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As Estonia’s EU presidency draws to a close, the country’s education and research minister Mailis Reps talks to Science|Business about the hurdles to negotiating a bigger EU research programme and the need to rationalise the funding landscape

Full membership is restored, but the Swiss are still counting the cost of being outside the EU research fold during the 2014 - 2016 immigration dispute. “If you’ve been there, you know how much it hurts,” says one scientist affected by the ban

Four more satellites join the navigation network in space this week

Emmanuel Macron awards millions of euros to ‘Make Our Planet Great Again’ winners, but French scientists are insulted, saying their commitment is “not appropriately rewarded in their own county”

Web-based clinic in the Netherlands improves outcomes while saving time and money. Doctors and patients have teamed up to build a teen-friendly app and, as the system is adopted more widely, healthcare providers will be paid for online care

Programme designed to improve healthcare by paying more to doctors who perform better on measures of care quality did not show any benefits

Industry says failure to consider new ways of assessing the value of drugs, including outcomes-based approaches and the use of real world evidence, represents a missed opportunity to promote sustainability of Europe’s healthcare systems 

Web-based platform will track provision of services and national policies as the number of people living with dementia is set to spiral