Warsaw, Tallinn, Prague and the digital agenda of central and eastern Europe. Coverage from Continental Brief.
The Swedish telecom vendor has joined forces with Play and Asseco to test radio-based sensing technology that identifies unauthorised drones across Poland's airspace.
A wave of funding across Central and Eastern Europe has lifted multiple startups, with Skeleton Technologies becoming the region's newest billion-dollar company following a strategic investment from industrial giant Siemens.
Warsaw's investigation into the previous government's spyware operation reveals the Israeli manufacturer retained technical access to data harvested from opposition figures and thousands of citizens, raising questions about the security risks of deploying foreign surveillance tools.
Fakturownia, a major Polish invoicing platform serving over 600,000 companies, disclosed a cyberattack this week in which an attacker exploited a system vulnerability to access customer data, invoices and sensitive business information.
A breach at Qbusoft, maker of the Medyc medical platform, has compromised personal and medical data across Polish healthcare providers, marking another major incident in the sector.
A new EU-funded initiative has begun operations in the Western Balkans, targeting Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia with support for stronger cyber defences and regional cooperation.
The e-Governance Academy's leadership met with North Macedonia's digital minister in Skopje to chart expanded cooperation on cybersecurity and broader digital transformation, as a new EU-backed regional initiative kicks off.
At least 14 people in Serbia have been targeted with spyware since early 2026, including student activists and opposition politicians. The scandal reveals a credibility gap: the EU demands accountability from candidate countries while ignoring widespread surveillance abuse within its own borders.
The Bundestag has approved legislation for Germany's EUDI Wallet implementation, though security experts and privacy advocates say the approach leaves vulnerabilities and lacks key privacy protections.
LMU Munich is probing a cyberattack that compromised sensitive enrollment data belonging to over 52,000 students, potentially including financial and health insurance information.
New volumes on Peter Thiel and Elon Musk reveal how tech billionaires are bankrolling political movements and building infrastructure that concentrates power in their hands, raising urgent questions about resistance and democratic renewal.