Research
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Bio-ethics
No patents for stem cells
19 October 2011PresseuropDie Presse -
Innovation
Europe lagging in the sciences
3 February 2011El País Madrid -
Netherlands
Dutch penny-pinching on innovation
19 January 2011PresseuropNRC Handelsblad -
Research
Galileo lands in Prague
9 December 2010PresseuropHospodářské noviny -
26 October 2010PresseuropLes Echos
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Germany
Where big pharma is king
22 October 2010PresseuropDie Zeit -
Aeronautics
Romanians in space
5 October 2010PresseuropGandul -
European Commission
Innovation – where will all the billions go?
22 July 20102Trouw Amsterdam -
Climate change
Europe takes on its rising waters
27 April 20101Público Madrid -
Astronomy
Spain wants super telescope
15 February 2010PresseuropPúblico -
Stem cells
Portugal's mothers make "bank" a success
14 January 2010PresseuropPúblico -
15 December 2009PresseuropLibération
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Prehistory
Europe's first man-eaters
22 June 2009PresseuropLe Figaro
While the Lisbon innovation objectives have been postponed until 2020, Europe’s major universities argue that research is still too dependent on the financial sector. 
Within the framework of the EU 2020 strategy, the EU is to devote more than six billion euros on research funding — a windfall that will mainly be of benefit to major companies engaged in long-term projects, explains Dutch academic Alfred Kleinknecht. 
Even if it can’t stop the seas from rising over the course of this century, the EU is trying to stave off the disastrous consequences. Two ambitious projects have just been kicked off to save Europe’s most vulnerable coastlines.