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GAIA-X digital platform aims to create European cloud computing ecosystem connecting users with providers from around the world

The parliament can start negotiations with the council and the commission on the remaining issues as soon as member states reach an agreement on the 2021-2027 EU budget

‘Everyone who needs the vaccine will have access to it,’ Bill Gates tells Gavi fundraiser, as AstraZeneca signs $750M agreement

New spending splurge comes as part of €130B recovery aid that goes far beyond other eurozone country packages

‘A flood’ of research into new surface coatings that repel the virus are among ideas for making buildings pandemic-proof

A Swedish start-up has a ‘virus certification app’ ready to launch but it faces practical and ethical hurdles. ‘The government is not in our supporter club on this’, says Coronafree’s science adviser

‘When science and politics meet, it can become quite crunchy,’ director general Stephen Quest tells Science|Business

Analysis warns of twin hit of COVID-19 and Brexit to Scotland’s 19 universities, as EU-UK trade talks enter crunch stage

European Commission wants to double the InvestEU loan programme to €75 billion, but research won’t get any more money

But critics say proposed budget does not meet ambitions and new strategies are needed to increase biodiversity and boost greener farming - without reducing yields