European Capital and Green Pioneer of Smart Tourism
Brussels (ots) - The European Commission has launched the 2025 edition of the European Green Pioneer of Smart Tourism competition, inviting tourism destinations across Europe to showcase their innovative sustainable tourism practices. Building on the legacy of the European Destinations of Excellence (EDEN), the ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - The Link11 European Cyber Report 2023 highlights a dramatic 70% increase in DDoS attacks, with attacks reaching critical levels in just 14 seconds on average, compared to 55 seconds in 2022. Additionally, two thirds of observed traffic is machine-based, indicating the prevalence of bot activity. The report emphasizes the rising complexity of the threat landscape and the critical role of AI-based ...
European Capital and Green Pioneer of Smart Tourism
Brussels (ots) - Today, the European Commission launches the 2025 edition of the European Capital of Smart Tourism and the European Green Pioneer of Smart Tourism competitions. Tourism destinations across Europe are invited to submit their innovative practices of smart and sustainable tourism to become leading ...
Tokyo (ots/PRNewswire) - Horizon Capital, a U.S. private-equity firm with $1.6 billion AUM investing primarily in fast-growing tech and export-oriented companies in Ukraine, announced that its latest fund, HCGF IV has accepted a $20 million commitment from JICA. The investment was announced during the ...
Gütersloh (ots) - The situation for Ukraine is deteriorating in the 2024 election year in the EU and US. While a majority continues to support aid to Ukraine in both the EU and in Germany, this applies primarily to supporters of centrist parties. However, a joint European defence policy enjoys majority backing across party lines: 87 per cent of all EU citizens, and 86 per cent of Germans, support the idea. Two years ...
London (ots) - Hokulani Limited acquires the franchise rights to a team in the professional Canadian women's football league - being built by Project 8, which will start in 2025. In spring 2024, Hokulani Limited will announce which Canadian city and team name have been selected. Director & Principal Investor – ...
Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF)
Kyiv, Ukraine (ots/PRNewswire) - u.ventures, a leading venture capital fund based in Kyiv, Ukraine, has invested $4 million in eight promising Ukrainian and one Moldovan startup since Russia's full-scale invasion began on February 24, 2022. This marks a significant commitment to Ukraine's resilient tech sector amid ...
The American Academy in Berlin
London (ots/PRNewswire) - The HALO Trust, the world's largest landmine clearance charity, has received a $1 million donation from leading algorithmic trading firm XTX Markets to support its mine clearance operations in Ukraine. HALO, which currently has 800 staff in eastern and southern Ukraine and around Kyiv, will ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - - Shevchenko delivers a moving Team Talk at Gatorade's 5v5 tournament, where he revealed his most inspiring coach, shares insights on why Italian manager Carlo Ancelotti is so successful and opens up about the advice he's given players in the past - The Team Talk comes as global data ...
Winterbach, Germany (ots) - Pfisterer, a leading provider of energy infrastructure solutions, has made a significant product donation to Ukraine. This initiative is part of Pfisterer's commitment to providing rapid assistance to rebuild, repair, and strengthen the power grid in Ukraine. The donation was made ...
Berlin (ots) - The winners of the European CIVIS Media Prize for Integration and Cultural Diversity 2023 have been announced: The main prize of 15,000 euros, the CIVIS TOP AWARD, goes to the documentary ARTE THEMA: Last Refuge - The House at the Gate to the Sahara (ARTE G.E.I.E), by the author and director Ousmane Samassékou. A work about people on the move, on the ...
Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels
Frankfurt am Main/Hamburg (ots) - The winner of the German Non-Fiction Prize 2023 is Ewald Frie for his book "Ein Hof und elf Geschwister. Der stille Abschied vom bäuerlichen Leben in Deutschland" ("A Farm and Eleven Siblings. The Quiet Farewell to Rural Life in Germany") (Publishers C.H.Beck). Statement from the ...
dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH
Berlin (ots) - The United States and post-Brexit Britain drove an unprecedented level of FDI in Germany in the past year. Even without a huge investment by chipmaker Intel, the value of business expansion was up considerably. Despite the economic turmoil following Russia’s war on Ukraine, 2022 was a record year for international business expansion to Germany. That’s the conclusion of the annual FDI Report by Germany ...
Vienna (ots) - Today, Tuesday 16 May 2023, ERSTE Foundation is hosting the Time To Decide Europe Summit 2023 in cooperation with the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM). 15 leading European intellectuals are developing propositions and debating possible solutions for the future of Europe given the crises we are ...
European Capital of Smart Tourism
Brussels (ots) - Today, the European Commission launches the 2024 edition of the European Capital of Smart Tourism, as well as the European Green Pioneer of Smart Tourism competitions; calling for cities to submit their leading examples of smart and sustainable tourism practices in Europe. Tourism is the EU’s ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - Horizon Capital Growth Fund IV (HCGF IV) exceeded its target size today, doubling commitments to $254 million and becoming the 1st fund in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) to be awarded 2X Flagship Fund status, 1 of circa 10 funds globally who have achieved this distinction, and 1 of only 2 ...
Kyiv, Ukraine (ots/PRNewswire) - Kyiv-Based Horizon Capital Surpasses its $250m Target at In-Person Signing Ceremony with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Investors U.S., EU and Global Institutions Join Forces to Boost Growth Capital Available for Ukrainian Entrepreneurs, Championing the First 2X Flagship Fund in Central and Eastern Europe Horizon Capital, a U.S. private-equity firm investing primarily in fast-growing ...
Berlin (ots) - Germany’s governing cabinet has agreed draft legislation aimed at dramatically lowering its energy use by increasing efficiency. The Energy Efficiency Law (EnEfG) fulfills a mandate from the European Union’s Energy Efficiency Directive, requiring energy savings of 11.7 percent, or around 1.5 percent a year, by 2030. It now goes to Germany’s parliament for ratification. “Together we must all ...
Cologne (ots) - CIVIS Media Prize 2023 – 24 nominees for Europe's most important media prize for integration and cultural diversity have been shortlisted. Candidates for the CIVIS Media Prize include, among others, entries from 3sat, ARTE, Deutschlandradio, The Europeans, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, University of Television and Film Munich, Kobalt Productions, ...
NAIMA Strategic Legal Services GmbH
Frankfurt/Main, Germany (ots) - Group result improves to EUR166.6 million - CEO Schulte expects continued traffic growth during summer by about 15 to 25 percent - Tighter climate targets for 2030: Fraport aims to cut carbon emissions by 78 percent compared to 1990 base-year Fraport AG's business ...
Gütersloh (ots) - One year after Russia began its war of aggression against Ukraine, 61 percent of Europeans are convinced Ukraine will prevail. But worries persist: 68 percent of respondents see the attack on Ukraine as an attack on all of Europe. One year into the war in Ukraine, 61% of Europeans believe that the country will prevail. Germans, however, are not quite so optimistic, although a 55% majority believes in a ...
Hamburg (ots) - The German advertising market could have succeeded in returning to its pre-Covid-19 level as early as in 2022, and then pushed on to new heights in 2023. However, as is generally well known, external factors like the Ukraine conflict and persisting supply bottlenecks have prevented this development. ...
