Florin Zubașcu

Agreement is expected to end years of political disagreement that held back attempts to add more money to the public R&D purse, while new tax incentives aim to persuade companies to invest more in innovation

Under threat from Russia, Ukraine seeks to boost its participation in international research

Decrease is blamed on COVID-19, but 2021 scoreboard underlines Europe’s need to invest more on new technologies to catch up with the US and China, which both boosted R&D spending during the first year of pandemic

The EU should make sure cooperation in research respects human rights and international law, say MEPs. The Commission says institutions based in illegal settlements will continue to be banned from participating in EU-funded projects

Horizon Europe rapporteur Christian Ehler MEP, says freeing up €369M unspent money from the predecessor research programme is a matter of “political will”

A World Trade Organisation waiver on intellectual property will not overcome immediate vaccine shortages. Compulsory licensing is a better approach

Emmanuel Macron will use the upcoming presidency of the Council of the EU to lead push to reduce Europe’s reliance on foreign supplies of critical technologies

A report by the European Parliament’s cancer special committee says the EU needs better coordination of cross-border clinical trials

As ESFRI sets down plan for the single most expensive project to date, the Commission and member states say there should be moves to strengthen the interplay between EU, national and regional funding for these shared science facilities

Countries are unfairly punishing South Africa for detecting the new coronavirus variant, scientists say. This will deter open science and research collaborations