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Deal overview and delivery plan Škoda Group will supply 16 new four‑car metro trainsets to Sofia’s Metropoliten EAD, expanding an existing Škoda fleet already in passenger service. The contract packages include an initial order of eight trainsets plus an exercised option for eight additional sets. Škoda and Metropoliten scheduled full 🚄

Alstom brings Avelia Stream tailored for Portugal’s new high-speed corridor Alstom will offer its Avelia Stream train for Portugal’s planned Porto–Lisbon high-speed line, presenting a complete rolling-stock solution adapted to the country’s infrastructure, operational needs and long-term industrial ambitions. The Avelia Stream leverages 45 years of high‑speed experience and the 🚄

Alstom’s global footprint and economic impact in 2025–2026 Alstom operates in 61 countries across 207 sites, partnering with more than 300 cities to deliver rail solutions and services. In 2025–2026 the company secured €27.6 billion in orders and recorded €19.2 billion in sales. Everyday mobility for 108 million passengers runs 🚄

Mercedes-Benz pauses new German investments amid rising costs and stalled talks Mercedes-Benz has stopped all new capital investments in its German plants while management re-evaluates which facilities remain viable. Management cited sharply higher production costs and unsuccessful negotiations with employee representatives as the immediate drivers. The pause does not mean 🚄

New Weapons Manufacturing Facility to be Established in the Netherlands IWI and AIA will establish a new manufacturing facility in Tilburg to begin mass production of the ARAD 5 infantry rifle and the NEGEV UX machine gun in the Netherlands. AIA will establish the assembly lines, quality control, and logistics 🚄

Greece’s Innovation and Infrastructure Fund (HIIF) has purchased €35 ​​million of preferred shares in ICEYE, a Finland‑based company specializing in small synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites, to catalyze a domestic manufacturing ecosystem and strengthen national defense and civil satellite monitoring capabilities. ICEYE to Establish an Integrated Manufacturing Facility in Greece 🚄

Pesa completes RegioFox program: final unit delivered to ČD Pesa Bydgoszcz delivered the last of 106 RegioFox diesel multiple units (DMUs) to Czech national operator České dráhy (ČD) on 10 November 2026, when the final 847-class unit entered service from the Trutnov depot in the Hradec Králové Region. That delivery 🚄

Starshield interruptions hit Ukrainian frontline connectivity, Zelenski says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski announced systematic slowdowns on SpaceX’s Starshield-linked satellite terminals that have reduced internet access across the front lines and in temporarily occupied areas. He described the interruptions as deliberate speed limits rather than random outages and said units moving 🚄

Tourism: One of the Essential Infrastructure Investments for Countries World Tourism Forum Institute President Bulut Bağcı addressed tourism as more than just an economic return in his opening speech. He emphasized that sustainable growth in tourism requires simultaneous investment in strong transportation networks, digital infrastructure, energy security, and public services. 🚄

UK economy expands in September and Q3 as services drive growth Office for National Statistics (ONS) data show the UK economy grew 0.2% in September and 0.7% in the third quarter of 2026. Services powered the quarterly gain while manufacturing edged up modestly and construction contracted. Revisions to earlier months 🚄

Thales has agreed to accelerate delivery of two Ground Master 200 MM/A radars ordered by Romania, moving one delivery forward by several weeks and the other by several months to strengthen Romania’s air surveillance and threat-detection timeline. Company representatives confirmed the revised schedule after meeting with Romanian Defense Minister Ștefan 🚄

Overview of the SCX26 Concept and Its Strategic Purpose Naval Group unveiled the SCX26 concept to explore future sea-combat needs rather than to present a finalized warship design. The concept prioritizes low observability, modular mission spaces for unmanned systems, and integration of high-energy weapons and advanced sensors. Designed at about 🚄

Rheinmetall signs contract to deliver 20 Skyranger 30 systems to Belgium Rheinmetall will supply 20 Skyranger 30 short-range air-defense systems to the Belgian Armed Forces and provide logistics support under a contract finalized after negotiations began that in June 2025. The systems, slated for delivery starting at the end of 🚄

Poland Receives Final Batch of K9 Thunder Howitzers and K2 Black Panther Tanks in 2026 Poland completed delivery acceptance in 2026 for dozens of K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers and K2 Black Panther main battle tanks supplied by South Korea. Unloading and handover operations took place at Polish ports and logistics 🚄

Background and why the tender was relaunched Správa železnic restarted the procurement on 5 November 2026 after canceling the first tender in March 2026. The authority found that original qualification rules excluded capable suppliers, especially foreign manufacturers who deliver similar vehicles under multiple smaller long‑term framework orders rather than single 🚄

The Viled River rail bridge in Arkhangelsk region collapsed at 05:10 Moscow time on 10 November, causing a freight train derailment and stopping rail traffic on the Cheremukha–Viled section. Rescue trains were dispatched immediately, authorities cordoned the scene, and regional agencies began coordinating passenger movement by road while investigating the 🚄

UNESCO Recognition Sparked Renewed Interest in Dry Stone Construction UNESCO’s 2018 inclusion of dry stone building on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity raised the technique’s profile across Europe. Conservation programs and local governments started allocating funds specifically for dry stone restoration projects. Examples include restoration 🚄

About the incident Italian authorities received mass email bomb threats sent to around 300 schools. Local police coordinated immediate evacuations, moved students to safe perimeters and began forensic tracing of the messages. School staff followed pre-existing emergency protocols to account for pupils and maintain calm while law enforcement conducted building 🚄

Bromma Airport–Ursvik Section Enters New Construction Tender Stockholm Region has launched a new tender for approximately 3 kilometers of the Tvärbanan light-rail extension between Bromma Airport and Ursvik. The tender covers construction work only, based on detailed designs the region prepared and updated. Contractors will deliver civil works, track, electrification, 🚄

Background and what changed MÁV has relaunched a procurement procedure to secure 15 years of maintenance for up to 93 used Stadler GTW units purchased from Switzerland. The rail operator reviewed the prior maintenance proposal, judged it financially excessive and insufficiently competitive, and therefore launched a new tender on 9 🚄

Overview of the November drone alerts across the Baltics and Finland The night of 10–11 November saw coordinated civil-defense and military responses in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and parts Finland of after multiple unidentified unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were detected near national airspaces. Authorities issued shelter-in-place warnings in many municipalities, scrambled 🚄

Order Backlog Increased to 164 Billion Euros Siemens Energy reported a record backlog of €164 billion for fiscal 2026, driven by strong demand for gas turbines and grid equipment. New orders for the year rose 18.8% (adjusted) to €68.1 billion. Gas Services orders surged 45.9% to €32.8 billion while Grid 🚄