Our international Collaboration continues to grow steadily. We are now more than 2,000 members from 291 institutions across 34 countries. This broad community is one of our greatest assets as we move into the next decisive phase of the project. This year, a transition in leadership is approaching. After many years of service in building and shaping both the project and the Collaboration, Michele Punturo and I will hand over responsibilities to a new team. Our mandate concluded on 22 March 2026, and the new team took over: Michele Maggiore and Angelique Lartaux. Their election statement is available on the ET Wiki (https://wiki.et-gw.eu/CB/ElectionSPDSP2026), and they also presented their vision for the future of ET at…

Dear Members of ET Germany, Over the past months, several important developments have taken place. I am pleased to share a brief overview of significant milestones. Germany Joins the Board of Governmental Representatives Germany is now officially a member of the Einstein Telescope’s Board of Governmental Representatives (BGR). The BGR brings together national representatives — typically from the relevant ministries — of the countries supporting the Einstein Telescope and serves as the central decision-making body for the project. Until recently, Belgium, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom were members, while Austria and Germany held observer status. Germany’s formal admission to the BGR marks an important step…

18.03.2026 The Einstein Telescope Collaboration has appointed a new spokesperson team, Prof Michele Maggiore and Dr Angélique Lartaux, effective 23 March 2026. They succeed the outgoing team, Michele Punturo and Harald Lück, who have laid the foundations for Europe’s next-generation gravitational-wave observatory. The transition comes at a pivotal stage as the project moves closer to realisation. The international Einstein Telescope (ET) Collaboration today announces a change in its scientific leadership, as a new spokesperson team takes office on 23 March 2026. Professor Michele Maggiore and Dr Angélique Lartaux will serve jointly as spokesperson and deputy spokesperson, succeeding Michele Punturo and Harald Lück. Together, the new team will guide the collaboration…

18.03.2026 The Scientific Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Rome hosted the conference “Gravitational Waves and Detection Technologies” on 16–17 March. The event brought together researchers from Poland, Italy, France, and Spain. The programme focused on the scientific objectives and technological advancements related to the Virgo detector and the Einstein Telescope (ET). A round-table discussion on the second day gathered representatives of the Italian, Polish, and Spanish gravitational wave communities, alongside delegates from the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Italy. Participants emphasized the critical role of international collaboration in advancing the Einstein Telescope project and highlighted the importance of engaging early-career researchers.