The EU and the African Union agreed on a new innovation agenda, but campaigners still believe the EU could do more to help Africa manufacture its own vaccines

Draft report by the Committee of Regions calls for a boost in research and innovation investment to enable member states with less developed science infrastructures contribute to the Horizon Europe mission

As countries around the world scramble to retain and attract research talent, Spanish ministers vote through reforms that aim to improve research careers and guarantee increased public funding for research

In a controversial move, newly proposed EU defence roadmap includes a plan to allow more synergies between civilian and defence research. Possible involvement of Horizon Europe is unclear in vaguely worded document.

European Parliament votes through a comprehensive report on cancer, setting out demands for the EU to do more to prevent, fight and research the disease that accounts for a fifth of all deaths in Europe

As Science|Business this month marks the 1000th issue of its newsletter, we republish our investigation into how and why the ERC lost its then-president in a 2020 fight over the agency’s mission. After an extensive search, molecular biologist Maria Leptin was named president in 2021. This article first appeared 29 October 2020.

Following the suspension of the country’s parliament, the Commission says contingency measures are being considered so that Tunisian researchers can still participate

A year after announcing its ambition to ensure secure internet connections from space, the European Commission says it will provide industry with €2.4B to spur development of Europe’s own ultra-secure quantum-encrypted broadband system to do this

Four members of the agency’s management are dismissed from office after they object when government blocks their choice of new director

With association still uncertain, the UK is on a bilateral R&D collaboration signing spree. Meanwhile, countries outside Europe are invited to the Horizon Europe table