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🏆 The 2026 .eu Web Awards winners are here! For the 12th year running, the .eu Web Awards offer a glimpse of the creativity, innovation and positive impact taking shape across the .eu web space. And 2026 has been another remarkable year. This year's competition brought together an impressive 193 nominations, with 25 finalists selected across five categories. During the public voting period in October, the finalists received an incredible 41,230 votes, showing just how much support their communities have for their work. Combining public votes with evaluations from our expert jury, we are delighted to announce this year's winners: 💎 European Excellence: AI4Debunk ♻️ Sustainability Champion: SoilTribes ⭐ SME Star: ITLight 🎭 Cultural Ambassador: Vicenza.eu 🩷 People’s Choice: Visuality EU A huge congratulations to all five winners! Each will receive €5,000 towards an online marketing campaign to help reach new audiences and strengthen their online presence. They will also have the opportunity to tell their story through a professional testimonial video produced in collaboration with Video agency TURBO. And of course, a big round of applause for all 25 finalists, whose projects made this year's competition so inspiring. Our thanks also go to everyone who submitted a nomination, cast a vote and helped spread the word, as well as to our expert jury members Alexandra Apostolakis, Thomas Ohr, Arend Bolle, Nicholas Jarrett (He/Him) and Charalampos Kyritsis, for sharing their expertise. Together, we celebrate the inspiring projects and organisations that make the .eu community what it is. 💙 Meet the winners: https://lnkd.in/dmEzbfyH #EURid #doteu #26euWA

🏆 Have you voted for the 2026 .eu Web Awards finalists yet? With just a week and a half left to vote, here is a quick reminder of this year's finalists: 💎 European Excellence: APVON Systems, AI4Debunk, Yellow Cube Cyberdefense, FinEst Centre for Smart Cities & European DIGITAL SME Alliance. ♻️ Sustainability Champion: PROCEED, SoilTribes, Cook4Climate, Earth Plus & WILSON Horizon Europe Project. ⭐ SME Star: Yohn.io - Digital Business Cards, Squire, DontMatter, ITLight & Bounded. 🎭 Cultural Ambassador: Culture, Vicenza, QR-AudioGuide, ChrisBaldwin (CCD Productions Ltd) & MaciejTarnowski. 🩷 People's Choice: TAXpedia, Team5996, Visuality EU, Barnahus Network & MLJR. There is still time to support your favourite finalists, but the clock is ticking! Voting closes at 23:59 on 31 October, so vote now: https://lnkd.in/dmEzbfyH #EURid #doteu #26euWA

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