Brussels, 13/09/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 12 September, the Commission adopted EUROSTARS, a new joint programme with 27 EUREKA countries to finance R&D partnerships with research-performing SMEs. In an effort to respond to the specific needs of SMEs, which represent 99% of all enterprises in Europe, the Commission contribution will be to the tune of €100 million. 22 EU member states and 5 countries associated with the 7th Framework Programme (FP7) will jointly contribute another...