The Widening

Widening countries moved up the rankings in the 2024 European Innovation Scoreboard, with Cyprus making the biggest gains of all

AI has a huge appetite for electricity. A new Polish centre wants to set standards for energy efficiency and develop taxonomy for AI models

While some doubt the effectiveness of the EU Cities Mission, the country is doubling down on making its cities greener, smarter, and more sustainable

The call comes as the European Commission admits the are persistent regional disparities in research and innovation performance

Sign off allows Canadian researchers to apply on an equal footing to researchers based in Europe

The Polish Chamber of Commerce for High Technology has ten recommendations for Framework Programme 10

Angel investors are thin on the ground in eastern Europe, but now an EU-funded scheme promises to grow their numbers

The legislation aims to better link science with business, streamline funding and provide a framework for research ethics

Messy communication around an EU ban on 21 Hungarian universities accessing Horizon Europe funds has had a terrible impact on Hungary’s participation in the programme and relationships with European partners, Hungarian authorities say. The ban is on funding, not participation, but this is not well understood and a hesitancy to work with Hungarian partners has spread around Europe. A new letter from the Commission seeks to clarify the situation.

Elsewhere, a project to build new scientific infrastructure for Ukraine in Poland receives a financial boost, and an Estonian professor argues in favour of funding more science with Widening measures. Finally, Poland’s space tech companies are going to benefit from playing a leading role in the design of two new satellite constellations being built later this decade.  

Poland’s Camila constellation will boost the local ecosystem, but the impact of a parallel defence project is less certain