Innovation Scoreboard for 2008 is published. As stated in this publication, Innovation leaders are: Sweden, Finland, Germany, Denmark and UK. Above EU average are Austria and France and below are Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal and all “new” members. Fast growers in catching-ip countries are Bulgaria & Romania. Croatia and Lithuania are ranked as slow growers š¦ It is noted that EU is decreasing it’s innovation gap with US and Japan, have a look: link