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This is a brand new step in the internationalization strategy of the Italian state railway company plans to expand
The plant will be located in Debrecen, Hungary’s second-largest city
EU border countries and communities are increasingly growing uneasy about tolerating daily visits from the aggressor country
The local Senate has introduced a package of measures, aiming to curb municipal energy consumption
Greece is the only country that registered an increase, compared to numbers from July 2022
According to the Global Bicycle Index 2022, most of the top 10 cities were in Europe, with Germany and the Netherlands dominating the list
The flying machines will disperse seed balls in order to try to save the thin and sensitive soil from erosion in the autumn
This year, authorities will be boosting their efforts to get people familiar with different sides of the water body
The local Senate has introduced a package of measures, aiming to curb municipal energy consumption
The transportable solar-powered module was provided by the regional government
Greece is the only country that registered an increase, compared to numbers from July 2022
If the system proves successful, authorities will scale it up to the rest of Dublin
The name of the tactic is ‘targeted grazing’ – it feeds the animals and starves the wildfires
The monument will be a creative and literally moving sculpture called ‘Standing Waves’
EU border countries and communities are increasingly growing uneasy about tolerating daily visits from the aggressor country
The monument will be a creative and literally moving sculpture called ‘Standing Waves’
EU’s statistical office has found a way to present what could be dry info in a more interactive and game-like manner
The building is adorned with murals by the Urban Creatures street art collective
Authorities in the city of Bonn have issued a warning to citizens to avoid the unpaved areas in the drying riverbed
The pets living with disadvantaged residents in the Portuguese capital have not been forgotten
Barcelona's beaches are set to become one idea more pristine from 1 July 2022
Breaking the rule could set you back some 30 euros
On the first day of July, the regulation banning the smoking of cigarettes on the beaches of Barcelona officially entered into force. This will apply all year round and not only during the tourist season, with a view to creating healthy, clean and more appealing public spaces on the Catalan capital’s coastal stretch. Infractions to the smoking ban will be sanctioned with up to 30 euros.
This makes Barcelona the first Spanish city to implement such a move. The prohibition on smoking, however, does already exist on hundreds of beaches across Spain after a national law allowed municipalities to implement such measures. In that respect, Barcelona will be fairly lenient to offenders, as other beaches have imposed much steeper penalties.
For example, people caught lighting up on three beaches on the island of Mallorca will have to fork out up to almost 2,000 euros. The beaches in question are Santa Ponsa, La Romana (Paguera) and Carregador (Palmanova).
A European directive from 2019 pointed out the problem with cigarette butts and their slow degradation, and that they are "the second most common plastic pollutant on beaches". It served as the basis for the Spanish law, which relegated the powers to impose bans and fines upon local authorities.
The beaches of Barcelona have a total length of about 5 kilometres and an area of 240,000 square meters. In the warm months of the year, they are visited by nearly 4 million people, of which families with children are nearly 10%.
In that view, the city authorities carried out a pilot test last year in order to study the effectiveness of a potential ban and the way it would be received among the general population.
The pilot test’s results showed a significant reduction in the percentage of people smoking on the beaches and the number of cigarette butts left on the sand. The initiative received a satisfactory score, more than 8 points out of 10, from the beaches’ users.
EU border countries and communities are increasingly growing uneasy about tolerating daily visits from the aggressor country
The local Senate has introduced a package of measures, aiming to curb municipal energy consumption
This is a brand new step in the internationalization strategy of the Italian state railway company plans to expand
Greece is the only country that registered an increase, compared to numbers from July 2022
The flying machines will disperse seed balls in order to try to save the thin and sensitive soil from erosion in the autumn
If the system proves successful, authorities will scale it up to the rest of Dublin
City authorities say that the park would be complete by mid-December
This summer, the Iberian Peninsula has turned into a veritable tinder source ready for disaster
Greece is the only country that registered an increase, compared to numbers from July 2022
EU border countries and communities are increasingly growing uneasy about tolerating daily visits from the aggressor country
The monument will be a creative and literally moving sculpture called ‘Standing Waves’
The famous Zundert Corso returns on 4-5 September 2022
These will be spread across 11 EU countries and will serve to support the EU Missions
The European Commission has accepted to develop the idea
An interview about AYR, one of the 2021 New European Bauhaus Prize winners
A conversation with the President of the European Committee of the Regions, about energy, climate change and the underrated importance of cohesion policy
Interview with Herald Ruijters, Director, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE), European Commission
A conversation with the Mayor of Matosinhos, Portugal’s first UN Resilience Hub
