Joanne O'Dea

Looking forward to the launch of one of the world’s largest public R&D programmes, Science|Business interviews Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, the EU Commissioner at the centre of formulating Horizon 2020 and steering it over the finishing line

National governments give the final seal of approval to the EU’s budget for 2014-2020. Now, the first calls for Horizon 2020 grants will go live next week

Over the next six years Europe must invest €60 billion in technology overhaul for new electricity networks – and customers likely to foot part of the bill

Resistance at a national level forces MEPs to agree to a delay on limiting emissions and to a controversial scheme that will enable manufacturers to continue to produce polluting cars if they also make low emission vehicles

First EU programme designed specifically for SMEs will promote entrepreneurship, ease access to finance and increase the EU’s GDP by €1.1B per annum, says the Commission

MEPs give green light to European GPS

Commission releases working documents for 2014-2015

As negotiations come to an end and attention shifts to the finer details, Science|Business examines the Horizon 2020 draft programmes. This week: Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation

The European Parliament agreed the EU’s budget for 2014-2020, as well as the final seal on the Horizon 2020 legislative deal

Survey of top 2,000 companies shows 6 per cent average increase in R&D investments in 2012