Brussels, 26/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 23 June, in Brussels, the EU Council of Ministers gave its go-ahead to the Eurostars programme, a research and development programme jointly set up by 31 countries to stimulate SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) research capacities in Europe. The programme, which brings together 26 EU member states as well as Iceland, Israel, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey, aims to support European SMEs that invest in research activities, thus allowing...