All European commission articles – Page 3
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NewsDrastic cuts to Europe’s research programme prompts outcry from scientists
Open letter from leading scientists warns of declining innovation and a brain drain
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NewsHorizon Europe budget cut prompts backlash from ERC’s scientific council
Proposed reduction attacked as ‘retrograde step’
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NewsEurope sets its sights on non-stick and stain-resistant perfluorinated chemicals
EU plans to regulate these compounds as a single class, as action on them stalls in the US
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NewsEuropean commission gives green light to first Ebola vaccine
Drug shown to be effective and safe following clinical trials involving 16,000 people
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NewsEuropean commission to scrap €1 billion research flagships
Three existing projects will continue but no funding will be available for new flagships
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NewsEU outlines goals for its seven year multi-billion euro programme
Agreement on funding still a work in progress with the commission and parliament at loggerheads
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NewsEU sets goal of tackling pharmaceutical pollution in the environment
Commission identifies six areas to take action on
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NewsEU creates €10 billion fund for climate friendly technology
Investment programme aims to boost low-carbon technologies in Europe
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NewsEU sets target for its economy to be climate neutral by 2050
European commission looking to new technologies and policy changes to make the EU the first major economy to be net zero emissions
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NewsEurope to invest €100 million to boost bioeconomy
New strategy aims to improves sustainability and add 1 million jobs over 20 years
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NewsEuropean commission to invest €1 billion in supercomputers
Fears that Europe is falling behind its competitors on investment in high-power computing
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NewsCrispr-edited crop research could be crippled by European court ruling
Warnings that European court’s decision will setback crop biotechnology for a decade
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NewsAustria’s bid to sue EU over UK nuclear plant fails
Judge rejects Austria’s legal challenge of UK state aid for planned nuclear power station
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NewsEurope to impose near-total ban on neonicotinoids
By the end of 2018 farmers in the EU will be unable to use bee-harming pesticides on outdoor crops
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NewsEuropean research policy chief replaced in reshuffle
Robert-Jan Smits was one of the most powerful people in EU R&D and instrumental in the development of the massive Horizon 2020 science programme
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NewsNew EU environmental targets for organic chemical plants
Commission sets monitoring standards alongside emissions levels
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BusinessEU extends glyphosate licence by 5 years
Extending herbicide’s approval until December 2022 has pleased neither industry nor environmental campaigners
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CareersThe European adviser
Elvira Fortunato shares how she found herself at the heart of EU science policy
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NewsCentral European University set to be saved as deadline passes
Hungarian university hopes international agreement will allow it to continue teaching
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BusinessCall for overhaul of EU rules on GMO clinical trial
Rules designed around genetically modified plants crops are holding back new cell and gene-based medicines