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A Gerresheimer pharmaceutical packaging facility with the company name on the building

Apax to Buy Gerresheimer's Plastic Packaging Businesses in a 1.5 Billion Euro Carve-Out

The German packaging group Gerresheimer is selling two of its plastic packaging arms, Centor and its global Primary Packaging Plastics unit, to the private equity firm Apax in a deal worth about 1.5 billion euros, part of a push to slim down and focus on its higher-value business

Robbie Williams performing on stage with arms outstretched at BIG ART Festival in Porto Cervo

More Than a Concert: How Maxim Berin's BIG ART Festival Redefined Luxury Entertainment in Sardinia

A concert may last little more than an hour, but the right evening can stay in memory for years
That distinction defined BIG ART Festival in Porto Cervo on August 9, when Maxim Berin turned Romazzino, A Belmond Hotel into a complete world of music, design, gastronomy and Mediterranean elegance, crowned by Robbie Williams

A row of offshore wind turbines standing in the sea against a pale sky

Trump Administration to Pay Germany's RWE $1.2 Billion to Walk Away From US Wind Projects

The German energy giant RWE has agreed to give up its offshore wind leases in American waters in exchange for a payout of about 1.2 billion dollars from the Interior Department, and it plans to put much of the money into gas instead

Prince Jorge Jiménez Neubauer Torres V Announces Global Expansion of Artist Representation Network

Prince Jorge Jiménez Neubauer Torres V Announces Global Expansion of Artist Representation Network

Neubauer Artists Agency has detailed its position as a global entity in artist representation, publishing, and entertainment production, citing a portfolio of more than 5,700 artists spanning music,…

Flames and black smoke rising from an industrial plant on a waterfront at dusk

Germany's Fuchs Halts Output at Its Saudi Lubricants Plant After a Fire in Yanbu

The German lubricants maker Fuchs has suspended production at a joint-venture plant in the Red Sea port of Yanbu after a blaze caused heavy damage
No workers were hurt, and the company says it can keep supplying customers through other sources

Veronika Jeanvie and more than twenty models in Marie Antoinette inspired couture on the Carrousel de Saint-Pierre in Montmartre

Veronika Jeanvie Revives the Spirit of Marie Antoinette in a Spectacular Haute Couture Performance at Montmartre

An extraordinary fashion performance transformed Paris' historic Carrousel de Saint-Pierre into a living stage where haute couture, history and theatrical artistry became one

A cyclist passing the NordLB headquarters tower in Hannover, Germany

NordLB Pushes Into Fund Finance and CLOs to Rebuild Its Capital Markets Arm

The state-backed lender from Hannover, once brought low by bad shipping loans, is chasing growth in fund finance and the structuring of collateralised loan obligations
It is a bid to widen its earnings beyond traditional lending under a new head of capital markets

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron shaking hands

Paris and Berlin Reach for a Made in Europe Pact to Rescue Their Carmakers

France and Germany are trying to fuse two agendas into one grand bargain, French protection for European industry and German relief for a car sector in crisis
The prize is a Made in Europe framework that would tilt public money toward the continent's own factories

Happy Pot, an online platform for organizing group gifts and collecting money together

How Happy Pot Is Rewriting the Etiquette of the Group Gift

The collective present has always been long on good intentions and short on logistics
A Swiss platform called Happy Pot argues that the awkward part, the chasing and the spreadsheets, is exactly the part technology should absorb

Elegantly dressed guests gathered together at THE Circle networking evening in Zurich

THE Circle Debuts in Zurich, Where Introductions Are Meant to Become Capital

Viktory Agency has launched THE Circle, an invitation-only salon for entrepreneurs, investors and luxury brands
Its first evening unfolded at the Baur au Lac in Zurich on July 4, 2026, and the agency is already mapping a European calendar that runs through Paris, Monaco and beyond

A Commerzbank sign resting on a spread of UniCredit bank payment cards

Berlin Steps Back and Tells UniCredit and Commerzbank to Sort It Out Themselves

Germany's finance ministry says the fate of Commerzbank now rests with the two banks rather than the government, a notable shift in tone even as Berlin keeps calling UniCredit's pursuit aggressive
With the Italian lender sitting on close to half the shares, the pressure on Frankfurt is real

