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MEPs sign-off on most of the content of the proposed €13B EU defence fund, but the budget remains to be agreed

MEPs give the nod on Horizon Europe and space and digital programmes in their last meeting before the May elections. But it will be down to the new crop of MEPs to negotiate the budget

Parliament backs a new five-year research agreement with Russia, in a display of science diplomacy described as ‘an island of positivity in an ocean of negative relations’

China-EU summit tackles mutual access to funding, research ethics and transparency, but comes up with few specific actions

The project processed more data than any other experiment in history to create an image of the event horizon, the boundary of a black hole, where intense gravity distorts time and space

Buzek, Ehler and Nica are standing again in European elections in May. Rübig, Reda and Henkel are bowing out

Joint European Disruptive Initiative announces €3B fund – but then calls it an April Fool’s prank to draw attention to the fake news problem

The research commissioner calls on researchers to build a stronger role for science in society, and to put more pressure on policy makers

The head of Europe’s defence R&D agency says mindsets have to change. There are plans to launch a €13B EU common defence research programme in 2021 and academics and small companies need to overcome their reluctance to working in this field

‘Our task now is to defend our budget,’ EU research commissioner tells MEPs, as plan for Horizon Europe is voted through by industry and research committee