A miserable year, we all agree. But there were a few positive developments worth recalling…

Researchers react to the €95.5B deal, reflect on how we got here, and look ahead to the rollout of the programme and how it can achieve maximum impact

Christian Ehler says the EU’s long-sought science spending deal ’saved the political face of Europe’

Swiss MPs back spending for ‘the champion’s league’ of EU science and innovation

Centre will play a key role in coordinating research and supporting an EU-wide ‘cybersecurity shield’

As UK looks about to lose its place in virtual European clinical networks, Cambridge University geneticist says ‘this isn’t some nebulous thing’ - a disease might only affect 50 people in the UK, but the top expert may be in Amsterdam

MEPs say the new budget signals a shifting of priorities away from agriculture and cohesion and towards research and innovation

‘Gatekeeper’ companies that control access to online services could be fined 10% of turnover and broken up under double-barrelled rules that seek to limit the power of global internet firms in the EU market