DELRAY BEACH – November 02, 2026 -- The tactical communication market will grow from USD 13.14 billion in 2026 to USD 19.39 billion by 2031, an 8.1% CAGR, according to MarketsandMarkets.

Tactical radio systems are expected to hold the largest share by equipment type. Single-band products should lead by frequency band, and command and control communications by application. Army and land forces are projected to be the largest end user. For the land platform, MarketsandMarkets forecasts growth of 47.78% over the period.

Fulda – November 02, 2026 -- CNS Company Network Solutions GmbH plans to launch KIBUCO, an AI-assisted business networking platform for European companies, in 2027. The concept won a 2026 iF Design Award.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – November 02, 2026 -- Wyndham Hotels & Resorts will add more than 40 luxury independent hotels to its Registry Collection Hotels brand by early next year under a new partnership with HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts, operator of Elegant Hotels of the World. More properties are to follow.

Vienna – November 02, 2026 -- The University Council of mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna unanimously elected Oliver Vitouch as its next rector on 31 October 2026. He takes office on 1 October 2027 for a four-year term, succeeding Ulrike Sych, who has led the university since 2015.

Düsseldorf – November 02, 2026 -- Ericsson will begin commercial pilots of its new Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) system with selected customers in 2027, with broader deployments from 2028. The system adds sensing functions to existing 5G networks so they can detect and track low-flying drones, including ones not connected to the network.

LONDON – November 02, 2026 -- EXPO 2027 Belgrade is courting tour operators at WTM London with a pitch built on more than four million expected visits over 93 days, as Serbia seeks to turn the first Specialised Expo in the Western Balkans into bookable travel products.

The exhibition runs from 15 May to 15 August 2027 and has confirmed more than 140 international participants. Organizers are asking travel partners to build dedicated visits, group packages and itineraries that combine Belgrade with other parts of Serbia in their 2027 portfolios.

HELSINKI – November 02, 2026 -- Stora Enso shareholders will vote on 15 December 2026 on a cross-border partial demerger that would spin the company's Swedish forest assets business into a new, separately listed company, Bergslagets Skogar AB. The Board of Directors recommends approval.

Lombardy – November 02, 2026 -- Bracco held the second Global CEUS Steering Committee in Munich with 14 international experts in contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), and the group will now meet every year.

The meeting took place alongside the EUROSON School. Participants included specialists from several clinical fields and regions, as well as representatives of Bracco Medical and R&D. The initiative began in China in 2025, when Bracco first assembled CEUS experts across specialties and geographies.

Stockholm – November 02, 2026 -- Skanska is investing CZK 2.2 billion (about SEK 1 billion) in the fourth phase of its Emil Kolben District residential project in Prague, Czech Republic. The construction contract is worth CZK 1.3 billion (about SEK 590M) and will be booked in Europe's order bookings for the fourth quarter of 2026.

BAD HOMBURG – – November 02, 2026 -- Fresenius has secured exclusive rights to up to 37 biosimilar candidates under a development agreement with WuXi Biologics. The company calls it the largest development agreement announced in the biosimilars industry to date. The deal could lift Fresenius' portfolio from 29 marketed and pipeline molecules today to as many as 66 over the next decade, addressing more than €370 billion in originator list-price-based sales.