Florin Zubașcu

Researchers grow frustrated at looming funding gap, with European Commission putting back publication of detailed calls to the end of May. Some commentators suggest the delay is down to row over excluding UK, Israel and Switzerland from space and quantum R&D

Funding boost for supercomputers and artificial intelligence will help the EU assert its digital sovereignty, MEPs say

Study paves the way to update EU legislation and allow gene editing in agriculture. But environmentalists and organic farmers say modified crop plants should continue to be labelled as GMOs

Hungary is seeking €4B from the EU pandemic recovery fund to support changes to funding system that critics believe amounts to privatising public universities. This will limit academic freedom, they say

Vote marks the end of almost three years of negotiations on the content and budget, but MEPs are still angling for more money

The €18B Europe has invested in its space programmes should be delivering greater economic returns, says court of auditors

Provisional agreement on the EU’s new climate law includes formation of independent European scientific advisory board to help plot the route to carbon neutrality

Centre is launched just one day before European Court of Auditors is due to release a report calling on the Commission to make better use of space research

The Vega supercomputer is the first petascale system to be procured through the EuroHPC Joint undertaking

A new report by the European Universities Association report provides strong evidence that the impact of budget cuts made after 2008 is still felt in many countries, but governments have better insights and new tools to avoid another funding slump