Gunnar Bovim, rector at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, wants to combat the brain drain from developing countries. They need expertise more than we do, he says

Molecular biologist and former rector, now turned MP, Marianne Synnes Emblemsvåg talks to Science|Business about making parliament a more research-friendly place

The European Commission’s 18th annual innovation scoreboard shows the EU has overtaken the US for the first time, while across Europe, the UK and Luxembourg lose their innovation leader status and Estonia joins the ranks of strong innovators

Günther Oettinger asks EU member states to publish a roadmap that lays out how they will reach agreement on the next EU budget by the October deadline

For the first time, annual country-specific recommendations for economic policy advise all EU member states to look to R&I investments

The proposed EU budget for 2020 also boosts spending for Europe’s satnav system Galileo by 75% and gives €255M to defence-related R&D

Uncertainty is rising over Switzerland’s future relations with the EU in science – and that’s worrying the country’s top universities

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