Northvolt suspected of manslaughter in latest blow to flailing battery startup

Swedish prosecutors are set to serve Northvolt with a suspicion of gross manslaughter notice following the death of a worker at the EV battery-maker’s struggling gigafactory in the country’s icy…

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Spain’s tech sector offers a view into Draghi’s ‘Innovation Gap crisis’

This month, the European Commission published Mario Draghi’s long-awaited EU competitiveness report. Its key finding? The EU must overcome the innovation gap to prevent economic slowdown. According to the report,…

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ESA’s new ‘Moon on Earth’ can launch a ‘European renaissance’ in spacetech

A new recreation of the Moon on Earth has sparked hopes of a “European renaissance” in space. Known as LUNA, the futuristic facility was inaugurated today in Cologne, Germany. The…

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London, Paris, Amsterdam are the leading VC ecosystems in Europe, report finds

London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Berlin are the leading VC ecosystems in Europe, but the region is significantly lagging behind the US and Asia. That’s according to the latest report by…

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