Goda Naujokaitytė

EU research ministers are to focus on embedding science in key policy areas and on research cooperation in the Mediterranean and Latin America during Spain’s six-month stint leading the Council

Incoming research and education boss Iliana Ivanova will have long list of priorities to attend to, from fending off Horizon Europe budget cuts to shaping the next research framework

Experts are calling for more regulatory action to bring precision medicine to the market, as big data enables more personalised treatments and prevention

A small top-up for Horizon Europe allays fears the budget would be cut, but there’s growing unease about the EU’s research programme becoming too focused on innovation

The money forms part of a proposed €10B package of investment in strategic technologies. But the Commission fails to deliver on much-requested increases for other parts of Horizon Europe

Blame game has ensued after the Commission shut down the bespoke portal with no prior notice. And the application process is likely to be messy for a while, with temporary solutions still being set up

The legal framework to support the green tech revolution is winding its way through the Brussels policy mill. Parliament wants changes to make the act easier for industry to expand manufacturing of net-zero technologies in the EU

Some research lobbies are concerned the decision to publish less information on Commission staff will make their work more complicated, saying ‘it is very much to the detriment of the research & innovation community.’ Others don’t care so much

Proposal is more than this year, but sky-high inflation devalues the increase. The European Parliament is pinning its hopes on extracting more in the mid-term EU budget review, but rocketing interest payments leave little room for manoeuvre

Half of postdocs say they don’t have access to social security, a situation made even worse because many don’t have permanent contracts either. Now campaigners are putting pressure on the EU to lean on member states to improve working conditions for Europe’s young scientists