Research
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Genetics: Europeans, we’re all kissing cousins
14 May 2013179098 Mediapart Paris -
Science: €2bn booster shot for European research
29 January 2013696PresseuropLe Temps, Le Monde, El Periódico de Catalunya, Il Sole-24 Ore -
Innovation: EU (finally) adopts single European patent
12 December 201210840PresseuropLes Echos, Libération, ABC -
EU Budget: Top scientists against cuts
23 October 20126227PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
European Commission: EU wants to simplify drug tests on humans
18 July 2012938PresseuropBerliner Zeitung -
Economy: Hi-tech Europe has no reason to blush
17 July 20124113PresseuropLe Monde -
Bio-ethics : No patents for stem cells
19 October 2011PresseuropDie Presse -
Innovation: Europe lagging in the sciences
3 February 201198 El País Madrid -
Netherlands: Dutch penny-pinching on innovation
19 January 2011PresseuropNRC Handelsblad -
Research: Galileo lands in Prague
9 December 2010PresseuropHospodářské Noviny -
Space: EU won’t go into lift-off
26 October 2010PresseuropLes Echos -
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 2010582 Trouw Amsterdam -
Climate change: Europe takes on its rising waters
27 April 2010161 Público Madrid -
Astronomy: Spain wants super telescope
15 February 2010PresseuropPúblico -
Stem cells: Portugal's mothers make "bank" a success
14 January 2010PresseuropPúblico -
France: Sarkozy loan to create French Ivy League
15 December 2009PresseuropLibération -
Prehistory: Europe's first man-eaters
22 June 200924PresseuropLe Figaro
Two American researchers recently completed a study of genes from a sample of 40 populations from the European continent. Their conclusion: all of today's Europeans are descended from the same ancestors. Here's why. 
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.