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Startups and high-growth businesses are typically important drivers of technological innovation and hope for the future, but they are also more susceptible to fraud and cases of misconduct. ImageFlow/Shutterstock

What Europe’s EU Inc. framework for boosting competitiveness can and should learn from startup fraud in the US

Researchers look at how the EU’s proposed framework to harmonise and boost business registration across member states can avoid the pitfalls of startup fraud.
Worshippers attend Mass held by Pope Leo XIV via a live broadcast on a giant screen at Metz’s Saint-Étienne Cathedral on September 28 2026, the final day of the papal visit to France, Pope Leo’s second major visit to an EU nation. Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/AFP

Pope Leo XIV’s Europe

The Pope advocates for a Europe based on multilateralism and overcoming nationalism, while reasserting its Christian roots.
A soldier takes part in German naval exercises off the coast of Norway in 2025. Hannibal Hanschke / EPA

Why Europe wants to boost its Arctic presence

EU leaders are scrambling to increase the bloc’s presence in the Arctic.
The German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, addresses the media after his CDU party falls to heavy defeats in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on September 20. Hannibal Hanschke / EPA

Two more election defeats pile pressure on German chancellor Friedrich Merz

Fresh from its loss in Saxony-Anhalt, Friedrich Merz’s CDU party has fallen to heavy defeats in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Murmansk in north-west Russia and Aloysha – the city’s monument honouring the ‘Defenders of the Soviet Arctic’ or the soldiers, sailors, and airmen who served in World War II. Russia’s arctic zone represents key geostrategic territory in its 2024 Spatial Development Strategy. The area would be the backbone of its plans for a broader Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor. Parilov/Shutterstock (no reuse)

How war and sanctions are reshaping how Russia governs its vast territory

Support settlements are at the forefront of Russian spatial policy. What does the development of these administrative service hubs tell us about how the land lies in Russia today?
People react to exit polls during the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) election party in Magdeburg, Germany, following the Saxony-Anhalt state election on September 6. Filip Singer / EPA

Germany: why the AfD won in Saxony‑Anhalt – and what happens next

The AfD received by far the most amount of votes in Saxony-Anhalt, falling marginally short of an absolute majority.

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