European Union

The EU has launched a new campaign to make it easier for secondary, vocational and less-privileged students to work and study across the EU.

The ERC is to formally become an autonomous body this week, after operating under the European Commission since its launch in February 2007.

The Commission wants the European Union to reshape its approach to ICT standards in order to give Europe greater influence.

European science must be “cutting edge and second to none,” says the new head of the European Research Council, Andreu Mas-Colell.

The first steps on the road to Framework Programme Eight (2014 – 2019) have been taken at Lund University, Sweden.

As Commissioner Janez Potočnik visits the country, Serbia has been welcomed into the European Research Area in advance of its accession to the EU.

Zoran Stančič is the new Deputy Director General of the Directorate General for the Information Society and Media (DG INFSO).

Eureka representatives from 38 countries have pledged to support the development of the European Research Area.