The bank wants to stimulate and strengthen capital markets in the Baltic states, beginning with new offices in Riga and Tallinn. The move is expected to increase access to scale-up funding for high tech start-ups

A new paper on how the next 12 years could play out in the region shows there is high potential, but  policymakers must adopt forward-looking measures

Reform of Poland’s judiciary has opened access to long-delayed EU payments and sparked hopes of increased R&D funding. But experts say there is now a need for long-term planning and a strategic use of resources

For too long the EU has been chasing – too late – after US Big Tech. With the next Framework Programme, Europe should get ahead of the game and harness its own creativity

Tensions with China have made scientific cooperation with the West more fraught. But in Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, collaboration is largely unaffected by geopolitics

Lobby group joins calls for greater ‘alignment’ of the European Innovation Council and the European Institute of Innovation & Technology

It is time for Europe to “show its teeth”, said French finance minister Bruno Le Maire as he hosted his counterparts for a third tripartite meeting on European industrial policy on Monday

More collaboration on AI safety, 6G research and semiconductors were among the announcements made following the sixth EU-US Trade and Technology Council

The new partnership, to be proposed during Hungary’s EU presidency in the second half of this year, aims to bring the region up to speed in the sustainability transition