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Ireland / Dublin / Culture and Tourism / Development

In the future, you could live in the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin

The St James Gate brewery in the Irish capital will be transformed into an urban district

Aug 2, 2022 17:09
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Poland / Development

Relying only on trust proves lucrative for a shop in Gdynia

Not only does it make profits, but it also corrects delinquent behaviour

Jul 29, 2022 16:58

Economy and Finance

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Portugal / Spain / Economy and Finance / Energy efficiency

Spanish shops ration out ice cubes in the midst of heatwave

The country may run out of this common frozen product before the end of the summer

Aug 8, 2022 16:44
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Poland / Krakow / Poznan / Warsaw / Economy and Finance / Innovation and Research

Report: The future for Polish local governments looks dim

An annual ranking shows a wealth of crises threatening local financial stability

Aug 5, 2022 17:12

Politics and Reforms

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Estonia / Politics and Reforms / Public Spaces

Estonia to dismantle any remaining Soviet monuments

Some of these feature entire tanks – objects that have become too unsavoury to honour in light of the current circumstances

Aug 5, 2022 17:54
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Poland / Warsaw / Politics and Reforms

Warsaw grants honorary citizenship to the Mayor of Kyiv

Vitali Klitschko promised that his fellow citizens will “defend democracy, stability and security of the whole of Europe against the barbaric Russian invasion”

Aug 1, 2022 12:57

Innovation and Research

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Poland / Krakow / Poznan / Warsaw / Economy and Finance / Innovation and Research

Report: The future for Polish local governments looks dim

An annual ranking shows a wealth of crises threatening local financial stability

Aug 5, 2022 17:12
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Denmark / Latvia / Luxembourg / Romania / Innovation and Research

In the EU, Luxembourg spends the most on R&D per inhabitant

According to Eurostat data, countries that spend less than the EU average, have grown their budgets the most in the last 10 years

Aug 4, 2022 15:45

Digital transformation

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Italy / Milan / Digital transformation / Mobility

Milan Police helps you recover your stolen bike through Facebook

Using social media to restore justice and put some visibility to a persistent criminal activity

Aug 3, 2022 13:43
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Finland / Digital transformation / Welfare and Health

Lappeenranta relies on residents’ attentiveness to report toxic lake algae

Where digitization and government resources cannot reach, citizens’ own responsibility is highly appreciated

Aug 1, 2022 14:28

Energy efficiency

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Portugal / Spain / Economy and Finance / Energy efficiency

Spanish shops ration out ice cubes in the midst of heatwave

The country may run out of this common frozen product before the end of the summer

Aug 8, 2022 16:44
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Spain / Energy efficiency

Spanish government sets out strict rules for energy consumption in buildings

The authorities are also preparing a contingency plan with energy-saving measures to be presented at the end of September

Aug 2, 2022 17:13

Mobility

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Germany / Mobility

Germany's 9-euro ticket might have led to more CO2 emissions

Preliminary data for the effects of the discount ticket could pull the breaks on expanding the scheme in the future

Aug 8, 2022 13:24
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Czechia / Prague / Mobility / Smart City

Prague will test advanced video analysis of traffic flow

The data will be anonymous and will help the city plan traffic conditions more efficiently

Aug 5, 2022 16:44

Public Spaces

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Estonia / Politics and Reforms / Public Spaces

Estonia to dismantle any remaining Soviet monuments

Some of these feature entire tanks – objects that have become too unsavoury to honour in light of the current circumstances

Aug 5, 2022 17:54
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Spain / Barcelona / Mobility / Public Spaces

Barcelona will bid farewell to pedicabs

In fact, the measure will extend to the whole region of Catalonia as this type of transportation is deemed to be unsafe

Aug 5, 2022 16:10

Culture and Tourism

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Italy / Culture and Tourism / Green City

Ferries carrying tourists to Cinque Terre will also serve as waste sorting hubs

The towns in the UNESCO-protected national park cannot deal on their own with the trash generated by the throngs of visitors

Aug 8, 2022 14:24
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Austria / Culture and Tourism

Austrian basilica opens a sacramental wine machine to coax new churchgoers

A local pastor explained that the throat and the soul are linked, so a little wine could open the door to religion for some

Aug 5, 2022 13:42

Education and Sport

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Spain / Barcelona / Education and Sport / Green City

Barcelona Zoo is preparing an info centre to teach about responsible ownership of animals

As well as the need to avoid participating in the trade of endangered or exotic species

Aug 3, 2022 17:01
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Spain / Madrid / Education and Sport

Madrid brings back and expands its ‘cube gym’ concept

The initiative returns assertively this summer, and 25 new containers will be installed in 17 districts of the Spanish capital before the end of the year

Aug 2, 2022 18:04

Welfare and Health

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Austria / Welfare and Health

Equal Pension Day in Austria highlights 41% gender pay gap

According to experts, this is because many women do most of the unpaid work like taking care of relatives and raising children

Aug 4, 2022 16:57
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Slovenia / Mobility / Welfare and Health

Bicycle ambulances come to the rescue in Slovenian beach town

Paramedics on wheels have the ability to provide more mobile, flexible and rapid healthcare services

Aug 4, 2022 16:33
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Interviews / Politics and Reforms

Vasco Cordeiro: The European project is at stake when solidarity is at stake

Aug 1, 2022 11:34
Denis Balgaranov
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Interviews

Cities Mission has made citizen engagement and participatory processes an important part of its functioning

Jul 14, 2022 14:57
ICLEI Europe
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Portugal / Matosinhos / Interviews

