Florin Zubașcu

The academy says it ‘went into great lengths’ to satisfy government demands on how the research institutes are organised

Romanian MEP and former deputy prime minister Dan Nica tells Science|Business that Romania and other member states should make more effort to reach the EU target of spending 3% of GDP on research.

The research commissioner calls on researchers to build a stronger role for science in society, and to put more pressure on policy makers

The head of Europe’s defence R&D agency says mindsets have to change. There are plans to launch a €13B EU common defence research programme in 2021 and academics and small companies need to overcome their reluctance to working in this field

The country is among the first in EU13 to take steps to establish a national strategy that expands the focus from artificial intelligence research to understanding the social impact of the technology

After the collapse of foreign direct investment and with tightening labour markets, new growth models are needed for the region. Two key ingredients are home-grown innovation and policies to maintain and strengthen the skilled labour force

CEU hopes Germany’s political and economic power will convince Hungarian prime minister to allow the university to continue offering US accredited degrees in Budapest

Big push is needed in Horizon Europe to spread excellence and help research in EU13 member states catch up with the west

Varjo is one of 1,270 companies funded by the European Innovation Council since the pilot scheme launched in 2017

The academy’s network of research institutes will be placed under a new governing body made up of scientists proposed by both the academy and the government