The trend towards the vetting of foreign investment, especially projects that pose potential security threats, is on the rise. 

Authorities across the developed world are tightening scrutiny of foreign investment on the grounds of both national security and tech sovereignty.

The north Italian region of Trentino has pioneered a sustainability protocol for movie productions that is now being assessed at EU level.

Venture capital funding is increasingly enabling start-ups to expand across borders – but their ability to do this depends on their type of business and where they are founded.

Incentives for foreign investment outside London are lacking, an issue that prime minister Boris Johnson's new government is promising to address.

From historically underperforming when compared with its peers, the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate is now attracting major investment projects.

Warsaw offers a skilled workforce and has improved its infrastructure – now it must focus on climate change, mayor Rafał Trzaskowski tells fDi.

Serbia’s 15 free zones are driving forward an ongoing flurry of foreign investment in the country’s buoyant manufacturing scene, especially in automotives.