This week: support for Ghanaian research and progress in sustainable transport
In depth: When the coalition government led by Giorgia Meloni of the extreme right party Fratelli d’Italia was sworn in on 22 October, many feared it would show little interest in research, as has been the case with previous centre-right governments.
While it is still too early for any major comparison, the first R&D moves from Meloni buck this trend and go mostly along with the ideas and attitudes of the previous, research-positive government led by Mario Draghi.