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Venipak invests over €2.5 million in Baltic infrastructure; increases parcel locker capacity in Latvia by 15%

Logistics company Venipak has increased the number of compartments at its most popular parcel lockers in Latvia by around 15% this year. The expansion of parcel locker capacity in Latvia [..]

Germans still loyal to cash, but electronic payments gaining ground

Germans don’t pay as much in cash as they used to but still use notes and coins more frequently than most other European shoppers, an annual report published on Wednesday [..]

Capalo AI crosses 1 GW of contracted battery storage capacity in the Baltics

Just over twelve months after starting with a single 1 MW battery in Latvia, Capalo AI now has more than 1 GW of contracted BESS capacity across the region, with [..]

Hyundai Rotem company selects PONAR Wadowice

PONAR Wadowice has been selected as the Polish defence industry company designated to receive a technology transfer for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of components used in South Korean K2 [..]

Volotea connects Berlin Brandenburg Airport with Florence for the first time

Volotea now operates non-stop flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Florence in Italy. This marks the first time the capital of Tuscany has been served by BER. The route is [..]

DeltaQuad launches Evo-LE with up to eight hours of flight endurance

DeltaQuad today announced Evo-LE, the new long-endurance version of its electric fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) platform. Designed to give operators more flight time and range, Evo-LE supports demanding [..]

Microamp establishes cooperation with the faculty of electronics at the Military University of Technology

Microamp, a global leader in resilient 5G mmWave connectivity for real-time operations, and the Faculty of Electronics at the Military University of Technology (MUT), a premier academic and research institution [..]

Grupa Recykl: A step towards the Scandinavian market

The signing of an agreement to supply a production line for SMAPOL, an additive for road asphalt, to Sweden is undoubtedly one of the company’s most important developments this year. [..]

LMT Group and Novaspace partner to develop strategy for 5G/6G satellite communications hub in Latvia

During the international Industry Space Days 2026 event at the European Space Agency’s ESTEC facility in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, the Latvian Mobile Telephone (LMT) Group and the globally leading space [..]

German start-up DeepL offers translations in your own voice

German AI start-up DeepL is significantly expanding its real-time language translation technology with new language models for its DeepL Voice application. The German AI pioneer aims to do more than [..]

Nordic businesses can adapt to Chinese technology dominance

European and Nordic companies face growing pressure as China emerges as a global technology leader, but firms can turn the challenge to their advantage, according to SEB’s equity strategists. In [..]

German diesel prices hit all-time high as pressure on Merz intensifies

By Christof Rührmair, dpa. Munich (dpa) – German diesel prices surged to a new record, reaching €2.453 ($2.81) per litre in the nationwide average on Wednesday, figures from the ADAC [..]

Forum on Mobility in Europe 2030: EU’s future mobility must be sustainable, resilient and competitive

At a high-level event held in Riga, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), in cooperation with the Latvian association ‘Sustainability Cluster’, stressed the need for substantial progress on delivering [..]

Stockholm Fintech Week to return in March 2027 with focus on deeper industry engagement

Stockholm Fintech Week will return to the Swedish capital on 17–18 March 2027, bringing together banks, fintech companies, regulators, investors and corporates from across the Nordic fintech ecosystem. The event [..]

Europeans agree to step up drive for influence in the Arctic

Rovaniemi, Finland (dpa) – Germany and other European Union countries have agreed to step up their engagement in the Arctic, in an attempt to compete with Russia, China and the [..]

Tech Race Summit puts Warsaw on the map for global technology events

Tech Race Summit 2026 brought 1,500 professionals to Warsaw on 10 September, connecting technology leaders, engineers, and business decision-makers with experts behind systems and products used at global scale. Organised [..]

Polish consumers choose better coffee – and put their phones aside

The Coffee and Tea Market Research Institute continuously monitors the most interesting developments in Poland’s coffee and tea market. From the abundance of available data, it selects those which, in [..]

Swedbank Economic Outlook: Resilience amid global uncertainty

The Swedish and global economies have shown resilience despite continued turbulence in the Middle East. Swedish growth is expected to stabilise at around 2 per cent in the coming years, [..]

Daimler Truck to invest hundreds of millions in hydrogen trucks

Daimler Truck plans to invest several hundred million euros in hydrogen-powered trucks by the end of the decade as it pursues a dual strategy for decarbonizing road transport, chief executive [..]

PGZ, JELCZ and PONAR Wadowice strengthen technological cooperation to develop wheeled platforms

PGZ S.A., JELCZ Sp. z o.o. and PONAR Wadowice S.A. are strengthening their technological cooperation to develop modern wheeled platforms. On 9 September 2026, during the MSPO defence industry exhibition [..]

Thousands across Germany protest against AfD after election victory

By dpa correspondents. Berlin (dpa) – Thousands of people across Germany protested against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Monday following its landslide victory in the state election in [..]

Members of the European Parliament call for EU law to protect workers from stress and mental health risks

More than 840,000 people die each year from health conditions linked to psychosocial risks at work, according to the International Labour Organisation, as MEPs call for new EU legislation to [..]

German minister outlines plans to improve drone and cyber security

Berlin (dpa) – German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt outlined plans to increase the country’s defences against hybrid Russian attacks following a recent failed drone attack at a major airport in [..]

Orpo Government: Finnish economy growing and Government taking targeted measures to boost growth

The Government of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo reached a decision on its budget proposal for 2027 and is steadily implementing the agenda it agreed at the spending limits session. The [..]

German plants ponder future after VW board backs 50,000 job cuts

By dpa correspondents. Wolfsburg, Germany (dpa) – The surprise agreement of a comprehensive savings package featuring 50,000 job cuts at Europe’s largest carmaker Volkswagen caused consternation across Germany on Friday, [..]

