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Across Europe, innovative projects are turning local challenges into real opportunities,

improving lives, strengthening communities, and transforming regions.

In 2025, Radio Stars recognized five outstanding projects, different countries, different challenges,

but one ambition, creating a positive and lasting impact across Europe. Supporting families when they need it most.

Using satellite technology to help farmers make smarter decisions,

giving abandoned railway infrastructure a new future.

Bringing citizens and technology together to better respond to natural risks,

and creating spaces where communities can connect and move forward together.

The award was a milestone, but their stories continued,

reaching new audiences and bringing their achievements beyond their own regions that continue to inspire.

And now, it's time to discover what comes next. Good evening, Brussels. Good evening everyone watching online. We are being live streamed across Europe.

If you'd like to join the conversation on social media, please do use the hashtag #regiostars. My name is Johannasralla.

I'm a journalist from Estonia, and is it just me, or does it feel a bit like the Eurovision Song Contest? Cohesion Oscars, maybe?

No, wrong continent, European Championship of Cohesion Policy. Restars, ladies and gentlemen.

A few years ago, I rode my motorbike through every single country in the European Union,

filming projects built with EU money, beautiful countryside, really important projects,

and I know I have a tough job. Now it taught me one thing.

You can't really film a policy, can you?

But what you can film is the remarkable things that policy actually does in communities and what it actually means to the people.

Tonight, dear friends, we're going to see 25 examples of exactly that from very different corners of Europe,

and tonight, ladies and gentlemen, they are the stars.

Now, to open our ceremony,

please welcome the European Commission's Executive Vice President for Cohesion and Reform, Raffaele Fitto.

Thank you Thank you, good evening, ladies and gentlemen, friends of cohesion policy, distinguished guests. Welcome to this year's Registrars Awards.

You have traveled from all corners of Europe to be here tonight.

You have come from cities and regions across the EU, from north to south and from east to west.

You have all come together here in Brussels to celebrate what your regions are achieving.

As executive Vice President of the Cohesion and Reforms, my commitment is to help Europe's regions become more successful, sustainable and competitive,

and better prepared for the future, and Brussels is a city full of ambassadors,

but tonight it gains many more because of your ambassador of cohesion policy.

I am particularly pleased that the Rears competition continues to grow.

This year we received a record 274 applications covering all member states.

This number is impressive, but what is equally impressive is the variabilityity.

You come from different places, you address different challenges, you work in very different fields,

and this is important because cohesion policy does not exist in a vacuum.

The projects we celebrate tonight show this very clearly.

They demonstrate the wide range of projects that cohesion policy supports and the many ways our regions are responding to the challenges they face different places,

different challenges, different solutions,

but with a common purpose to improve people's lives and strengthen our communities. And this is also why visibility matters.

When you see the EU flag on a school, a research center,

a railway or a community project, it is there for a reason.

It tells citizens that the EU is present in their communities and that European solidarity is making a real impact on the ground,

and the Eurobarometer research consistently tells us something important.

Citizens who are aware of EU funded projects in their area are more likely to feel that these projects strengthen their sense of being EU citizens.

This is why it matters to make EU funded projects visible and to show what EU investment means for people and communities.

When people can see what cohesion policy is delivering in their own communities,

the European Union becomes more visible, more familiar and more real.

That is why we want to give even greater visibility to the projects we are celebrating tonight.

The winners will receive Europe-wide visibility through our communication channels and they will be involved in follow-up activities to promote their projects in their regions.

Good ideas should travel, and the Rear gives you the opportunity to do just that.

Importantly, this ceremony is not only about the projects.

It is just as much about the people behind.

From the individuals who work on these initiatives to the managing authorities,

regional and local partners, and everyone who helps make these successes possible.

Thank you for your commitment and for showing how cohesion policy can turn a vision into a real result. I also want to thank the jury.

Over the past few days, you reviewed many strong projects to select the winners.

This was not an easy task, and finally, to all our finalists,

best of luck to all of you this evening.

Whatever the outcome, you and your teams have already achieved something important, and you should be proud.

The motto of this year's European Week of Regions and Cities is Stron Regions, stronger Europe.

And the Restars projects we celebrate today show what this means in practice.

At the beginning, I called your ambassadors of cohesion policy.

So please take your ideas,

your experience and your achievements back to your regions and keep showing how strong regions can contribute to a stronger Europe. Congratulations to all of our finalists. Thank you.

