Moscow has opened the 33-kilometer T2 line, a cross-city tram route linking 13 districts and adding a record urban corridor to the capital’s transit network.
Business
The EU signed €2.7 billion in Innovation Fund grants for 54 clean industry projects across 17 countries, moving net zero technologies closer to deployment.
Travel
The EU Entry/Exit System becomes fully operational on April 10, replacing passport stamps with digital border records and biometric checks for non-EU travelers.
Technology
Austria’s patent filings rose sharply in 2025, beating wider European growth as industrial companies and inventors lifted national and EPO applications.
UNESCO urges nations to regulate AI and digital tools in education as new charter promotes equitable access amid funding cuts and rising global inequality risks.
WIPO launched the AI Infrastructure Interchange in Geneva, creating a technical forum on AI and intellectual property with creators, companies and governments.
BMW Group begins Germany’s first in-plant humanoid robot pilot, deploying Hexagon Robotics’ AEON at Leipzig to support battery and component production.
India and Finland launched a strategic partnership focused on digitalisation and sustainability, highlighting cooperation from AI and 6G to clean energy and quantum computing.
European Parliament disables built-in AI tools on work-issued devices in Brussels, citing cybersecurity and data-protection risks tied to cloud processing today.

