Goda Naujokaitytė

Sources say Jean-Eric Paquet is to leave Commission’s directorate for research and innovation - but official appointment could take months

As Russia wages war in Ukraine, NATO has fleshed out plans for a network of technology accelerators and test labs, paired with a €1B venture fund. The push to promote private sector innovation marks an almost ‘revolutionary’ shift

Estimates show around 40% of the country’s 65,000-strong early career research force has been affected by war. Advocates say listening to their needs should be the main focus now.

Proposed Digital Services Act targets big commercial platforms, but could put extra reporting burden on education and scientific repositories, digital archives and libraries

Despite provocative comments from the head of the Russian space agency, no steps have been taken and NASA says cooperation continues as normal

Europe is ploughing ahead with beefed-up green hydrogen ambitions as the first calls under a new €2B industrial hydrogen partnership open

After more than a year of negotiations, new rules are agreed. The future framework will give clarity to companies that are reliant on steady data flows, including for research

First calls are out as Commission and industry begin €4.1B push to spur the decarbonisation of Europe’s aviation sector

As calls for coordinated EU aid grow, the ERA4Ukraine portal pulls together information and support services for researchers both fleeing the war or under siege conditions in Ukraine

EU earth observation programme is ploughing on amid fears UK’s stalled contribution could slow down plans, as the EU looks to up space autonomy in response to Russian attack on Ukraine