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Ireland’s remarkable ability to attract inward investment has made it the economic role model for aspiring small countries. Now it plans to lure corporate R&D.

The Romanian government is launching a campaign to make science and technology development a key to prosperity and peace in the strife-torn Western Balkans.

By all means focus on funding – but let’s spend more on fundamentally redesigning educational systems: less energy on testing outdated models and more on trying new technologies.

As Framework Programme 7 fires up, Europe’s auditors throw on some cold water. Nuala Moran wonders how we will assess whether it has all been worthwhile.

Croatia and Norway have signed up to the European Patent Convention taking the total number of European Patent Organisation member states to 34.

Research actors within the Western Balkans face a number of challenges in gaining the full benefit of participation in EU research programmes.

If the Western Balkans region is to improve the overall position of its science and technology, what are the obstacles to overcome?

Can investment in science and technology help bring stability and prosperity to one of Europe’s oldest trouble-spots?

The European Commission has selected six areas of pioneering research for its long-awaited lead markets initiative.

Over half of the students entering European universities are women – but the higher one goes in the research hierarchies, the more women seem to disappear.

Using Europe’s €1,700 billion annual public procurement budget to stimulate innovation is an idea whose time is coming – slowly.

The art of innovation – putting one’s ideas first, trumpeting your merits, taking on risk – is most “un-Finnish”. But not to one Finn.

Alexander von Gabain and his team laid the foundations of an enterprise that would rise to the top of the continent’s biotechnology pile – and rewrite the region’s rules for biotechnology start-ups.

The spin-out tag makes university start-ups look weak and vulnerable, says Philip Sharpe from QinetiQ, one of Europe’s largest technology commercialisation companies.

Most of the Cohesion Policy budget of €347 million is being invested in projects that support the Lisbon strategy, according to the latest analysis of the programme.