Israel’s unique, world-renowned high-tech economy – with the highest number of startups per capita in the world and the highest rate of R&D spending – owes much of its success to the unique public-private partnership which helps keep our tiny country on the cutting-edge of innovation worldwide. At the center of this partnership stands the […]
The European Patent Office (EPO) today presented the European Inventor Award 2015 in the heart of Paris. The prestigious annual award, now in its 10th year, honours outstanding inventors who through their work have made an exceptional contribution to social development, technological progress and economic growth. More than 400 guests from the worlds of politics, […]
Ahead of World No Tobacco Day on Sunday 31 May, the Commission publishes a Eurobarometer on Europeans’ attitudes towards tobacco. The survey reveals a downward trend in tobacco use across Europe. The overall reduction compared with 2012 is 2 percentage points (26% vs. 28%). The age category that saw the biggest drop (4 percentage points) […]