Romanian government scrambles to help mend relations between EU-funded laser research facility in Bucharest and counterparts in Hungary and the Czech Republic

MEP calls for access to research data before EU makes vaccine bets with €2.3B advance purchase fund

The European Research Area and technological sovereignty top Germany’s agenda for its six-month stint at the helm of the council of the EU

As EU leaders put off a final decision on the 2021-2027 spending plans to summit in July, the clamour for more research funding intensifies. Now the research commissioner is adding her voice

Brussels will negotiate advance purchase agreements, giving manufacturers confidence to invest before they know if vaccines work, and ensuring equitable access for EU27 and low- and middle-income countries around the world

In the new work programme, the European Commission drops plan to spend €32.5M extra on Marie Curie fellowships for researchers travelling to work on international coronavirus projects

Joël Mesot, president of ETH Zurich tells Science|Business how the university is slowly getting back to speed, and why Brussels and Bern ‘may understand each other better’ after the pandemic

Industry committee votes in favour lighter touch rules around European Institute of Innovation and Technology’s public-private partnerships

In parliament meeting, Mariya Gabriel calls for swift agreement on next EU budget as she informs MEPs of the final steps towards launching Horizon Europe in January 2021