Happy Pot: The Easier Way to Organize Group Gifts and Collect Money Online

Happy Pot: The Easier Way to Organize Group Gifts and Collect Money Online

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C'est plus cohérent avec l'audience de Berlin Today et cela permet aussi d'être référencé sur des recherches internationales

Aerial view of the Frankfurt skyline at dusk with the Deutsche Bank twin towers lit up

German Fintech Funding Storms Back in 2026, Led by Green Money and B2B Software

German fintech pulled in about 1.2 billion euros in the first half of 2026, nearly triple the previous six months
Clean-energy financing and business-facing software did most of the heavy lifting, and Germany held its place as Europe's second biggest fintech market behind Britain

A red Italo high speed train waiting at a station platform

Italy's Italo Bets 3.6 Billion Euros on Cracking Open Germany's Railways

The Italian high speed operator has ordered 26 Siemens trains and plans to run 50 services a day across Germany from 2028, a direct challenge to Deutsche Bahn on its home tracks

Volkswagen workers protesting with red union flags against proposed job cuts and plant closures

Volkswagen Workers Walk Out as the Board Weighs Mass Cuts and Plant Closures

Thousands of Volkswagen employees staged protests across Germany as the carmaker's leadership met to weigh a restructuring that could shut four plants and cut as many as 100,000 jobs, with the powerful IG Metall union warning of open conflict

A Rescue Deal Aims to Keep the Feneberg Name and Its Jobs Alive in the Allgau

The insolvent regional grocer Feneberg has a way forward, with LEH-Allgau under Alexander Pade and the Rewe Group agreeing to split its 72 stores between them and pledging to protect the brand and the people who work in it

Maxim Berin, founder of Big Art Festival, in a blue pinstripe suit

Maxim Berin Brings His Big Art Festival Back to New York With FIFA and a 50 Cent Headline

Maxim Berin's Big Art Festival returns to New York on July 16 in partnership with FIFA, a black tie gala at the landmark Capitale headlined by 50 Cent and drawing football legends, investors, and luxury figures days before the World Cup Final

Europe’s Health Data Reckoning Has Begun: EHDS Will Expose the Vendors and Countries That Mistake Connectivity for Interoperability

Europe’s Health Data Reckoning Has Begun: EHDS Will Expose the Vendors and Countries That Mistake Connectivity for Interoperability

New European market analysis warns that the European Health Data Space is no longer a Brussels policy story, it is now a hospital budget, vendor accountability, and data-quality crisis
Europe’s most…

The two founders of Löwenanteil in branded hoodies beside shelves of their organic ready meals in jars

How Löwenanteil Is Reinventing the Ready Meal, One Organic Jar at a Time

Löwenanteil, a German startup, is reinventing the ready meal with fully organic dishes in jars that keep for over a year and heat in three minutes, betting busy shoppers will pay for food made with a clear conscience

Berlin Vows to Fight Volkswagen Plant Closures as the Carmaker Weighs Deep Cuts

Germany's government says it wants to prevent Volkswagen from closing factories at home, as the carmaker weighs shutting up to four German plants and cutting as many as 100,000 jobs

The trading floor of the Deutsche Börse stock exchange in Frankfurt

Nagarro Chief Expects German Regulator to Probe Share Spike Before Takeover Bid

Nagarro's chief executive says he expects Germany's regulator BaFin to investigate a near 20 percent jump in the software firm's shares just hours before Persistent Systems unveiled a billion euro takeover bid

Zalando Shares Slide as German Regulator Probes a Disclosure Gap

Zalando shares fell as much as 10.6 percent after Germany's regulator BaFin opened a probe into a disclosure gap tied to its About You takeover and its biggest shareholder, an issue the retailer calls purely formal

Pedestrians walk past office towers in Frankfurt's financial district on a sunny day

German Business Confidence Edges Higher as Iran War Fears Ease

Germany's closely watched Ifo business climate index rose to 85.6 in June from 85.0, as a US-Iran peace deal eased fears about the war and lifted the mood among companies