News Archive

 
 
Sort by :
Omnic

Omnic

05.01.2026
GOLD MEMBER

OMNIC is an international Intelligence Partner that helps logistics operators, postal services, retailers, and e-commerce companies build modern delivery ecosystems powered by software, automation, and robotics.
Leading the UPU into the Dubai Cycle

Leading the UPU into the Dubai Cycle

02.01.2026Re-elected at the Dubai Congress held in September, Director General Masahiko Metoki and Deputy Director General Marjan Osvald share their reflections on the UPU’s progress and outline how unity, trust and innovation will guide the organization into its new strategic cycle.


Masahiko Metoki (MM), Director General of the UPU International Bureau
Marjan Osvald (MO), Deputy Director General of the UPU International Bureau

Empowering women in the postal sector: UPU gender fellowship at the Dubai Congress

Empowering women in the postal sector: UPU gender fellowship at the Dubai Congress

29.12.2025

Since its launch in 2018, the UPU’s gender fellowship has continued to grow as a flagship initiative to empower women leaders in the postal sector. The programme translates the UPU’s gender equality and empowerment of women (GEEW) policy into its capacity-building work, offering women professionals international exposure, leadership development and direct engagement with the Union’s governing bodies.

How diversification and multilateralism can drive postal growth

How diversification and multilateralism can drive postal growth

26.12.2025The postal sector is facing a reckoning. While the global economy has surged by 75% since 2006, postal revenues have seen minimal growth – just 4% over the same period. The result, as the Universal Postal Union’s (UPU) State of the Postal Sector 2025 report makes clear, is an unprecedented 71% “performance gap” that threatens the sustainability of postal operators around the world.

Press Release: UNI and UPU renew and strengthen cooperation agreement

19.12.202519 December (Berne, Switzerland) – UNI Global Union and the Universal Postal Union have signed a new cooperation agreement which will see the two organizations work more closely together to strengthen ties between workers and employers and safeguard the future of the global postal sector.
The UPU and the rise of airmail

The UPU and the rise of airmail

17.12.2025Airmail emerged as aviation opened new possibilities for connecting people across long distances. As aircraft began to demonstrate their potential for carrying mail quickly and reliably, the UPU worked to help postal administrations adapt to this new mode of transport. The development of airmail soon became an important part of the wider evolution of international postal services, tracing a path from early experimental flights to the establishment of global air routes.