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The revamped European Institute of Innovation and Technology will be more open, dynamic and better equipped to help innovators from all corners of Europe

Leading research universities come together to denounce proposal to ban neighbours from EU quantum and space projects. ‘An EU-first approach weakens everyone,’ says one

The €18B Europe has invested in its space programmes should be delivering greater economic returns, says court of auditors

Provisional agreement on the EU’s new climate law includes formation of independent European scientific advisory board to help plot the route to carbon neutrality

Officials want to rein in applications such as live facial scanning, but pledge to promote AI with ‘sandboxes’ that allow companies to have early discussions with regulators on acceptable uses

The Vega supercomputer is the first petascale system to be procured through the EuroHPC Joint undertaking

Trudeau’s government sets out massive spending for research and tech development – but snap election could scupper plans

The EU wants to become an innovation powerhouse. The heads of 33 ‘unicorn’ tech companies have drawn up an eight step plan for getting there and called for funding to put it into action

Meetings postponed for discussion of Commission proposal, with resistance growing in member states

A new report by the European Universities Association report provides strong evidence that the impact of budget cuts made after 2008 is still felt in many countries, but governments have better insights and new tools to avoid another funding slump