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Hamburg/Trieste, 21 Jun 2026. The big moment had arrived: to the applause of thousands of guests on board, the champagne bottle was smashed against the bow of Mein Schiff Flow. Accompanied by a spectacular show and an elaborately staged ceremony, the second ship in the InTUItion class was officially welcomed into the Mein Schiff fleet. The naming ceremony marked a first in several respects: for the first time in the history of TUI Cruises, three women – Julia, Annabelle and Karin – jointly acted as godmothers to the new ship. Together, they represent the diversity of the guests and the many personal stories that connect people with the Mein Schiff fleet. For their grand entrance, the three godmothers wore couture dresses selected by designer Guido Maria Kretschmer. A naming ceremony day to celebrate the motto “Go with the Flow” From the afternoon onwards, Mein Schiff Flow was entirely in keeping with the motto of its naming ceremony, “Go with the Flow”. The ship was transformed into an

On June 23, 2016, British voters chose to leave the European Union, sending shockwaves across the continent. To mark the anniversary, the Bertelsmann Stiftung is publishing exclusive data tracking public opinion in the UK and the EU over the past ten years. The findings suggest that Brexit has neither triggered further EU fragmentation nor driven British and European public opinion permanently apart. Instead, they point to a shared preference for pragmatic cooperation.

Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing that technology supply chains pose a security risk to critical digital infrastructure. The EU has not yet done so. Its markets remain open to products from outside Europe that create strategic dependencies and entail major security risks. Moreover, one central component is often overlooked in discussions about digital and technological independence: the router. As the digital hub in homes and offices, more than 90 percent of all data flows through it. Four leading European manufacturers are therefore founding SAFENet, the Sovereignty Alliance for European Network Technology, and are calling for routers and network devices to be protected by policymakers just as rigorously as 5G networks.

Odense, Denmark, June 11, 2026 – The hit Prime Video series Clarkson’s Farm features the autonomous field robot FarmDroid FD20 in its latest episode, airing today. Operating on Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat Farm, the solar-powered robot demonstrates how automation, precision seeding, and mechanical weeding can help farmers improve efficiency while supporting more sustainable crop production. Clarkson first discovered FarmDroid at LAMMA 2025 while looking for ways to reduce manual labour on the farm. He was impressed by the robot’s ability to carry out both seeding and weed control with exceptional precision. The FarmDroid FD20 autonomously performs seeding and mechanical weeding with GPS accuracy of up to eight millimetres. By recording the exact position of every seed, it can remove weeds between and within crop rows, reducing chemical use, protecting soil health, and lowering labour requirements. “Having our robot featured in an internationally successful series like Clarkson’s Farm

Dual-use technology approach on target – establishing new areas of business based on core expertise boosts strategic diversification Strong partnerships – new Memorandum of Understanding to be announced at ILA between ONBERG and Ukrainian company Core business stable – global positioning ensures robust development and underlines market leadership Focus on efficiency – cost base streamlined and competitiveness strengthened Financial year 2025/2026 – EBITDA margin down on previous year, while sales and net result after taxes improve Outlook for financial year 2026/2027 – challenging geopolitical environment, systematic expansion of HEIDELBERG Technology growth segment

A new Fintech 2040 paper from Professor Roland Frank explores how AI agents are moving from passive assistants to autonomous actors capable of searching, selecting and purchasing products on behalf of consumers — fundamentally reshaping the future of ecommerce and payments.

Andorra/Vienna – The Austrian State Printing Company (OSD) is proud to supply the Principality of Andorra with a new EUstandardized driving licence card and a fully integrated stateoftheart personalisation platform by OSD. The solution, delivered to the Andorran Departament de Seguretat Industrial i Vehicles (Ministeri de Presidència, Economia, Treball i Habitatge), went live in the end of 2025 and sets a new benchmark for security, usability and European compliance. A Fully Integrated Personalisation Solution OSD supplied a modern and efficient personalisation solution – from dataquality check and secure processing to oncard personalisation. “Our customer now benefits from a fully automated, highly secure issuance workflow that incudes the efficient personalisation, quality check and delivery of a card that meets, and exceeds, European Union standards,” says Jorge Carvalho, Head of International Sales at OSD. The collaboration with the Departament de Seguretat Industrial i Vehicles il

Jean-Jacques Muyembe and Peter Piot are being honored with the international award of €500,000 for exceptional life-long leadership spanning five decades since the first outbreak of Ebola

Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany – After successfully separating from First Brands Group in March 2026, Westfalia Automotive Group has completed a transaction resulting in debt forgiveness for group entities in the amount of approximately USD 246 million, as well as a release from all First Brands related claims. "This transaction creates a debt-free operating group and significantly strengthens the underlying balance sheets of Westfalia — another significant milestone. With a focus on expanding production and customer care, the business is well positioned for continued growth. As the primary 'made in Europe' towing brand, we are committed to the customers and partners who have made us a market leader, and our entire team is energized to build on that foundation." — Michael Scott, Board Member, Westfalia-Automotive Group “Westfalia-Automotive enters this next chapter from a position of strength. A competitive brand is built on strong partnerships with our customers, and we are fully committe

During a scholarly symposium in Monte Carlo on May 16, a team of Italian art historians led by Dr. Roberta Lapucci, Conservation Professor and Department Head at Istituto Lorenzo de’ Medici in Florence, presented research concerning the painting Archimedes (1608–1610).

