French town sells a house for just 1 euro
The bargain comes with strings attached, however
Frankreich / Entwicklung
Dänemark / Energieeffizienz
Danish government to help municipalities and regions finance green projects
It has set aside nearly EUR 40 million for projects that will reduce the energy use of public buildings
Bulgarien / Sliven / Energieeffizienz
Sliven estimates municipal energy bill will double, urgent sustainable measures are needed
Mayor Stefan Radev explained that local authorities are looking into ways to cut consumption, find new revenue streams and sustainable solutions to energy production
Deutschland / Energieeffizienz / Innovation und Forschung
Bremen wants to become the hydrogen capital of Europe
2,000 experts gather at the Hydrogen Technology Conference and Expo to coordinate their efforts in the quicker adoption of the new energy
Dänemark / Energieeffizienz / Entwicklung / Innovation und Forschung
Vestas to install world's tallest and most powerful wind turbine in Denmark
It will be 280 metres tall with 115.5-metre-long blades and a production output of 80 GWh/year
Griechenland / Zypern / Energieeffizienz
Cyprus and Egypt to connect electrical grids via underwater cable
The energy ministers signed a memorandum of understanding on the project which is part of the planned Eastern Mediterranean Energy Corridor
Schweden / Energieeffizienz / Entwicklung / Grüne Stadt
Sweden now has a wooden skyscraper
It is one the world’s tallest structures of this kind
Italien / Energieeffizienz / Grüne Stadt
Ventotene becomes the first energy community island in the Mediterranean
Seems fitting given that its name is derived from the Italian word for ‘wind’
Griechenland / Energieeffizienz / Entwicklung
RWE and PPC partnership to turn Greece to renewable energy sources
The two energy companies have signed a 2 GW solar deal
Dänemark / Energieeffizienz / Entwicklung
Odense to build 70-hectare solar farm in 2022
It will supply over 11,000 households with sustainable energy
Slowenien / Energieeffizienz
Radeče set to become first energy self-reliant town in Slovenia
Nearby Zavrate is already the country’s first autonomous village in terms of electricity consumption
Neueste
Italien / Rome / Innovation und Forschung
2021 Nobel Prize winner to head Rome’s new Scientific Committee
Ungarn / Budapest / Wohlfahrt und Gesundheit
Hungary: mask mandate on public transport and compulsory vaccination for civil servants
Österreich / Ungarn / Budapest / Wien / Cities in Pictures / Kultur und Tourismus
Gallery: Vienna offers a trip to pre-Christmas Budapest on the Twin City Liner
Niederlande / Amsterdam / Innovation und Forschung / Mobilität
Robot boats will soon be riding on Amsterdam's canals
Litauen / Vilnius / Grüne Stadt
Vilnius to create first Urban Forest
Portugal / Porto / Kultur und Tourismus
Porto will house analogue cinema lab in a medieval tower
Kroatien / Rijeka / Wohlfahrt und Gesundheit
Rijeka to fight menstrual poverty by supplying schools with free sanitary products
Bulgarien / Sofia / Innovation und Forschung / Smart City
New open-source urban data repository makes Sofia a ‘smarter’ city
Frankreich / Entwicklung
French town sells a house for just 1 euro
Finnland / Turku / Cities in Pictures / Kultur und Tourismus