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A new pilot project in the capital will try out multi-faceted farming in a built-up setting as a source of food and environmental awareness
The work is already underway from both sides and completion is expected at the end of the decade
The solution which has been progressing to that end for the past several years proves that there can be a circular business model
This move will open green and social public projects to wider investments
The city has launched a 'buy 1 get 1 for free' scheme to lure people back to the local cultural scene
The initiative focuses on building an integration policy from the perspective of small businesses within the community
The Agri-Tech centre in Osnabrück has a lab, workshop and test field all rolled into one
The flying machines will help pinpoint polluted districts much more accurately
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The Agri-Tech centre in Osnabrück has a lab, workshop and test field all rolled into one
It will supply electricity to a population twice the city of Porto
Plzeňský Prazdroj’s new brewery warehouse launched an automated rail system capable of storing more beer and loading it onto trucks much more efficiently
The work is already underway from both sides and completion is expected at the end of the decade
Local authorities say that this is a good way to preserve the 15th-century market building while providing a public service
A new pilot project in the capital will try out multi-faceted farming in a built-up setting as a source of food and environmental awareness
Let your amorous intentions be known throughout the French capital, because if not there, where else?
Let your amorous intentions be known throughout the French capital, because if not there, where else?
The city has launched a 'buy 1 get 1 for free' scheme to lure people back to the local cultural scene
No more blue Mondays in this educational institution
The facility will be located in Hasselt and is set to welcome its first visitors this spring
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No more blue Mondays in this educational institution
Germany may have to limit energy consumption by 20% instead of 15%, Source: Robert Linder / Unsplash
The plan envisions an energy bonus covering one month’s worth of bills in 2022 and a price break in early 2023
Today, Germany’s expert commission, tasked with developing measures to ease the gas crisis, delivered a set of policy proposals to Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The commission’s plan envisions a two-step system that could end up costing the German Federal Government around 35 billion euros if the Bundestag decides to adopt all proposals.
The draft plan proposes offering immediate relief for households and businesses in 2022, while the period between 2023 and 2024 could bring price breaks for consumers.
While the propositions of the commission were handed to the Chancellor’s office with unanimous approval, Reuters reports that members have spoken out, saying it offers little in the way of incentivising citizens to curb gas consumption.
This could prove to be a real issue despite German gas reserves sitting at 93.03%, as of 7 October, according to an official government statement. This is because of the high consumption of both private households and industry.
The situation would force Germany to maintain an energy savings policy and cut its consumption by 20%, rather than the 15% mandated by the EU Commission for other member states. This figure and predictions for winter scenarios are still not set in stone though, as the situation is still subject to change depending on the price of natural gas on the free market and temperatures during the winter months.
A key thing to remember is that the current proposal is a draft, submitted by the expert commission that still needs to go through the German Parliament. Nevertheless, the policy proposal puts the bill for these energy measures at just 35 million euros by early 2024.
This sum should be covered by Chancellor Scholz’s proposed 200 billion relief package, announced last month to help Europe’s largest economy through the energy crisis.
The plan envisions a 5-billion-euro energy bonus for households and small and medium-sized businesses. The bonus would cover energy bills for one month, most likely in December.
Meanwhile, the second stage of energy aid should kick in March-April 2023 and should last for about one year, as Reuters reports. It should cap the price of energy at about 12-14 cents per kilowatt hour, while the rest 60% to 80% should be covered by the state and the rest – by consumers.
The subsidy will apply to single women, couples and families
The aim is to have a carbon impact of only 2.5 kg of CO2 per square metre per year
The government has set aside a 150-million-euro pot, which is supposed to replenish once the properties are resold
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The Agri-Tech centre in Osnabrück has a lab, workshop and test field all rolled into one
These officials help seniors to push back the feelings of alienation in a world gone rapidly technological
It’s the latest European capital that wants to do something about the rampant and chaotic use of the two-wheelers in its public spaces
Regional authorities have identified 260 roadside areas suitable for solar farms; so they are looking for partners
The aim is to have a carbon impact of only 2.5 kg of CO2 per square metre per year
The subsidy will apply to single women, couples and families
It makes perfect sense, given the vibrant café and fashion cultures in that country
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The new itineraries are part of the DiscoverEU programme, which lets 18-year-olds travel by train between important European sites
The European Commission has published its first progress report charting the achievements of the socio-cultural movement that combines beauty, inclusion and sustainability
The 2023 edition of the creative initiative promises to be bigger, bolder and more inclusive
Veni Markovski’s take on dealing with disinformation in the European Union's poorest country – Bulgaria
A conversation with the mayor of Utrecht on the occasion of her mission to COP27
A conversation with the President of the European Committee of the Regions, about energy, climate change and the underrated importance of cohesion policy
