A data story by Sebastian Gräff.

This trend reflects a pivot toward AI infrastructure, batteries, and clean energy systems.

A data story by Yanika Borg.

Meanwhile, computer technology (like AI fraud detection) and electrical machinery & energy (think fast-charging batteries, green tech) each saw over 15,000 applications and continue to grow compared to their five-year averages.

For example, pharmaceutical patent applications surged during the Covid-19 period but are now declining.

Germany is stricter: more than six million non-EU citizens there are barred from voting in any election, local or national.

Back in Tingbjerg, the campaign paid off. This year, 47% of eligible voters cast their ballots – up from just 33% in 2021.

A data story by Laura Bejder Jensen.

Denmark isn't alone. Across Europe, millions of long-term residents have limited electoral power simply because they don’t hold citizenship. In Luxembourg, nearly half the population are non-citizens; in Switzerland, it’s one in four – allow foreign residents to vote locally in some municipalities.

They were open to non-EU and non-Nordic residents after four years of living in the country. They include international students, migrant workers, and children of immigrants, some of whom have spent their whole lives in Denmark.

For the almost half-a-million non-citizens living in the Denmark, it was a rare chance to participate in democracy. Roughly 11% of the population doesn’t hold Danish citizenship, and for many of them, these local elections are their only chance to vote.

The German media outlet only used the word 'occupied' in 0.06 percent of all related articles in the analysed period, but this selective usage of legal definitions is not just restricted to German media sphere.

A data story by Hanna Huld.

Read the full piece by Nathan Domon, Sebastian Gräff and Emma Neugebauer on our website: buff.ly/ameiMEJ

While LAP claims it is only competing with giants like Starbucks and McCafé, similar low-cost coffee concepts are popping up across Europe, raising the question of who really pays the price.

Activists accuse the chain of fuelling gentrification, have targeted its Berlin locations with red paint, and launched the “Lap Coffee ist Scheiße” campaign.

Small café owners see this as dangerous price dumping, made possible only because LAP is backed by big investors and can survive on razor-thin margins.