Romania

Romanian government drops foreign evaluators from its national funding schemes and cuts science funding as the EU gears up for the next research framework programme

Efforts to boost e-government and smart city solutions in Romania need more strategic thinking, Stelian Brad, president of Cluj IT Cluster tells Science|Business.

An abruptly-announced plan to re-organise research councils raises spectre of political control over science, and sees researchers join wide backlash against new government

Innovation strategies have to fit in with local conditions, especially in small countries, and even more so ‘on the edge of the world’.

The Romanian government is launching a campaign to make science and technology development a key to prosperity and peace in the strife-torn Western Balkans.

Scientists in the two newest EU members may have more reason to cheer their accession than the farmers and labourers who were expected to benefit most.