In 2025, group layoffs officially announced in Poland affected 97,600 workers, the highest number since the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, according to Logos Press.

OpenAI unveiled Prism, a new free tool designed to speed up scientific research and article preparation, on January 27, 2026, according to Logos Press.

Last year, 363 car dealers went bankrupt in Germany – that’s about 100 more than in 2024, and among large dealers with annual sales of more than 10 million euros, the number of bankruptcies almost tripled from 11 to 32, Logos Press reported.

The Ethereum Foundation has announced the formation of a team to prepare the network for the potential risks associated with the development of quantum computers and has set aside an initial fund of $2 million for this purpose, according to Logos Press.

By the start of the new school year in September 2026, France hopes to legally ban social media for children under the age of 15, according to Logos Press.

Artificial intelligence (AI) capital investment will exceed $7 trillion by 2030, and the need to maintain and grow such levels of investment could be a major deterrent for the industry, according to Logos Press.

This week between January 19 and January 23, 2026, more than 80 of the top 100 cryptocurrencies showed declines, making market participants visibly alarmed, according to Logos Press.

In normal urban and state planning, administrative reform is a tool, not a goal, and without taking into account this fundamental principle, Moldova will get an “optimized desert” instead of an administrative-territorial reform, Logos Press reported.

A trade war with the U.S. would be a disaster for Europe, which is already suffering from stagnation, but in the long run could have an extremely negative impact on the U.S. economy as well, according to Logos Press.

US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose duties of 200% on French wine and champagne after an aide to French President Emmanuel Macron said France has “no intention” of accepting an invitation to join a “Peace Council” on Gaza, Logos Press reported.

In 2025, China’s birth rate fell to 5.63 per thousand people, reaching the lowest level in the history of the national statistic, which has been kept since 1949, according to Logos Press.

The heads of state and government of the European Union countries are going to hold an emergency summit in Brussels on January 22 on the situation around Greenland and the development of a common position on the introduction by U.S. President Donald Trump of additional duties of 10% against eight EU member states because of sending their military to Greenland, reports Logos Press.