Thank you, thank you very much, Executive Vice President Vito.

Now before we hand out a single trophy, let's really celebrate the people who have already come a long way. 274 projects applied this year.

That is a new record, ladies and gentlemen, and 25 are here tonight.

Could I ask all our finalists to stand up, please? And our jury as well. Ladies and gentlemen, take a good look.

These are the people we're actually celebrating tonight. A big round of applause. Thank you so much. Now please take your seats.

When you take your seat, you might notice there's a leaflet there.

If you open that leaflet, you'll see a map.

All of our 25 projects are there all over Europe, and when you scan the QR code,

that will actually take you to their full stories. Ladies and gentlemen, let's begin.

Our first category is a competitive and smart Europe.

This is where the future gets built AI labs,

startups and hospitals, from really AI to cancer research.

Ladies and gentlemen, let's meet the finalists, and may I ask them to stand up so we can see you. A competitive and smart Europe.

AI hollow Presence from Slovakia brings people together in immersive XR as photorealistic 3D versions of themselves,

not avatars or flat video tiles.

Science hub Nicosia from Cyprus transforms a landmark modernist market into a vibrant European hub for AI,

immersive technologies, smart cities, and innovation.

Data Haven from the Netherlands makes secure sovereign email communications simple, private, and fully European.

INO 3D bits from Lithuania creates sustainable, nutritious snacks from natural ingredients. Healthy food reinvented for the future.

Porto Comprehensive Cancer Center from Portugal is transforming Northern Portugal into a European leader in precision oncology.

Ma, please welcome onto the stage Themis Christophidou, Director General for Regional and Urban Policy at the European Commission. And also our juror Gerge Mednavalin. So we have an envelope.

With the winner You can Announced the winner at the lectern. It does feel like the Oscars. Only better. It's not Meryl Streep.

And the winner of the Category one,

a competitive and smart Europe is AI Hollow Presence from Slovakia. Let's make a Beautiful.

Well, before we speak to the winners, maybe the jury could explain why did they actually stand out. Why did you choose them?

Yeah, well, Europe's future competitiveness depends on digital innovation, and this project does exactly like this.

They have shown and developed the groundbreaking technology and shown that they can do this in a less developed region in eastern Slovakia in.

They use generative AI through which they developed a patented technology that allows people to appear as lifelike three dimensional figures during video calls. Just imagine that.

They even completed the world's first transatlantic holographic video call.

But this project is not just about the technological innovation. It is much more than that. It strengthens the local innovation ecosystem.

It creates highly skilled jobs, helps retain talent in the locality, attracts senior AI researchers from abroad, and the team has also worked with more than 500 high school and university students,

bringing young people closer to cutting edge technology and involving them in the development of this technology.

Also, beyond the initial EU funding that they received, they have attracted more than 10 times of its value in further research funding,

while the commercial revenues support the project's long-term future.

The team works with major international telecommunications companies and thereby they bring their technology to the global markets.

Already used in education and industry, the technology has promising applications in a lot of fields including health and social care,

entertainment, media, and also engineering,

and it can help families stay connected across distances and reduce the need for travel.

And because this technology works with widely available devices,

it can easily be adopted across Europe and also globally. Congratulations.

So I, I kind of understand why the jury picked the project.

What I would like to know is what's the best reaction you've gotten from a person who actually sees their avatar,

like real life avatar in 3D for the first time. It's just the emotion.

So can you, can, can I, can I make the emotion, or yeah,

you have to experience it because it's like immersive AI technology and imagine like,

having somebody here in this room from any part of the world. That can bring an emotion.

OK, but where is the next, like best place you would like to see this applied? Obviously it has many possible applications.

Where do you want to see that used actually?

So today we announced the new project in healthcare, but matters you can also say.

So I can send my avatar to the doctor.

Not today, but in the future, absolutely, yes, not your avatar, but, you know, you being,

you are having an access to a healthcare in, areas where an access to a specialist is not so common. Congratulations guys, an amazing project. Thank you so much. Thank you. You can leave the stage from there. Let's move on with our next category.

The Greer transition, dear friends, it doesn't really come in one size or shape, does it?

Sometimes it can be a cable under the sea.

Sometimes it can be an old battery that gets a second life.

