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Anja Karliczek has no background in research, though some welcome her outsider perspective. She will preside over a €2B increase in science spending over the next few years

China continues innovation surge, with technology firm Huawei rising to the top. But there has was no progress with Europe’s unitary patent

In a bid to boost Europe’s overall spending on defence, EIB has struck a deal with the European Defence Agency to increase lending for technologies including sensors and lasers, with both civil and military uses

Brexit Health Alliance says a no deal Brexit threatens access to Europe-wide trials of new drugs

Report calls for UK government to be pragmatic about the costs and benefits of continued access to EU research, but says associate countries should have greater influence over the form and direction of funding

'High-flying' civil servant Jean-Eric Paquet picked to replace Robert-Jan Smits, in move tying DG Research closer to central administration

Makeover at the top as director general for research and innovation, Robert-Jan Smits is replaced by Jean-Eric Paquet and new recruits are lined up for nine other posts

Some see National Science Foundation move as latest retreat in US diplomacy under Trump administration – but agency says it will send more science envoys on visits abroad

Advisor lays out plan for how Europe can strengthen manufacturing base and keep pace with rivals in ‘key enabling technologies’

The wireless industry appeals to the European Commission to promote a more coordinated approach to fast internet networks

Italy’s Paolo De Castro shares his vision of agriculture’s future and how cuts to the EU farm budget would endanger it

MEPs say carmaker’s experiments on monkeys and humans undermines trust in science and call for European Commission to review law on animal testing

Fiscal stimulus plan has to date unlocked €257B in public and private funding for infrastructure projects across the EU, the president of EIB told MEPs, as he defended fossil fuel investments and anticipated the fallout from Brexit

European Commission is exploring ways to use blockchain tamper-proof technology to share data between member states in security critical areas including health, tax, chemicals and food traceability. EU-level pilots are to be funded in the next budget