PEZ is a cult brand – and has long been more than a pop icon for kids. The brand is now laying the foundation for artistic collaboration with PEZ Arts: selected themes from artists are reimagined as PEZ dispensers and transformed into separate editions. This became a reality with the first edition created together with Vienna-based artist JF Krichbaum and a figure from his Kid Guard series. Marketing Manager Ursula Polymeropulos discusses the initiative: “The PEZ brand has been with people for generations – and PEZ dispensers are virtually guaranteed to bring smiles to people’s faces. This instantly happy, easy feeling connects us with art – it can also calm us, surprise us and trigger strong emotions.” She adds: “PEZ stands not only for well-known characters from film and television, but also for creative impetus and contemporary design. With PEZ Arts we are showcasing a facet of the brand in which artistic impression and currency take centre stage.” The first edition is dedicated to

Bielefeld, Germany — May 26, 2026 —– NTT DATA Business Solutions, a leading SAP Platinum partner for the global SME sector, is strengthening Sustainability Data Simplified, an SAP BTP-based solution, to support customers in meeting the requirements of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). The solution builds on long‑standing customer demand for reliable sustainability data and provides a structured foundation for managing regulatory requirements directly within SAP. “PPWR shows how quickly regulatory expectations become operational reality,” says Luisa Swetlik, Product Owner Sustainability Data Simplified. “Our goal is to help customers translate these requirements into SAP‑based processes they can rely on – not just for PPWR, but beyond.” PPWR as an operational challenge for manufacturing, packing and shipping products With PPWR approaching its first major milestone in August 2026, companies across Europe face increasing pressure to act. From that point on, companies

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Wuppertal, 21 May 2026 – The Vorwerk Group closed the 2025 financial year with a new record revenue of EUR 3.6 billion despite a challenging market environment. Compared to the previous year, this corresponds to growth of 14.1 percent. The operating result also developed positively at EUR 278 million and was significantly above the previous year’s level (+28.2 percent). At the same time, the financial year marked the first year of implementation of Strategy 2030. The 2025 financial year marked the first year of implementation of Strategy 2030. The success confirms the strategic direction of the Vorwerk Group and once again underlines the strength of the Vorwerk direct sales model and the global Vorwerk community. The akf Bank, the Group’s third-largest business unit with revenue of EUR 673 million, will become even more visible as part of the Group going forward, with a new brand identity and a clear affiliation with Vorwerk.

PLAN-B NET ZERO, the Swiss GreenTech scale-up and pioneer of the Neo Energy category, is entering a strategic partnership with Planet Wild – the Berlin-based rewilding organisation that has been redefining the global restoration movement since its founding in 2022. As the first official B2B Rewilding Partner, PLAN-B NET ZERO will support ongoing and upcoming missions to restore natural ecosystems around the world.

Geneva, 20 May 2026 — On May 13th, 2026, Boris Siegenthaler, Infomaniak's founder, transferred the majority of Infomaniak's voting rights to a new Swiss public-interest foundation. An irrevocable move, rare in Europe, that places one of the pioneers of the European Web beyond the reach of any takeover.

18.05.2026 – Berlin (ots) | The winners of the 2026 European CIVIS Media Prize for Integration and Cultural Diversity have been announced. The main prize, the CIVIS TOP AWARD, worth €15,000, goes to Mr. Nobody Against Putin (DR SALES | made in copenhagen | Sundance Filmfestival | ARTE) by David Borenstein and Pavel Talankin. The production has also won the CIVIS VIDEO AWARD Information. The CIVIS VIDEO AWARD for Fiction goes to the writer Hafsia Herzi for The Youngest Daughter (Alamode Filmdistribution | June Films | Katuh Studio). In the Social Media category, the award goes to Büsra Sayed for the post busra.caramella: How the media and politicians are dividing German society The CIVIS AUDIO AWARD in the long contributions category goes to Inga Lizengevic for Generation U – Ukrainian Youth in Germany (Deutschlandfunk | SWR). Winner in the AUDIO short programmes category is Sylke Blume with MausLive: Belal comes from Afghanistan (WDR). The winner of the audience prize, the CIVIS AUDIO

New York - Augustus, formerly known as Ivy, has received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the US federal banking regulator, to establish Augustus Bank, N.A. as a full service US national bank. Augustus Bank N.A. will be the world’s first clearing bank for the AI era, built on a stablecoin and AI-native core – a bank that’s always open, made for machines, at the speed of compute.

Innomotics wins several orders to provide motor and drive technology for eLNG projects, totaling a volume in the higher double-digit million EUR range Innomotics advances electrification of LNG production with eLNG solutions based on electric drive systems Significant operational, environmental, and financial benefits compared to conventional turbine-based LNG plants Enables decarbonization and supports global transition to sustainable energy systems

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