Here are the finalists for a Greer Europe, and please stand up once again so we can see you. The Finalists, ladies and gentlemen.

A Greer Europe Alp Textiles is reweaving Europe's textile future by reviving local circular value chains across 6 countries.

Birch bark from Latvia transforms birch bark waste into high-value,

sustainable bio-based ingredients for health, food, and cosmetics.

Crete Attica interconnection from Greece connects Crete to the mainland grid,

replacing oil-based power with clean electricity and enabling greater integration of renewable energy.

Eli Rec, Greener battery recycling from Germany, develops a cleaner way to recover valuable materials from spent lithium-ion batteries,

turning battery waste into resources for a more circular economy.

Lorigot River transformation from Spain revitalizes a degraded river corridor into a biodiverse green-blue space,

strengthening climate resilience and connecting nature with 2.5 million people each year. All amazing projects.

To present this award, may I invite Rutazarik, Vice Minister of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania,

onto the stage, and our juror, Dr. Sylvia Krejer Ostoic. So the envelope has the winner. Minister, can you please announce it?

So, I'm really honored to pronounce that the winner of Greer Europe is Eli Rec,

Greener battery recycling from Germany. Well, congratulations.

I would love to know more about the winners, but first, let's start with the jury.

So what really convinced the jury that this was the best project?

Well,

I have to tell you that this year as a jury we had a really tough job because we had so many excellent finalists.

So we couldn't sleep last night, but we need to decide on something,

so we decided that EIREC is the right and timely project that aligns well with the EU Greer Deal priorities and those of the Critical Raw Materials Act.

This is a project that has the potential to revolutionize lithium battery recycling. So how it works.

Instead of relying on aggressive acids, high temperature treatments and downstream separation chemistry, all the big words,

the project developed an electrochemical route to selectively recover critical battery elements that we all need,

such as lithium, nickel, cobalt and manganese from spent lithium and ion batteries.

And it does all that through a highly innovative process that uses water and not those harmful chemicals.

In this way, EIREC helps turn end of life batteries into new resources, strengthens circular value chains,

regional cooperation, reduces waste and supports the Greer transition in Saarland in Germany and beyond.

And finally, this project is also sustainable because it secured follow up funding. Thank you so much.

So this evening when I came on stage, I felt a bit bad because I have many batteries on me and I'm a bit worried that they will become a waste problem.

But with your solution, my batteries that I'm currently using, and there's a lot of batteries on me right now,

they're actually going to be a mine, a resource for the future.

One man's, pardon me, one man's trash is another man's treasure,

or one human's trash is one human's treasure, to be more precise and inclusive here.

Yes, so we hope that in the future, not only the small batteries from you, but the big ones in cars, on our streets, but also on, you know,

large scale facilities will re-enter the revenue stream so we don't have to source far away abroad but domestically in Europe our resources for our electrified future.

So I suspect some people in the audience might also use batteries. Do, do you, do you sometimes batteries? OK.

So what should they do with the batteries once they use them?

I mean, send them to you directly, or is there another way?

I, I, I think our institute director would love that. Well, first of all, use your device.

For as long as you can, that helps with sustainability.

But when you do recycle them, recycle them, bring them back into the lithium ion circularity,

and hopefully in the future also using our technology to do so.

But don't try this at home, the recycling part, I mean, send them to them, OK? Thank you so much. Congratulations once again.

Dear friends, time to move on with the next category.

Europe has spent decades removing borders, but a border isn't always just a line on the map.

Sometimes it's a village where the bus simply doesn't stop.

Sometimes it's a ticket that works only half the journey.

Here are the finalists for a connected Europe, and please stand up, finalists, so we can see you. A connected Europe.

Alexandropoulos Independent Natural Gas System from Greece strengthens Europe's energy security by diversifying gas supplies and routes,

opening regional energy corridors, and supporting a more secure and competitive energy market.

Atlantic on Bike, Interreg Atlantic Area develops and promotes sustainable tourism along Eurobello One, connecting European regions through a safe,

low carbon cycling corridor that strengthens cross-border mobility,

rural and urban links, and territorial cohesion.

Dreampace is transforming mobility in Central Europe by combining regular public transport with smart on-demand services to better connect rural and peripheral areas.

Seamless regional mobility from Poland delivers seamless, sustainable travel through integrated rail and bus services.

