With a broader global downturn in start-up investment, the resilience and ‘ingrained frugality’ of central and eastern Europe could see the region prosper
As Mariya Gabriel prepares to take up rotating role of prime minister of Bulgaria in March, she says measures aimed at closing Europe’s research and innovation gap are a ‘powerful tool’
It flows from the Black Forest to the Black Sea, crossing 14 countries with a wide range of research and innovation capabilities. Advocates of a Danube innovation valley are facing up to the scale of the east-west divide
Replacing Widening measures in the next Framework Programme with a separate scheme funded by cohesion money poses practical and philosophical problems, say members of central and eastern Europe’s research community
Speaking at this year’s World Economic Forum, Nikolay Denkov hit out at Europe’s obsession with succeeding immediately when it comes to new technologies. It is important to experiment and fail, he says
Despite an increasingly strong showing in winning EU funds, special support measures remain necessary for the country’s long-term development, says Eugénio Campos Ferreira, vice rector for research and innovation at the University of Minho
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