The financial sustainability of the first EIT knowledge and innovation communities is proof the model works, says EIT director Martin Kern, after its future is called into question
A major upgrade to the brilliance of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility paves the way for breakthroughs in environmental and energy science, materials and healthcare
Two years on from the invasion of Ukraine, the war has exacerbated Russian academic isolation from Europe and North America. Ukraine, meanwhile, has seen a surge of collaboration with the west – and with Poland in particular
New research shows how East Germany and other former Eastern bloc countries remain affected by the legacy of the command economy and the shock transition to capitalism
With a broader global downturn in start-up investment, the resilience and ‘ingrained frugality’ of central and eastern Europe could see the region prosper
As Mariya Gabriel prepares to take up rotating role of prime minister of Bulgaria in March, she says measures aimed at closing Europe’s research and innovation gap are a ‘powerful tool’
Brussels and London still have very different approaches to regulating the technology, but the UK’s AI minister struck a collaborative tone on a recent visit to Brussels, part of a wider détente on science and technology
At the Munich Security Conference, Bettina Stark-Watzinger made the case that research is now at the centre of geopolitical rivalry. But changing the German research system remains difficult
At an informal meeting in Belgium, EU research ministers and research commissioner Iliana Ivanova agreed on the need to safeguard research funding, after €2.1 billion was cut from Horizon Europe
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