Smart Community, Interreg, Alpine Space supports greener and more connected communities through smart,

bottom-up solutions, digital tools, AI insights, and participatory innovation. Well, all great projects, ladies and gentlemen. But one can only win.

I'd like to invite back onto the stage The Ms Christophidou,

Director General for Regional and Urban Policy at the European Commission, with our juror Karel van den Berg.

And the winner is Ta da da dam.

The winner is the winner of Category 3 connected Europe is. Alexandropoulis independent national gas from Greece. A quick photo. A bit closer. Well, congratulations once again.

Karl, I wonder, why did this project stand out?

Well, let me first explain that we also had a tough job, and why is that?

Because our category, Category 3, a connected Europe, reflects a founding European idea, no?

We overcome challenges by working together across borders, institutions, and communities.

Cooperation is easy to call for, but very difficult to achieve,

and all 5 finalists have shown what it takes to turn that ambition into reality. Again, congratulations to all of you.

The Alexandropoulos project,

I tried to say that 10 times in a row brings this cooperation to life at a critical moment for Europe's energy security.

Its floating terminal in Greece receives liquefied natural gas and feeds it into a pipeline network reaching south eastern and Central Europe.

It gives countries more choice of suppliers,

while its design allows for future adaptation to hydrogen.

Energy projects of this scale unavoidably have environmental and social impacts,

and the jury therefore valued the measures to mitigate impacts on affected ecosystems alongside the attention and support given to local communities.

This is a project rooted in Greece, with benefits reaching far beyond its borders.

It shows that, although Europe's challenges are considerable, our strength is that we are united in diversity. Congratulations. Congratulations indeed.

So if I may, just a few questions.

So what actually is the benefit that the city you built the floating terminal next to actually gets?

Or is it a European benefit project mainly? It has a lot of benefits. It has local benefits.

It has national benefits, but mostly has European benefits. It's about independence. It's about options. It's about. Security. It's about resilience.

Alexandropoulos is now our home,

a city in the northeast of Greece where everything enters and goes all the way to Ukraine in the east.

To Hungary in West, was there something difficult about this project as well? I wonder.

Was, was there a little challenge on your journey that you would like to perhaps remember?

It took us 15 days, years, to put it together. There was nothing there.

We had to build in terms of, you know, the, the framework,

the regulations, we, we, we did it all from the beginning.

And now we can share it with everybody. So a well deserved prize indeed. Congratulations once again. Thank you so much. Thank you.

Ladies and gentlemen, 3 trophies down, 3 more to go.

It's time to catch our breath a bit, don't you think? Or is it just me? Is it just me?

Please welcome back our wonderful musicians, the Tide Line Quartet. Brilliant musicians, thank you so much.

It is the Eurovision Song Contest, isn't it?

Ladies and gentlemen, we move on with the next category. Some projects change infrastructure.

This project, or all of the projects in this category,

actually try to change something more difficult people's chances in life.

A chance to find work, perhaps, or simply to walk in a cafe and be welcome.

Here are the finalists for a social and inclusive Europe, and please stand up so we can see you. A social and inclusive Europe.

Alternative Investment Finder from Lithuania helps vulnerable people return to work and independent living.

Brothers from Germany empowers young men to prevent violence and promote gender equality through peer-led reflection and dialogue.

Doors to Employment from France helps low-income households move into work through coordinated local employment support.

Manifold More from Finland advances the careers and employment opportunities of highly educated immigrant background women.

Solidarity Network from Prague to Brno, Czechia turns local spaces into solidarity places,

providing free essential services to people experiencing homelessness. Amazing projects.

Ladies and gentlemen,

please welcome Ambassador Efdemos George Kostopoulos from the Permanent Representation of Greece to the European Union and our juror Nada Diouri. We have the envelope. All right.

So it is my honor to announce that the winner of Category 4,

a social and inclusive Europe, is brothers from Germany. Boto over here.

Thank you, I wonder what made the difference this time to the jury, what made this project special?

We all felt that this project,

Brothers Project from Germany is emblematic of the type of social dialogue and network building that we need today in Europe.

Especially given the current political and social tensions.

And social solidarity and social inclusion is so critical. We can have Greer Europe.

We can have connected Europe, but we need within each of the European countries social solidarity.

So we thought this project really represented a different way of thinking.

And the core idea is to involve young people, not as a target group,

but as active co-creators of internal societal change.

