Spain

A new €60 million biomedical research centre opened in Barcelona earlier this month, after a €15 million philanthropic donation got the project off the ground.

In the second part of its series looking at science in Spain, Science|Business looks at how facing up to budget cuts has put the spotlight on structural reform.

As the Spanish goverment looks to reduce its budget deficit, government spending on R&D will fall by more than 8 per cent next year, according to one analysis.