Political decisions this year mean fuels derived from captured CO2 are classed as carbon neutral and now have a future on Europe’s roads. But will it be a highway or a just a byway for the start-ups currently building the e-fuel industry?

The EU’s Bulgarian commissioner officially leaves Brussels, with a mandate for a difficult task: trying to form a coalition government back home in Sofia after close elections

Talks between the European Commission and the UK government continue, as the argument about how much the UK pays to join the research programme drags on

Research commissioner given unpaid leave from Brussels after she was nominated to be Bulgaria’s next prime minister. Research lobbyists say the timing is ‘particularly unfortunate’ as work begins to shape the next decade of R&I policy

Science expat networks in eastern Europe aim to turn brain drain into brain circulation, support mobility and narrow the gap between Widening countries and western Europe. But intermittent funding threatens the future of these grassroots initiatives

The country is looking to boost its research, development and innovation landscape with a massive increase in the budget and new focus after decades of stasis

To boost capacity in China monitoring, the Commission is funding three Horizon Europe projects to support and connect EU-based China scholars. ‘We have to get our own feed’ of information independent of US, says one

Elon Musk may have gone off the idea of building an ultra-high-speed transport system, but Europe still believes. With testing infrastructure under construction and an EU regulatory framework on the cards, the ground is being prepared for the first pilot projects

A new deal brings hope a €300M EU investment in eastern Europe’s largest research laboratory will not be lost to management problems

EIT Climate is the first KIC to go public on a plan for maintaining operations once grants from its parent institute the EIT run out, as it gears its services towards the implementation of climate-neutral innovations