A bi-monthly newsletter with news and analysis on R&I policy in central and eastern Europe

It is time for the EU to recognise the importance of its regions in boosting the bloc’s innovation potential

Researchers hope splitting the Ministry of Education and Science will give higher priority to science and lead to increased financing for research

It flows from the Black Forest to the Black Sea, crossing 14 countries with a wide range of research and innovation capabilities. Advocates of a Danube innovation valley are facing up to the scale of the east-west divide

Replacing Widening measures in the next Framework Programme with a separate scheme funded by cohesion money poses practical and philosophical problems, say members of central and eastern Europe’s research community

A bi-monthly newsletter with news and analysis on R&I policy in central and eastern Europe

Speaking at this year’s World Economic Forum, Nikolay Denkov hit out at Europe’s obsession with succeeding immediately when it comes to new technologies. It is important to experiment and fail, he says

Despite an increasingly strong showing in winning EU funds, special support measures remain necessary for the country’s long-term development, says Eugénio Campos Ferreira, vice rector for research and innovation at the University of Minho

A bi-monthly newsletter with news and analysis on R&I policy in central and eastern Europe

As 2024 begins, we assess the success of attempts to close the EU’s east-west research and innovation gap. There is progress, but a decade on, disparity persists and alongside beefed up EU measures, national R&D funding needs to increase