Rostock

Rostock-based AIDA Cruises is modernising the AIDAprima after just ten years of service, with the refit costing around 200 million euros, the Ostsee Zeitung reports. The ship is undergoing a comprehensive overhaul, and the scale of investment so soon after launch is drawing attention in Germany's cruise industry and among travellers.

Rostock and Würzburg face off in the Basketball Bundesliga, both sides having apparently put early-season stumbles behind them. The clash carries extra weight as both clubs now juggle domestic play with European competition — Rostock in the BKT EuroCup and Würzburg in the FIBA Europe Cup — making the coming stretch a test of their squads' depth under double strain.

The ROSTOCK SEAWOLVES defeated the Veolia Towers Hamburg 91-84 on the fourth matchday of the easyCredit BBL. The away win avenges the cup defeat Rostock suffered against Hamburg in the Netto BBL Pokal a few weeks earlier. The result keeps Rostock's early season momentum going in the German Basketball Bundesliga.