Austria plans to extend mandatory military service to nine months, aiming to strengthen national defense amid rising security threats, impacting workforce and tech startups.
Graz’s Communist Party wins city council elections again, highlighting a local political model focused on housing and social stability with potential effects on the tech and startup ecosystem.
Foreign governesses from Western countries have been employed since 2017 to teach English and German to children allegedly fathered by Vladimir Putin and Alina Kabaeva.
The EU and Mercosur bloc launch a provisional free trade agreement expected to boost automotive, machinery, and pharmaceutical startups while facing regulatory scrutiny in Europe.