There is horse trading ahead, but Bert De Colvenaer, head of the EU’s €5B electronics and systems partnership is pleased to see the successor project taking shape. Industry wants a bigger budget and for larger companies to continue to get public funding

Decisions over research, farm and other EU budgets postponed to the end of 2019, as EU Council divides over top EU leadership jobs

Officials in Ottawa say they plan to step up funding for Canadian researchers to join other countries’ R&D programmes – including Horizon Europe

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

Swiss failure to endorse the treaty could cause headwinds for business, cross-border stock trading and research collaboration

Would-be candidates given more time to submit applications to join the five advisory boards which will shape the new research missions

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

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

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