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Hizero Appliances Corporation

Hizero Spells the End of the Vacuum Era With a Full Portfolio of No-Suction(TM) Hard-Surface Cleaners at IFA 2026

Berlin (ots) - Challenger brand introduces autonomous, powered, completely mechanical cleaners built around a fundamentally different approach to hard-surface cleaning. The vacuum cleaner has dominated hard-surface cleaning centuries. Today Hizero is bringing that era to an end. At IFA 2026, challenger cleaning ...

Germany Trade & Invest

Germany Gets Reasons for Optimism on Economy

Berlin (ots) - Better-than-expected growth figures and rising business confidence suggest that Europe’s largest economy is on the upswing. German GDP growth slightly exceeded expectations in Q2 2026, compared to the previous quarter, coming in at 0.3% instead of the anticipated 0.2%. That’s according to figures just published by the country’s Federal Statistical Office. Year-on-year growth was one percent. While not ...

AUTODOC SE

AUTODOC MARKETPLACE launches in Poland / Moving closer to building the leading European tech ecosystem for the automotive aftermarket

Berlin (ots) - ● Customers in Poland benefit from an even wider product selection and competitive pricing on the Marketplace ● The platform continues its rapid growth trajectory in now eleven markets, recording a total of 520 sellers, 3.1 million offers and €12.6 million GMV in Q1 2026 ● The expansion brings ...

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)

Battery electric vehicle prices fell 18% and model choice quadrupled between 2020 and 2025

Berlin (ots) - New study analyzes EV purchase prices and market trends in Germany, Europe's largest car market In Europe's largest automotive market, battery electric cars became about 18 percent cheaper in real terms between 2020 and 2025, even as average prices appeared to rise as a result of a changing model mix. Meanwhile, the number of electric models available on ...

PLAN-B NET ZERO

“Wheel of Watt”: PLAN-B NET ZERO launches prize draw with instant prizes and a €1,000,000 top prize

Germany Trade & Invest

Germany Sets New Six-Month Start-Up Record / More entrepreneurs founded start-ups in Germany in the first half of 2026 than in any comparable period – one main reason is AI

Berlin (ots) - The first six months of this year saw the founding of a record 3053 fledgling tech companies. That’s according to a study carried out by the interest group German Startups Association and the database Startupdetector. The figure represents an increase of 52 percent over the second half of 2025. More ...

FRITZ! GmbH

YouGov survey in 14 countries: Trust in router manufacturers from different regions / European consumers mistrust Chinese routers

INMerge Berlin

INMerge Berlin 2026: The Final Stop Before Baku

SAFENet

93% of Europe's Internet Traffic Flows Through Routers – Yet No One Is Paying Attention: Study Demands Action on Digital Sovereignty

Bertelsmann Stiftung

A decade after the Brexit referendum: Time for European pragmatism

Burak Bulut Yildirim

Turkish Nude Photography Project to Debut in Berlin After 14 Years of Studio Practice

Berlin (ots) - Exhibition and photobook bring together works by 14 Turkish photographers and writings from three nude art models A group exhibition featuring the work of 14 Turkish photographers will open at Die Akt Galerie in Berlin on July 3, presenting a collection of fine-art nude photography produced in Istanbul over the past 14 years. Titled The Nudes of ...

SAFENet

Europe Needs Digital Independence in Networks and Routers: SAFENet Launches

Riverty

Hidden AI agents could become the new gatekeepers of commerce, warns new Fintech 2040 paper

Virchow Foundation

The Virchow Prize 2026 Awarded for Pioneering Work on Ebola, Advancing Global Epidemic Preparedness and Fostering Global Solidarity

Riverty

Riverty Establishes Bank in Luxembourg

Germany Trade & Invest

2025 German FDI Posts “Moderate” Decline Amidst World Slowdown

Berlin (ots) - Germany Trade & Invest’s annual report on foreign direct investments shows a mild drop last year in the number of greenfield and internal expansion projects. A total of 1564 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects were implemented in Germany in 2025. That’s 9.3 percent fewer than in the previous year. The volume of the expansions dropped by nearly ...

PLAN-B NET ZERO

Clean Energy Meets Wild Nature: PLAN-B NET ZERO Becomes Official Rewilding Partner of Planet Wild

Bertelsmann Stiftung

Europeans call for greater independence: Support for U.S. as Europe’s Top Ally Drops Sharply

Germany Trade & Invest

Venture Capital Investment in Germany on the Rise in 2026

Berlin (ots) - Germany’s state economic development bank, the KfW, says that financing of start-ups increased by six percent annually in the first quarter of this year. 1.7 billion euros flowed into young companies in Europe’s largest economy, according to a new KfW study. The rise is down to a broad development on the VC market rather than a handful of mega-deals, the bank added. International investors are playing a ...

PAIR Finance GmbH

PAIR Finance launches in Romania with Klarna as Day-One Partner

PLAN-B NET ZERO

PLAN-B NET ZERO integrates measurable impact into electricity tariffs and expands partnership with everwave

PLAN-B NET ZERO

Neo Energy: The Tech Revolution Currently Transforming the Energy Industry

sixteen tons entertainment GmbH

EMERGENCY Developer Sixteen Tons on Record Growth Trajectory: Studio Appoints Creator of Billion-Dollar Hit June’s Journey as Chief Creative Officer

Lernidee Trains & Cruises

Lernidee Announces Fourth Boutique Ship for Southern Laos

Berlin (ots) - Lernidee Trains & Cruises continues to expand its presence on the Mekong: Starting in 2028, a new boutique ship will operate in southern Laos – a region where no cabin ships currently exist. With this move, the Berlin-based tour operator continues its strategy of establishing high-quality river cruises in river sections that have so far seen little tourism development. While the Mekong Sun, Mekong Pearl ...