European Union

High level European officials are predicting an important spring for EU public procurement, as Europe tries to catch up on the US

For the first time the general public will have access to information on all trials running in Europe

A new pilot will link entrepreneurs with the public and voluntary sectors across Europe to develop and deliver products and services that address unmet social needs

New measures are needed for Europe meets its 2020 target of a 20 per cent improvement in energy efficiency. Building intelligence into the electricity grid is one concrete way to achieve this

The European Court of Justice has thrown a huge spanner into the plans for a single Court to deal with patent disputes, saying it is incompatible with EU law

There’s still little progress to report in Europe’s innovation performance, as the gap with Japan and the US widens further, and upcoming competitors China and Brazil are catching up, according to the EU’s latest reckoning in the 2010 Innovation Union Scoreboard.

An EU funded project aims to upgrade, improve and integrate major research infrastructures in Europe

Unusually, innovation is on the agenda at the meeting Feb. 4 of European leaders in Brussels. On the eve of this summit, a group of innovation leaders calls for a sweeping overhaul of the system.

It’s a year since Maire Geoghegan-Quinn stepped into her post, promising to be a woman of action. This week came the first concrete fruits of that pledge, with a pruning of R&D grant rules. But how much progress is the Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science judged to have made elsewhere?

The European Commission has opened an official consultation procedure, in preparation of possible changes to public procurement rules.