Startups expose Europe’s divisions

Challenging factors: Success of startups is stymied by brain drain, lack of private domestic funding and a late start in government support. — AFP

FROM a small warehouse complex squeezed into a blue-collar neighbourhood across the Danube from Belgrade’s city centre, Strawberry Energy assembles its “Smart Park Bench,” a wood and steel structure with cell-phone charging stations and wifi powered by a solar panel.

It’s an innovation that’s been catching on, just not at home.