Commission underestimated difficulties of deploying EU-wide eHealth system, which has seen little exchange of information to date

Revised guidelines allow a longer transition to the Plan S requirement that all research is freely available as soon as it is published

Director general Vladimír Šucha says his office is ready to help the new roster of politicians in Brussels understand the “constraints and consequences” of decision making

As EU’s Space Council meets for first time in eight years, ministers pledge to increase cooperation

Chris Skidmore says joining the EU’s €94.1B research programme after Brexit remains a priority, but admits in some areas UK may need to “fill the gaps”. Scientists, meanwhile, fear that EU election results make crashing-out more likely

Buzek, Ehler, Nica and other prominent legislators on the EU R&D programme secure their seats, but committee assignments are yet to be decided

Shifting political landscape could cause trouble for big spending programmes like Horizon Europe

Brexit, more competition for students, and the possibility of cuts in tuition fees is putting pressure on the finances. ‘We feel it’s a tenuous position at the moment,’ says Oxford University’s vice-chancellor

A host of climate change candidates have ensured Brexit, populism and migration did not monopolise the agenda

EU Council meeting expected to see joint declaration by eastern agriculture and research ministers - a rare effort at coordinated east European lobbying over research in Brussels