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EuropaBio confirmed the appointment of Willy De Greef as Secretary General following the retirement of Johan Vanhemelrijck on 1 July.

The European Heads of Research Councils and the European Science Foundation have published their vision of the European Research Area.

Albania has moved closer to membership of the European Union, signing up to the entrepreneurship and innovation arm of the EU’s programme for SMEs.

Ireland’s inward investment arm, IDA Ireland, gave an upbeat and positive message in its review of 2007 – despite challenging global economic circumstances.

The technology commercialisation firm Braveheart is to have exclusive first right of refusal on Aberdeen University’s IP for the next 15 years.

In theory the French EU Presidency’s aims on research and innovation shouldn’t be impeded by fissures in the Lisbon Treaty. In practice, this political crisis will be hugely distracting.