The stand-off is over, but with prime minister Viktor Orbán’s campaign against CEU founder George Soros heating up and the Commission pursuing its legal case against Hungary’s law on foreign NGOs, a deal may still be in doubt
New details of how the EIC will operate are included in EU draft plan, which sets out proposals for research in nanotechnologies, materials, biotechnology and manufacturing from 2018 - 2020
The Commission’s draft plan for ICT research includes money for a “human-centric” internet that speaks your language, and for joint EU-US work on artificial intelligence and augmented and virtual reality
There was applause for the speech, but the early signs are that implementing the president’s sweeping and idealistic vision for Europe’s future technological development will face opposition
In an open letter, the great and the good of European research and innovation have written to the Legal Affairs (JURI) Committee of the European Parliament, asking it to stand up for R&D.
The UK space mission NovaSAR has attracted Australia to take a ten per cent share in the project, which aims to launch a satellite to track forestry management and shipping lanes in early 2018.
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