For the first time, annual country-specific recommendations for economic policy advise all EU member states to look to R&I investments

The proposed EU budget for 2020 also boosts spending for Europe’s satnav system Galileo by 75% and gives €255M to defence-related R&D

Uncertainty is rising over Switzerland’s future relations with the EU in science – and that’s worrying the country’s top universities

Commission underestimated difficulties of deploying EU-wide eHealth system, which has seen little exchange of information to date

International universities are two and a half times more likely to patent their research results, new U-Multirank data suggests

The government plans to establish a new body - under its control - to manage the research institutes of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, after negotiations over future status come to a halt

Revised guidelines allow a longer transition to the Plan S requirement that all research is freely available as soon as it is published

Director general Vladimír Šucha says his office is ready to help the new roster of politicians in Brussels understand the “constraints and consequences” of decision making

As EU’s Space Council meets for first time in eight years, ministers pledge to increase cooperation

Chris Skidmore says joining the EU’s €94.1B research programme after Brexit remains a priority, but admits in some areas UK may need to “fill the gaps”. Scientists, meanwhile, fear that EU election results make crashing-out more likely