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In a searing speech at the Sorbonne University, the French president said the EU needs to invest a lot more money in research and innovation

New plans to allocate at least 7% of a growing defence budget to R&D and military-related science would see spending rise significantly – but at the expense of civilian research

Votes on boosting green technology production, sharing health data for research, and access to EU supercomputers for AI start-ups are among the last acts of this mandate

At a get-together in Paris, OECD ministers said a new ‘anticipatory’ approach is needed. Consumer neurotechnology, increasingly able to read minds, is seen as one of the biggest novel risks

Ukraine’s role as test bed for new technologies and a place where adaptable private firms can prosper was showcased at the European Parliament in Brussels

A new report says investment is at its lowest level in a decade, but a closer look shows that there are positive signs for Latvia’s emergent innovation landscape

City-state would be the latest to join after South Korea, Canada and New Zealand – but concerns about democracy are likely to make talks controversial

Details of ship propulsion systems and the illegal export of lasers: three spies allegedly passed on information about cutting-edge technology to China in exchange for money

As the parliament gathers for the last time, we look back at how the outgoing cohort of MEPs shaped Horizon Europe and research and innovation over the past five years