Florin Zubașcu

In her first outing as president, Ursula von der Leyen promises to reshape the economy in a ‘European Green Deal’. But the latest proposal on the EU’s next five year budget could thwart this plan

It is naïve to put EU research data on the open science cloud without having a plan to protect intellectual property. ‘That makes me nervous,’ says Joseph Straus, former director of the Max Planck Institute for IP

Not all aspects of international science cooperation are to the liking of researchers and policy makers in central and eastern Europe. They want to see the innovation gap fixed before the EU spends more money abroad

After saying European consortium had failed to deliver, ELI has looked elsewhere. The contract is a sign of strengthening scientific cooperation between Romania and the US

Start-ups in central and eastern Europe get a helping hand to sell their products and services to larger companies in the region

A new large-scale research infrastructure will revive the scientific and technological potential of the Balkans, whilst helping its economy and bringing people together around a shared endeavour

Winners in the European Research Council’s latest round of synergy grants describe the hurdles they faced and what it takes for researchers in central and eastern Europe to win these prestigious awards

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology will ‘assess very carefully’ how to involve participants from outside the EU. Continued UK involvement hangs on the final Brexit deal, says its director Martin Kern

Slim chances for MEP Dan Nica to become Romania’s next EU commissioner for transport