantic task force to address antibiotic resistance.

Representatives of the EPO will meet their Russian counterparts next week to work towards harmonising the Russian and European patent systems.

The newly created European Personalised Medicine Diagnostics association, EPEMED, has announced the appointment of its founding board of directors.

The European Commission has published its strategy for the development of smart internet-powered infrastructures.