The European Commission has joined various EU countries to launch an international coalition aimed at raising money and know-how to put science, research and innovation at the core of Ukraine's reconstruction and long-term development.

Non-EU countries associated to Horizon Europe have reacted warily to leaked draft proposals for the bloc's next research Framework Programme. 

The European Commission wants to make it easier for research and innovation projects to move between civilian and military programmes.

A call for evidence to inform the upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act will be published within the next two weeks. This will be followed by a public consultation on the proposed legislation.

Dorothee Bär has promised space travel, a computer games unit in her new ministry and less bureaucracy.

EU Commissioners have discussed the possibility of bundling the next Framework Programme for research and innovation with other funding instruments under the European Competitiveness Fund, according to a leaked briefing note.

A group of Belgian universities has joined calls for EU cooperation with Israel to end, and criticised Brussels for its inaction.