Berlin – November 03, 2026 -- Seventy-two percent of German civil society organizations look to their future with confidence, even as 73% name bureaucracy and administrative burden as a key obstacle, according to the first Zuversichtsbarometer ("confidence barometer") from the Robert Bosch Stiftung.

MINNEAPOLIS – – November 03, 2026 -- Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) will pay a quarterly dividend of $0.08 per share only if its pending transaction with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany has not closed by the close of business on November 13, 2026.

Halle – November 03, 2026 -- Saale Energie GmbH, the Mibrag subsidiary that operates the Schkopau lignite power plant, won no award in Germany's first tender round for new gas-fired plants, leaving Saxony-Anhalt without a share of the new backup capacity for periods of low wind and solar output.

Saale Energie keeps hopes alive for a later round

Company spokesman Sebastian Exner confirmed the result to the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. He noted that the law provides for at least one further tender, so a final assessment of the Schkopau site is not yet possible.

Hannover – November 03, 2026 -- Care providers in Lower Saxony answer to 54 separate inspection and oversight bodies, and about 5,000 jobs in the state are at risk if a federal reform takes effect on schedule, according to the private providers' association bpa.

Berlin – November 03, 2026 -- Employers in Germany's metal and electrical industry opened the second bargaining round with a 1.3% wage increase effective July 2028, following 20 months without a raise, according to a commentary in nd.DerTag. Over a 26-month term, the commentary calculates, that equals 0.6% per year.

Berlin – November 03, 2026 -- 84 percent of participants in the pilot phase of a new climate anxiety prevention program said it left them feeling strengthened, according to initial unpublished results from health insurer mkk - meine krankenkasse.

Insurer targets student mental health with multi-stage program

mkk developed the multi-stage program with the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg) and students. Its aims are to support young people in coping with climate anxiety, strengthen their mental health and open up new courses of action.

Rostock – – November 03, 2026 -- The German Navy Command has published its annual report "Maritime Dependencies of Germany" for 2025, warning that attacks on the Strait of Hormuz hit Germany "hard and directly" despite a 6,500-nautical-mile distance to the Port of Hamburg.

The Naval Shipping Management in Hamburg compiled the report. It bundles analysis and data on maritime security, seaborne trade, German seaports, global shipbuilding and the merchant fleet.

Berlin – November 03, 2026 -- Net costs for outpatient drug care in Germany's statutory health insurance reached a record €62.6 billion, according to an analysis by the AOK's Scientific Institute (WIdO) on the 2027 pharmaceutical market. Dr. Carola Reimann, chair of the AOK Federal Association, warned that a planned location clause could erase the savings the current cost-containment package delivers.

Bad Friedrichshall – November 03, 2026 -- Bull and Schwarz Digits, the IT and digital division of Schwarz Group, have signed a memorandum of understanding to build a European AI and cloud infrastructure stack covering servers, software platform and integrated system solutions.

The partners target regulated and strategic sectors. Their aim is for customers in these sectors to develop, deploy and scale AI and enterprise computing while sensitive data, infrastructure and operations stay under European jurisdiction and control.

Filderstadt – November 03, 2026 -- DRF Luftrettung, one of Europe's largest air rescue organizations, took first place at the Award Patientendialog 2026, its third quality and patient-safety distinction in three years. An independent jury honored its project "Communication and Patient Safety in Air Rescue." The result was announced on 23 October at the BPiK symposium in Haar near Munich.