Florin Zubașcu

Budget delay puts ‘extremely high’ pressure on Romanian universities, vice rectors say

400,000 students and university staff spent time abroad in 2016 – 2017, according to the European Commission’s latest review of its higher education mobility programme.

Researchers urge the government to speed up debate and approval of 2019 budget. Projects already approved could be interrupted for weeks, or months, they say

The Academy of Sciences battles research minister over control of research funding

It falls to the Romanian Council presidency to steer negotiations on the next seven year budget - and with it funding for R&D in Horizon Europe. But with political infighting at home and a term cut short by European Parliament elections, some in Brussels are worried

Research and education commissioners say they wish Central European University could stay in Budapest, while academics hit out at limp response from Brussels

Litigation has delayed full implementation of the largest research infrastructure in central and eastern Europe

Rector Michael Ignatieff says the decision is ‘a dark day for academic freedom’ in Hungary and decries the lack of tougher response from Brussels and EU capitals

The change is intended to enable researchers to access structural funds for projects reviewers say are excellent, but which don’t make the cut for Horizon Europe grants