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Researchers divine meaning from pre-election promises on Brexit, innovation incentives and climate change

It is naïve to put EU research data on the open science cloud without having a plan to protect intellectual property. ‘That makes me nervous,’ says Joseph Straus, former director of the Max Planck Institute for IP

Member states strike a deal on which funding schemes should be coordinated with Horizon Europe, the proposed €94.1B research programme

MEP and former leadership contender for Romania’s National Liberal Party looks set to replace PNL colleague Adina-Ioana Vălean, who has been appointed transport commissioner

After weeks of intense lobbying, incoming commission president Ursula von der Leyen gives in to pressure and adds ‘research’ to the job title - at the last possible moment

Working with countries in Africa, the EU has fostered innovation that is making an important contribution to the fight against AIDS. To build on this, the new Africa-EU partnership now taking shape needs more ambitious goals

Not all aspects of international science cooperation are to the liking of researchers and policy makers in central and eastern Europe. They want to see the innovation gap fixed before the EU spends more money abroad

As he fights to keep his university from falling to protesters, Ennio Vivaldi, alongside colleagues, is using research to expose police brutality and lay the ground for a new constitution

In a country where petrochemicals are king, the government is making a studied effort to send the economy off in more sustainable, long-term directions

Labour and Liberal Democrats put green policies at the centre of their pitch. Both pledge to invest 3% of GDP on research and to spread R&D funding around the regions

President of the Royal Society tells candidates from the three biggest parties of need to fix the damage caused by 3.5 years of uncertainty