DEUTSCHE POST is to launch a joint venture with Dutch publisher WEGENER, strengthening its position on the Dutch postal market. DEUTSCHE POST currently holds less than 5% of the Dutch postal market. WEGENER will control 49% of the joint venture (the biggest player on the Dutch post market after TPG), the remaining 51% being held by DEUTSCHE POST, which is also buying a 70% stake in INTERLANDEN, WEGENER's unit specialising in the distribution of general mailshots and door-to-door newspapers.