Berlin – October 29, 2026 -- Germany's pharmacist federation ABDA is lobbying the Bundesrat to retain the pharmacy-only dispensing requirement. It argues that the emergency care reform passed by the Bundestag on October 15 would let physicians dispense medicines directly and weaken drug safety checks.

Berlin – October 29, 2026 -- The EUstay project will produce ten multimedia content packages over the next 12 months, each covering one EU-funded Interreg cohesion project, and make them available free of charge to local media and stakeholders.

Munich/Freising – October 29, 2026 -- Construction of the Munich Arena, a privately financed concert venue with an investment volume of more than €400 million, began with a ceremonial groundbreaking on October 28, 2026. The 20,000-capacity arena is scheduled to open in 2029 next to Munich Airport.

Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder, Freising Mayor Monika Schwind, Live Nation GSA Managing Director Marek Lieberberg and Munich Arena Managing Partner Lorenz Schmid turned the first symbolic spade. The ceremony follows a multi-year planning and approval phase.

Reutlingen – October 29, 2026 -- A total of 186 of 228 eligible Stoll employees entered the MYPEGASUS transfer company after the Reutlingen knitting-machine maker shut down, and a large share have since found new jobs, according to the provider.

Unterföhring – October 29, 2026 -- ProSiebenSat.1 is moving "The Voice of Germany" and "The Voice Kids" exclusively to SAT.1 in 2027 as part of a prime-time overhaul across SAT.1, ProSieben and Kabel Eins that also expands genre depth on streaming platform Joyn.

San Francisco – October 29, 2026 -- Arango, a graph-native data platform provider, has opened an expanded office in Cologne to host customer training and architecture workshops, and it convened its first Customer Advisory Board there with 12 customers on October 22.

The office is located at the Deichmannhaus, Bahnhofsvorplatz 1. It extends Arango's presence in Germany and the DACH region and gives customers and partners across EMEA direct access to the company's engineering and technical teams.

Astana – October 29, 2026 -- Kazakhstan will invest about $14.3 billion (6.5 trillion tenge) from its National Fund in infrastructure through 2029, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced Wednesday in his state-of-the-nation address. The program aims to speed up growth in Central Asia's largest economy and reduce its dependence on raw materials.

The IMF projects that GDP per capita could rise above $19,000 as a result, up from $14,770 in 2025. Gold and foreign-exchange reserves plus National Fund assets now exceed $130 billion.

Eschenburg – October 29, 2026 -- Software Partners Group (SPG) has rebranded as Emerion, a platform that combines companies with more than 330 employees and roughly 10,000 customers across the DACH region's mid-market.

Munich – October 29, 2026 -- Arrivals from China in Germany are forecast to rise 178% between 2026 and 2036, the steepest increase among major source markets, according to a new Accor tourism study based on Tourism Economics projections.

Other Asian markets follow closely. South Korea is expected to grow 94%, Japan 92% and India 84% over the same period.

Frankfurt am Main – October 29, 2026 -- Agile Heroes GmbH plans to offer its AI training courses to companies eligible for state funding, with subsidies covering up to 100 percent of course costs and up to 75 percent of wage costs during training. The offer depends on a certification the company has yet to complete.