Young men with and without refugee history volunteer as brothers and are qualified as peer educators,

especially given today's tensions that we have.

Looking to young people and including them and bringing them into the process of social change is so important.

They create workshops with peers in schools and youth institutions on a diverse range of topics that confront young people today equality,

identity.

Masculinity, manosphere, migration, lack of opportunity, and violence.

These workshops really created a space for critical reflection and developing critical skills.

The Brothers Project is something that is easily replicable.

There is a model that can be adapted to different regional and cultural contexts across Europe,

and it was that potential for replication.

And to draw in young people across Europe in a new way of engaging with society is what led us to select this project.

And in this category we had fantastic projects.

It was again sleepless nights for the jurors.

Well, I do feel bad for you, but you did a great job.

So I'm curious to know how it actually works. I understand you have workshops, right?

At what point at a workshop, do you see that, OK, now something important is happening.

We are actually changing attitudes of these young men. How is it working?

Well, it's actually when people face changes because they see, there might be another option, maybe another reality, something they haven't thought about yet, and another perspective,

and that's always the good point, and when they start asking questions,

this is always when we say OK we did it, it was a good job today, yeah. Why did you choose young men?

Because it's a group, first of all, there are not so many activities for this group, and, there can, yeah,

act as a kind of gatekeepers to other persons and their surroundings,

and there are also a group with people look like a little skeptical to it.

So we see our our project as a kind of lobby for those people and we're very proud of our products and yeah,

we're also proud to be here, so thank you very much.

I think we're really surprised because the other projects were so good in our category, and so thank you very much. Congratulations.

Ladies and gentlemen, let's move to our last jury category.

The 5th category, ladies and gentlemen, is about the places where Europe feels closest.

Think about a library or a football pitch, or perhaps a home.

Here are the finalists for a Europe closer to the citizen, and please stand up so we can see you. A Europe closer to the citizens.

BSR Cultural Pearl's Interreg Baltic Sea uses culture to strengthen community resilience and livability in smaller cities.

The Raudonvaris Buska Heritage Without Borders Interreg project turned heritage sites into year-round of cross-border experiences.

Housing for Roma inclusion from Romania relocated 32 Roma families as part of a broader inclusion plan.

Together in Jar from Czechia, renovated library which became the civic heart, hosting 900+ events a year.

Waterside Shared Village from the Peace Program transformed a former interface into a shared sports and community hub.

For our last jury award, please welcome Emil Boc, the former Prime Minister of Romania,

Vice President of the European Committee of the Regions and Mayor of Klusnapoca, and our juror Eva Sakalova.

It is such a wonderful feeling to see our Europe working together.

Let's have a big round of applause for our Europe and for the future of our Europe.

And the winner of category 5, a Europe closer to its citizens,

is Together in Zar from Chechia, congratulations. Congratulations. Somewhere around this line. Congratulations.

I'm obviously interested, Eva, in what really convinced the jury this time.

Yes, I'm afraid I'm repeating what others have said, but also, yes, sleepless nights, tough jobs.

We wish we could have given 5 awards in our category alone because we had really amazing projects.

The project we selected in the end,

it covers the revitalization and renovation of a library in a small Czech town.

In doing so, it clearly moves away from the traditional image of a library, think about dusty books, quiet atmosphere,

and instead it shows how libraries can become vibrant civic spaces in the present and in the future.

The project represents an impressive example of activation of citizens and local stakeholders by co-creating a space to learn,

to share, to listen, to play, to stay and to meet.

It enables different generations to interact in a meaningful way and fosters important skills such as digital inclusion and media literacy. You know it better. You save yourself.

Developed not only for the citizens, but actually together with the citizens, the project is extremely meaningful for the region,

but it can also be considered a positive example for the whole country and even the whole of Europe.

By showcasing the amazing spaces that are open to everyone,

they are not just reserved for the bigger cities, but they can also thrive in small towns.

So we hope that this award will be a source of pride for the project leaders but also for the citizens of Char,

and I hope that in the future, everybody can pronounce the name of your city.

And that it motivates you to continue the great work you're doing. Congratulations. Congratulations.

There are a few libraries I can think of that could use your help.

Are you willing to export your knowledge to other EU countries, and how do you do that?

We actually hope that we will inspire other libraries across Europe because that's something that we share across Europe altogether that there are libraries in every single town, in every,

almost every village,

and we kinda hope that the inspiration that they can get from our project will boost Europe's possibility to engage citizens and involve them in the community living.

