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European Commission acknowledges its Blue Card scheme has underwhelmed, as it sets out new proposals to relax permit rules and ease access

EU publishes 109 comments on its plan to form a European Innovation Council – and most support the idea so long as it doesn’t eat up existing EU research funds and awards grants faster

Nine universities team up to talk up research in Europe and boost the profile of several countries’ capabilities

After four years of falling revenues, the old-stager of the computer industry is remaking itself around the artificial intelligence machine Watson. A new lab in Munich will spearhead the strategy of using AI to make sense of data from billions of internet-connected devices

Preliminary timetable set for publication of reports on 28 member states’ health systems. The aims is to highlight best practice and provide evidence to inform the modernisation of Europe’s hard-pressed healthcare systems

Commission to form new group, bringing all interested parties round one table in attempt to speed up technical standard setting. The announcement follows pledge to create new standards for 5G, cloud computing and the internet of things

Copyright restrictions and an inflexible publisher licensing system are making European researchers hesitant to attempt analyses of large and disparate databases, according to Lisbon Council report

Science ministers tell publishers to ditch subscriptions and change their business models, but agree there should be caveats on open access to protect intellectual property rights, security and privacy

Preliminary proposal would base the new council on Horizon 2020’s SME Instrument

Taking money from Horizon 2020 has contributed to falling success rates in grant applications. The €2.2B funnelled to the Strategic Investment Fund should be restored to the programme in the budget review, say MEPs on the research committee