Proserv, part of the Ecol Group, to modernise combined-cycle steam turbine for PGE Energia Ciepła in Gorzów Wielkopolski

The contract, worth more than PLN 20 million, covers the modernisation of the TG6 steam turbine operating within a combined-cycle power unit, together with its auxiliary equipment. The work will [..]

Bundesbank president expects stronger German economic growth

Strong exports and resilience despite the oil price shock: the German economy is faring better than expected. The DIW and the Bundesbank are becoming more optimistic about the outlook. Yet [..]

Sold-out Tech Race Summit opens global technology insights to audiences worldwide

The first Tech Race Summit, taking place in Warsaw on 10 September, is sold out, but its technology programme will be available to professionals worldwide through online access. The new [..]

German-French rover set for October launch on journey to Mars moon

By Annett Stein, dpa. Berlin (dpa) – A Japanese space probe carrying a German-French rover is set to begin its journey to Mars in October, with the rover eventually due [..]

Iute Group continues building its digital banking business across Southeast Europe

Iute Group, a provider of lending, payment and insurance services in Southeast Europe, increased its total income by 11.1% year-on-year to EUR 66.1 million in the first half of 2026. [..]

Germany growing again after three-year recession, says Merz

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said Germany is on the road to economic recovery, declaring that the country is growing again after three years of recession. “We have three years of [..]

Capalo AI and European energy partner to extract full market value from two Baltic hybrid assets

Capalo AI, a sustainable technology company specialising in optimization and trading of renewable and hybrid energy assets, has entered into a partnership with European Energy, a leading international developer of [..]

Laude Smart Intermodal shows no signs of slowing down

For the Polish carrier, Ukraine is a long-term investment that may be further strengthened in the coming months by a terminal located along one of the key railway lines in [..]

Six defence startups receive EU funding for tests in Ukraine

Six defence startups from Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Poland and France have been awarded grants through the EU programme BraveTechEU. This was announced by EU Commissioner for Defence and Space [..]

Germany’s Uniper signs long-term gas supply deal with Norway’s Equinor

Essen, Germany (dpa) – German energy company Uniper has signed a long-term natural gas supply agreement with Norwegian producer Equinor, with deliveries of more than 30 terawatt hours per year [..]

BGK and EIF invest €30 million in new Inovo fund under Future Tech Poland programme

The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK) have invested €30 million (approximately PLN 129 million) in a new venture capital fund managed by Inovo.vc. This is the [..]

Sambla Group activates its Credit Market Company authorisation and enters the next phase of growth

Sambla Group has activated its authorisation as a Credit Market Company, commencing operations under the authorisation granted by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen) in June 2026. This marks the [..]

A tiny pore identifies cyanobacteria toxins in lake water

EPFL researchers have developed a nanopore sensor that distinguishes seven toxins from cyanobacteria blooms, and can detect one common toxin at concentrations far below World Health Organization guidelines. Cyanobacterial blooms, [..]

From Poland for the army of the Kingdom of Sweden

As many as 45 heavy recovery and technical rescue vehicles for the Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Sweden will be delivered by the company “Szczęśniak Pojazdy Specjalne” (Szczęśniak Special [..]

Swimmers warned against toxic algae in Baltic Sea and German lakes

Kiel, Germany (dpa) – Potentially toxic blue-green algae have spread in the Baltic Sea and in lakes on Germany’s northern coastline, prompting health authorities to issue warnings to bathers to [..]

Avoiding security alert fatigue: The example of a global tech award-winning platform

Around 63% of enterprise security operational alerts go uninvestigated. That statistic should give any security expert pause. The problem isn’t with the attention to alerts or the effort with team [..]

Germany’s switch to electric cars hits record high – even in used cars

Berlin (dpa) – Growing numbers of German drivers are switching to electric cars, with the used vehicle market now also seeing a surge in uptake, according to new data from [..]

First Lufthansa Jet with Starlink Wi-Fi next week

Frankfurt (dpa) – Lufthansa Group passengers will in future be able to surf the internet and stream using their own devices, the German carrier said on Monday. The first aircraft [..]

Iute expands Myiute with integrated shopping service iuteMarket

Iute Group has expanded its digital banking ecosystem with iuteMarket, an integrated shopping service in the Myiute app. Customers can now discover, finance and purchase products in one place. Alongside [..]

Tech Race Summit expands global line-up with Tesla and PandaDoc leaders

Tech Race Summit, the number one cross-industry, high-level technology summit organised by SOFTSWISS, continues to expand its programme with speakers from some of the world’s most recognised technology companies. Joining [..]

Venipak records a record first half: revenue grows to EUR 48 million

Logistics company Venipak, which, as recently announced, is becoming part of DHL eCommerce within the DHL Group, generated EUR 48 million in revenue across the Baltic States in the first [..]

Easier aircraft refuelling at 20 airports in Poland

Thanks to the strategic cooperation between Warter Fuels and Awix, General Aviation pilots can now refuel at dozens of airports across Poland that have agreements with the two fuel suppliers, [..]

Storent increases Q2 revenue to €17.7 million and prepares for a bond offering

Storent, an equipment rental company operating in the Baltic States, the Nordic countries and the United States (US), increased its total revenue by 13.2% year-on-year to €17.7 million in the [..]

Biomass gains importance in rail freight transport

Biomass is becoming one of the key sources of renewable thermal energy in Poland. Analyses published last year indicate that Poland’s demand for biomass will reach 6 million tonnes annually [..]

SOFTSWISS Tech Race Summit 2026 confirms exclusive line-up: Leaders from AWS, Oracle, and Cloudflare

SOFTSWISS, a global technology provider for the iGaming industry, announces a strong speaker line-up for its Tech Race Summit 2026, taking place on 10 September 2026 in Warsaw. The event [..]

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