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A number of medical technologies have been awarded a symbolic European innovation prize for their contribution to improved quality of life and technical progress in Europe.
Slovakia has joined Austria's bid to host the proposed European Institute of Innovation and Technology in the hope that a twin-city headquarters initiative will convince ministers to give them the nomination.
The EU is eager to attract high-skilled immigrants from outside its borders in order to fill its demographic, labour and skills gaps. (read more)
EU firms are struggling to better exploit public-funded research and transform findings into patents and innovations that generate growth. (read more)
Speeding up research in low-carbon technologies is considered key to facing the twin challenges of climate change and energy-supply security but the EU is still lagging behind when it comes to big R&D budgets. (read more)