The UK is in second place among European countries for its education services, and sixth overall in the global education league table.

With 25% of adults in the European Union lacking the necessary digital skills to effectively use information and communication technologies, according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published in autumn 2013, the European Commission is facing various challenges in order to bridge the competitive gap with the rest of the world, Euractiv reports.

Further to our previous coverage, the CEO of General Electric says that Alstom has only "one offer on the table", despite French president Francois Hollande's calls for an improved bid.

BMW have reported that they are on track to hit record vehicle sales and pretax profit this year.

After the success of its Hudl tablet launched in 2013, the UK's biggest retailer is to release a Smartphone later this year.

Press release Euractiv- The European Union's lead civil servant for the environment has called for a ban on landfilling and warned that separate collection is not enough if the EU is to improve its environmental performance.

Following from US industry giant General Electric's bid to acquire French company Alstom, the French government has fashioned an alternative proposition.

Russian company Prixel has developed technology that allows copies of paintings that fully convey the texture of the artist's brushstrokes to be printed at a cost of no more than $200.

Transparency, security and reliability of individual containers are factors that are incredibly difficult to verify in the world of international goods transport.

Telecommunications firm Nokia unveiled a new CEO today and also reported a net profit for its network equipment business, beating expectations.

For the fifth time in a row, Britain's economy has expanded, although growth rates were still slightly lower than expected.

Many ideas for EU-funded projects are born in the quest to further scientific research, particularly in areas where little information exists.

Today, we are faced with the challenge of providing safe, nutritious and affordable food for the world's ever increasing population.

The EU have ambitious plans to cut CO2 emissions by 40 per cent by 2030, however this is predicted to lead to a drop in the continent's GDP by between 0.

EU-funded researchers have developed a new potential treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, based on adult stem cells from body fat, or adipose tissue.

This week, the European Commission and senior officials from Member States will sit down for the first time to discuss the Commission's proposals for EU climate and energy governance reform.

An EU-funded project investigating how oxygen in the air millions of years ago might have affected the evolution of plants is making important discoveries that could inform our approach to climate change, space exploration and ensuring future food supplies.

Reducing the amount of carbon in the atmosphere is a key priority facing the world today as it attempts to mitigate the scale and effects of climate change.