So I wonder Did you see a moment when your library really stopped being a library and became kind of the living room for the city? Is that the case now? I think so.

I think that you can actually see that every single day because it's not just a one-time activity,

but basically the life in the library starts in the morning and usually ends,

the very last minute of the evening.

For example, in 3 weeks, there will be an event where the whole library and the whole city will live up to,

To what's happening inside the library. Congratulations. Amazing project. Thank you so much.

5 categories, ladies and gentlemen, 5 extremely difficult decisions by the jury, as we heard.

But there's one more jury that we actually haven't heard from yet. That is you, the public.

Over the past weeks,

people all over Europe Have voted for the project really closest to their heart.

Thank you first of all to everyone who took part and to everyone who spread the word,

all 25 finalists.

May I once again ask you to stand up one more time because each and every one of you might be awarded with the next award. People's Choice Award.

To present the People's Choice Award, back once again, Themis Christophidou.

And this time I can pretend I'm from the jury.

I did all the hard work, so go ahead.

I allow you to pretend it's a very uplifting evening, I must say, thank you for that, thank you to all of you.

The winner of the People's Choice Award is. Porto Comprehensive Cancer Centre from Portugal. An amazing project.

From the jury side, I would like to say that OK, you, you guys voted an amazing project. Really, this award comes from the public.

So who do you think actually voted for you? Is it the patients?

I think that, first of all, just one minor thing but important,

I think we need to give this award to a person who worked very hard for it and that is Raquel Maria.

Raquel is a scientist, was a scientist, and she actually died of cancer, but she was the one who set up, and helped set up the Porto Comprehensive Cancer Center and therefore,

we owe her a lot and we were not there for the time, but She, she, she deserves this award.

And I think that For the, for the award,

I think that my colleague from the Institute of Oncology is the best one to can say about who voted for us.

Yeah, for sure, this is, a really, important, vote in of trust and confidence confidence that, the patients, their families, the, the all healthcare professionals, and, society overall,

in the northern part of the country believes, in what we do, and, in this combination of science and healthcare,

is really having a huge impact in people's lives and their relatives.

So, this is, I believe it's really, a really, by, from the hearts of people that voted,

that feel that, this is important for the region and for them.

So tell me, what does it actually change for the people in Region in in northern Portugal.

How do they actually see and understand the project?

What, we were able to do with the, the funding,

of this project was to set up the first precision cancer,

precision oncology program, that, exists in Portugal.

This allow also to have more early-phase clinical trials and, later phase clinical trials.

And by this way, people have access with cancer, have access to, the most advanced, technology.

Otherwise, before this, they have to move abroad to have access to these opportunities, treatment opportunities.

So, this was a recognition of all the effort of researchers, physicians, and all other healthcare professionals, that brought to our region,

the best technology, and this is a real, a very concrete example of, cohesion in Europe. Amazing. Congratulations.

Thank you for your efforts and your hard work. Thank you. Mr. Is it? Yes.

Before our moderator does his rounding up, I want to thank him for his amazing work.

I want to thank all of you again for a packed room here,

and it fills us with energy and confidence for the year to come until next year this time. Thank you for being here.

I want to thank the members of the jury who do massive work, day and night intensive, challenging, and that Always stand by us to help us organize all this, of course, all the stars,

the radio stars, but also inside DIE, the Radars that have organized all this, the Unit A2,

and who are the ones that are already starting tomorrow morning to organize the next edition. Thank you. Bravo.

Thank you, thank you also from my side,

and congratulations once again to all our 6 winners and our 25 finalists.

You've really shown that strong regions, strong Europe, this is what it actually looks like.

Each one of you, I'm confident, has really made a difference.

Thank you to all our award presenters, our jury, everyone who voted,

and obviously all of you who made it here.

And every single one of you following us online, winners, finalists and the jury, please stay close after what we're about to experience,

which is something very special, because after that we're going to make a family photo.

Now, dear friends, to close the European Week of Regions and Cities,

please welcome the choir of the European School, Brussels IV for the European anthem. Thank you for the choir. Thank you once again, ladies and gentlemen. This concludes the Retail Stars Awards Gala.

See you at the reception, have a great night, and those of you who won,

please come back on stage so we can take another family photo. Thank you so much.