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A quietly published review has criticised FP6 as too bureaucratic, and for not reaching out to the private sector. But are these failings being perpetuated in FP7?

Eleven of Europe’s leading ion beam facilities have joined forces to create the Spirit network, which was officially launched earlier this month in Dresden.

The European Patent Office rejected more patent applications than it passed for the first time last year, a move that it says will to raise the quality of the patents it grants.

The EU has increased the internet capacity available to researchers in the South Caucasus, enabling the area’s largest network for research and education.

The European Commission has called for a doubling of ICT investment in the next decade and promised to increase annual funding to €1.7 billion in 2013.

Science and research will be held up as part of the solution to economic malaise at next week’s EU summit, where there is one broad topic on the agenda: the economic downturn.