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After a campaign by scientists, the Irish government announces membership of European Southern Observatory, operator of some of the biggest telescopes in the world

The Commission has for the first time made clear the position of UK grantees after Brexit, in a sign the EU is laying the ground for the UK to leave without a deal

Draft blueprint for new technology commercialisation body will see four core Horizon 2020 programmes pulled into one  

Draft plans released by the Commission promise money for several hot-button research areas

Employees are lukewarm on new locations and a slow-down in work rate will mean less income. In the best case scenario Europe’s drugs regulator will take 2-3 years to get back to speed after leaving London.

Preliminary French proposal for a new ‘disruptive innovation’ agency could be outside the usual EU framework

The stand-off is over, but with prime minister Viktor Orbán’s campaign against CEU founder George Soros heating up and the Commission pursuing its legal case against Hungary’s law on foreign NGOs, a deal may still be in doubt

EU Commission should do many trials before changing the system by which researchers are paid, research groups say

The EU’s move into military research needs separate rules and procedures, Elżbieta Bieńkowska tells MEPs