Located in a former freight station, in an industrial corner of central Paris, sits what is soon to become the world’s biggest startup campus. When completed early next year, the huge space…
Italy’s Startup Scene: Will Slow Growth Continue?
Italy has the fourth largest population in the E.U. and its fourth biggest economy. Ask anyone in the tech industry, however, which countries they’re most excited about this year, and few will…
Armenia’s TUMO Center Looks Beyond the Caucasus
On a hot day in Yerevan, Armenia’s compact capital, a new generation of tech professionals is being put through its paces at the city’s flagship education center. Some kids are running a…
Tech Open Air Berlin’s Collaborative Spirit Merges Tech with Culture
It has not taken long for Tech Open Air (TOA) to become a big fixture on Europe’s tech events calendar. The show, whose 2016 edition kicks off in Berlin on the July…
How Supercomputers and the Berlin Wall Made a Nuclear Marvel Possible
Located a ten-minute drive outside the pretty German town of Greifswald, the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics has a gray-and-glass front and gently waving roof that scream ‘Science Stuff Here.’ Inside,…
Eco-Automaker Riversimple Launches U.K. Hydrogen Car Trial
Welsh eco-friendly carmaker Riversimple has launched a trial of its hydrogen-powered Rasa model in its home country. The firm, which is currently crowdfunding to match a $2.2 million EU grant, will trial…
Norway’s Startups Out of the Depths: How an Oil Dip Became a Tech Boom
Norway isn’t usually the first place on anyone’s list of European tech centers. Even in the Nordics it usually falls behind Finland and neighbor Sweden, whose band of hip, new unicorns have…
The Top Tech to Watch Out For at This Summer’s Euro 2016 Soccer Championships
It’s under a fortnight until this summer’s soccer European Championships kicks off in France. But while the basics of the game have barely changed since its rules were cast in 1863, there…
Berlin’s Anti-Airbnb Law Will ‘Likely Fail’ in Court – But the Long View is Unclear
Berlin, Germany’s ‘poor but sexy’ capital, has become one of Europe’s most desirable places to live, work and visit. Its culture scene is vibrant, bars and restaurants abound and its startup ecosystem…
In Berlin, a New Tech Megaclub Emerges
Five years ago – five years and four months, to be precise – two American entrepreneurs organized a morning meet up in a cafe in Berlin’s bustling heart. Little did they know…