Valladolid to have Spain’s largest biomass-fed heating network
The promise is that it will save between 30% and 50% on users’ energy bills
Spain / Development / Energy efficiency
Malta / Innovation and Research / Welfare and Health
Malta opens a multisensory room in Kalkara
Spain / Politics and Reforms / Welfare and Health
Spain: the first European country to offer menstrual leave for women
Belgium / Leuven / Welfare and Health
Leuven wants to ban smoking and e-cigarettes on 100 playgrounds
Austria / Vienna / Green City / Welfare and Health
Vienna launches its own line of organic produce
Finland / Helsinki / Green City
Helsinki to test a fully electric garbage truck
France / Paris / Education and Sport / Social City
You can now buy NFTs to support students from Ukraine in Paris
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Greece / Athens / Public Spaces
Athens unveils open-air exhibition, portraying life in Ukraine
“The war that should have never happened” will run until 13 June
Czechia / Prague / Culture and Tourism / Development
Czechia helps Ukraine preserve its endangered cultural heritage
The National Museum sent a consignment of materials to help the country protect its art
Greece / Tilos / Green City
Tilos has the highest rate of recycling in the world, officials claim
The Greek island has a recycling rate of 80% thanks to its Just Go Zero programme
Portugal / Braga / Green City / Social City
Braga creates a Bank of Goods and Equipment
It serves a dual purpose – waste reduction and material support for those in need
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Growing City
Spain / Politics and Reforms / Welfare and Health
Spain: the first European country to offer menstrual leave for women
The bill, however, still has to be approved by Parliament to become a law
Energy efficiency / Politics and Reforms
Bill Gates investment group says EU needs to put 800 billion euros into green energy
As the EU Commission is about to vote on REPowerEU, a bill to fund alternative natural gas suppliers, Breakthrough Energy claims that the bloc needs more battery storage capacity
Spain / Development / Energy efficiency
Valladolid to have Spain’s largest biomass-fed heating network
The promise is that it will save between 30% and 50% on users’ energy bills
Germany / Berlin / Mobility / Politics and Reforms
Could Berlin become a car-free city in the next four years?
An ambitious draft bill was championed by the Greens in the City’s Senate, but authorities shut it down for being too drastic. What happens now?
Latvia / Riga / Culture and Tourism / Economy and Finance
Riga encourages the creation of private museums
For the first time there, financial backing is forthcoming
France / Grenoble / Development
Grenoble: topless bathing and burkini authorised in municipal pools
The highly contested decision was approved yesterday with a minor margin
Smart City
Malta / Innovation and Research / Welfare and Health
Malta opens a multisensory room in Kalkara
It will offer people with physical, cognitive and sensory disabilities a calming environment
Czechia / Plzen / Innovation and Research
Pilsen to showcase innovative technologies at three-day festival
Innovating Pilsen will take place during the first week of June
Lithuania / Vilnius / Digital transformation / Welfare and Health
Vilnius gets more precise about air quality with online pollen map
The project is the first of its kind in Lithuania
Luxembourg / Luxembourg / Culture and Tourism / Digital transformation
Luxembourg: Futuristic VR tech will transport visitors to the past
It offers the chance to experience the city as it was in 1867
Denmark / Digital transformation / Politics and Reforms
Danish Municipality to broadcast city council meetings on Facebook Live
It wants to make it easier for citizens to follow political discussions and decisions
Austria / Germany / Hamburg / Vienna / Green City / Smart City
Mayors of Hamburg, Vienna and Zurich gather for ‘City Trialogue’
The format is ongoing cooperation aimed at sharing climate, digitalisation and sustainability experiences and good practices
Green City
Austria / Vienna / Green City / Welfare and Health
Vienna launches its own line of organic produce
‘Wien Gusto’, as the brand is called, will source its produce from the nearly 2,000 hectares of farm land owned by the city
Finland / Helsinki / Green City
Helsinki to test a fully electric garbage truck
It should reduce noise and air pollution in the heart of the city
Czechia / Prague / Public Spaces / Welfare and Health
Prague wants to ban consumption of alcohol in over 1,000 public places
In this way, it will reduce the levels of noise and pollution
Energy efficiency / Politics and Reforms
Bill Gates investment group says EU needs to put 800 billion euros into green energy
As the EU Commission is about to vote on REPowerEU, a bill to fund alternative natural gas suppliers, Breakthrough Energy claims that the bloc needs more battery storage capacity
Spain / Development / Energy efficiency
Valladolid to have Spain’s largest biomass-fed heating network
The promise is that it will save between 30% and 50% on users’ energy bills
Germany / Berlin / Mobility / Politics and Reforms
Could Berlin become a car-free city in the next four years?
An ambitious draft bill was championed by the Greens in the City’s Senate, but authorities shut it down for being too drastic. What happens now?
Social City
Malta / Innovation and Research / Welfare and Health
Malta opens a multisensory room in Kalkara
It will offer people with physical, cognitive and sensory disabilities a calming environment
Spain / Politics and Reforms / Welfare and Health
Spain: the first European country to offer menstrual leave for women
The bill, however, still has to be approved by Parliament to become a law
Belgium / Leuven / Welfare and Health
Leuven wants to ban smoking and e-cigarettes on 100 playgrounds
Local authorities explained that his policy hopes to sensitize people to not smoke in front of children and thus break the cycle of passing on the habit
Austria / Vienna / Green City / Welfare and Health
Vienna launches its own line of organic produce
‘Wien Gusto’, as the brand is called, will source its produce from the nearly 2,000 hectares of farm land owned by the city
France / Paris / Education and Sport / Social City
You can now buy NFTs to support students from Ukraine in Paris
There are several ways you can help the city accommodate 500 Ukrainians arriving for the start of the academic year
Czechia / Prague / Public Spaces / Welfare and Health
Prague wants to ban consumption of alcohol in over 1,000 public places
In this way, it will reduce the levels of noise and pollution
Greece / Athens / Interviews / Welfare and Health
Melina Daskalaki: Our mission is to promote the social reintegration of homeless individuals
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Malta opens a multisensory room in Kalkara
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Spain: the first European country to offer menstrual leave for women
Belgium / Leuven / Welfare and Health
Leuven wants to ban smoking and e-cigarettes on 100 playgrounds
Austria / Vienna / Green City / Welfare and Health
Vienna launches its own line of organic produce
Finland / Helsinki / Green City
Helsinki to test a fully electric garbage truck
France / Paris / Education and Sport / Social City