Luisa Salgueiro: Climate resilience work is never completed, it’s a continuously upgraded project

Jun 23, 2022 12:41
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Interviews

EBRD's aim is to support increased climate ambition within cities

May 18, 2022 13:33
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Greece / Athens / Interviews / Welfare and Health

Melina Daskalaki: Our mission is to promote the social reintegration of homeless individuals

May 16, 2022 11:04
Svilena Iotkovska
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Sweden / Interviews

Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh: Malmö Resilience Hub will have the potential to connect cities on the Baltic Sea

May 11, 2022 15:26
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Bulgaria / Blagoevgrad / Interviews / Politics and Reforms

Ilko Stoyanov: Municipalities face the brunt of global crises

Apr 28, 2022 10:43
Denis Balgaranov
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Portugal / Matosinhos / Interviews / New European Bauhaus

Catarina Selada on the first-ever platform that assigns credits for saved carbon emissions

Apr 26, 2022 13:25
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Croatia / Dubrovnik / Zagreb / Digital transformation / Interviews

Tanja Polegubic: The rise of digital nomads will reshape cities in 3 ways

Mar 23, 2022 11:13
Svilena Iotkovska
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Spain / Interviews / New European Bauhaus

A garden is a laboratory of coexistence, where humans and non-humans interact to create more diverse, rich and resilient environments

Feb 18, 2022 13:44
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov

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Poland / Development

Poland “grows” with 15 new cities

The settlements will gain city status on 1 January 2023

Jul 15, 2022 14:40
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Austria / Innsbruck / Politics and Reforms / Social City

Innsbruck declares a ‘Housing Emergency’

The city can now trigger a 50-year-old law, which would give authorities the right to intervene in the housing market, and even to expropriate property

Jul 15, 2022 13:11
Denis Balgaranov
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Luxembourg / Politics and Reforms

Luxembourg expands voter rights for EU citizens and third-country nationals

Non-Luxembourgers were required to have lived five years in the county before they had the right to vote in local elections but that is no longer the case

Jul 14, 2022 15:06
Denis Balgaranov
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Ireland / Dublin / Politics and Reforms / Welfare and Health

People sleep at Dublin Airport as state-provided spaces for refugees run out

Authorities have a plan to construct 500 modular units, but they are scheduled for completion in 2023

Jul 14, 2022 13:24
Denis Balgaranov
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Finland / Turku / Development / Green City

How to develop more inclusive and equitable cities?

ICLEI Circulars published a guidebook for urban practitioners to help them learn from the best examples around the world

Jul 14, 2022 11:17
ICLEI Europe
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Spain / Barcelona / Madrid / Mobility / Politics and Reforms

Madrid and Barcelona’s regional trains will be free to ride from September to December

The Spanish government has decided to tackle the energy and inflation crisis with a pioneering move

Jul 13, 2022 17:59
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Belgium / Brussels / Economy and Finance / Politics and Reforms

Molenbeek introduces the first tax on supermarket self-checkouts in Belgium

The local mayor, Catherine Moureaux, argues that this practice disrupts social cohesion and causes job loss in her municipality

Jul 13, 2022 17:08
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Stuttgart / Development / Economy and Finance

Bosch invests billions to beef up microchip manufacturing

The company will enlarge production space in Dresden and Reutlingen, while also investing in research and development

Jul 13, 2022 15:20
Denis Balgaranov
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Bulgaria / Blagoevgrad / Economy and Finance / Innovation and Research

Blagoevgrad businesses will learn from Taiwanese best practices

The new exchange programme is the result of local efforts to build up the city as a space for innovation and foreign investments

Jul 12, 2022 17:10
Denis Balgaranov
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Ireland / Dublin / Digital transformation / Economy and Finance

Ireland’s new regional development strategy - ready for changes ahead

It identifies three main regions in the country, each with its own economic focus and untapped potential

Jul 11, 2022 17:21
Denis Balgaranov
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Belgium / Leuven / Green City
Aug 03, 2022 15:39
Denis Balgaranov

Leuven wants to protect hedgehogs from robotic lawnmowers

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Poland / Gdansk / Mobility
Aug 03, 2022 15:27

Gdansk powers up its fleet with 18 new electric buses

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Bulgaria / Gabrovo / Culture and Tourism / Green City
Aug 03, 2022 14:03
Denis Balgaranov

Gabrovo’s Museum of Humour gets serious about fighting climate change

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Italy / Milan / Digital transformation / Mobility
Aug 03, 2022 13:43
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov

Milan Police helps you recover your stolen bike through Facebook

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Spain / Madrid / Education and Sport
Aug 02, 2022 18:04
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov

Madrid brings back and expands its ‘cube gym’ concept

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Spain / Energy efficiency
Aug 02, 2022 17:13
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov

Spanish government sets out strict rules for energy consumption in buildings

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Ireland / Dublin / Culture and Tourism / Development
Aug 02, 2022 17:09
Denis Balgaranov

In the future, you could live in the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin

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Bulgaria / Sofia / Culture and Tourism
Aug 02, 2022 15:48
Denis Balgaranov

Free youth festival in Sofia raises awareness of social issues

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Finland / Culture and Tourism
Aug 02, 2022 14:13
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov

Russian border tourism to EU still alive thanks to Finland loophole

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Belgium / Brussels / Culture and Tourism
Aug 02, 2022 13:22
Denis Balgaranov

The new permanent Ferris wheel in Brussels will offer people the best view in the city

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