Tech
Robots march in Warsaw calling for AI rules and job protections
Around 30 humanoid and quadruped robots marched outside Poland's digital affairs ministry calling for greater scrutiny of artificial intelligence.
Taiwan's TSMC building 25 chip and packaging plants this year as AI demand outruns supply
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, TWSE: 2330) is expanding production capacity five times faster than usual this year and still cannot meet demand driven by artificial intelligence.
Polish MCI targets fresh CEE tech investments as exit wave builds
Private equity investor says Central Europe is a rapidly growing private equity market with fast growth and a wide range of investment exit opportunities.
Northway Biotech opens €61mn cell therapy centre in Vilnius
Lithuania aims to grow its life sciences sector to 5% of GDP by 2030.
"We do not see any value": Uzbekistan rejects a retail digital currency and hands the job to stablecoins
Most central banks studying digital money have spent five years trying to work out what a retail central bank digital currency would be for. The Central Bank of Uzbekistan has decided it would be for nothing.
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Dubai Chambers launches AI training programme for over 14,000 companies
Dubai Chambers announced the launch of a specialised Agentic AI training initiative for more than 14,000 private sector companies.
Build it, prove it, sell it: inside Uzbekistan's state-led fintech experiment
Uzbekistan's central bank writes the fintech rules, supervises the market, runs an incubator and has created a $50mn fund to invest in the sector. Inside the most interventionist fintech strategy anywhere.
EBRD completes exit from Romania’s Digi Communications
Digi continues to expand its regional telecommunications operations following its international growth and the listing of its Spanish subsidiary.
Liteon buys 25% stake in Poland's DCX Liquid Cooling for $176mn
Taiwanese electronics maker Liteon Technology strengthens its position in infrastructure supporting the rapidly expanding AI data centre market.
Israeli defence tech XTEND to begin trading on NYSE following $1.5bn merger
Israeli defence tech company XTEND will begin trading on the Nasdaq on September 4 after completing a $1.5bn business combination with real estate developer JFB Construction Holdings.
Creotech signs €13.9mn ESA contract for Polish space weather satellite
Satellite to provide data for monitoring and forecasting space weather, including geomagnetic storms and high-energy particle emissions that can disrupt satellites, navigation systems, power grids and communications.
Poșta Română signs partnership with Temu to become regional gateway
Partnership could strengthen Romania’s position as a logistics gateway for Central and Eastern Europe while giving Romanian merchants selling through Temu access to a wider European delivery network.
Croatia's robotaxi project faces scrutiny over €89.7mn EU funding
Croatia's finance minister said the government would assess whether funds awarded to a robotaxi project backed by state and European Union financing could be recovered or redirected, after developer Verne offered to repay...
Norwegian investor targets majority stake in Hungarian fintech Dorsum
Dorsum is one of Hungary's best-known homegrown fintechs and a market leader in securities and wealth-management software.
Albania expands smart cameras to boost security in schools
Albania is expanding the use of intelligent cameras in schools to strengthen security and allow authorities and school staff to respond more quickly to incidents, Prime Minister Edi Rama said on September 1.
Serbia launches Europe's first mass-production factory for humanoid robots
The plant is part of a wider €200mn investment plan that Serbia hopes will establish the country as a European base for an industry still in its early stages.
Indian IT firms turn to M&As to bridge AI capability gap
India is witnessing a foundational Artificial Intelligence gap when compared to markets like the US and China. This is a topic of intense debate among market experts, policy wonks and the government.
North Macedonia in talks with 5-6 investors over data centre projects, PM says
Hristijan Mickoski outlines the government's strategy of developing the country as a destination for data infrastructure.
Saudi Arabia launches Riyadh "Digital District" to draw global tech talent
Saudi Arabia has launched a Riyadh "Digital District" to attract global tech firms and talent across AI, cybersecurity and cloud, aiming to place the capital among the world's top 10 tech hubs.
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US effort to pressure Central Asian states on AI development falling flat
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan pushing back.