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Europe now has a European Space Policy to direct its research programmes and activities and avoid duplication of effort between member states. The policy was formally adopted at the Competitiveness Council meeting on Tuesday 22 May.

Russia’s economics minister, German Gref, has announced the name of the three companies selected to manage the funds of the Russian Venture Company, set up by the government to diversify the economy away from commodities and invest in high-tech projects.

Portugal takes the EU helm on 1 July - and is planning new measures to revitalize the "Lisbon Agenda" for high-tech growth, says tech-policy leader Carlos Zorrinho.

The timing couldn’t have been worse. As the European Commission announces two new public/private research partnerships, it admits that its flagship partnership project - the ambitious Galileo satellite system - has crashed and burned.

A new report describes the spread of the "global innovation network" model.