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Angelika Niebler, chair of the European Parliament committee that created the popular new European Research Council, vows to protect its political independence.

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.

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.

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.