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The big highlights of the project are two cycling highways, one leading to Lower Austria in the south and another leading to Donaustadt
Sântana has only 11,000 residents, yet several municipal buildings will get connected to a renewable geothermal reservoir deep underground
With a decline in passengers due to Covid-19 and the energy crisis, among other factors, the city will focus on increasing the quality of service
The idea dates back even to Antiquity, but how feasible is it?
While the new health policy will fund the morning-after pill and various progesterone treatments, it will not cover condoms
The cultural and victim remembrance facility will be located in Rome
The city wants new approaches to developing the urban environment and is willing to fund the best solutions
Around 75% of German CO2 emissions come from the private sector, yet less than 1% of businesses are considered fully sustainable
City officials found that simple messages about respecting residents’ sleep were most effective if coupled with the right presentation
The city has a strategy of putting 10,000 human-controlled and autonomous shuttles on the streets by 2030
The city has learned a lot from an ongoing project for a solar roof on the Altonaer Museum
Sântana has only 11,000 residents, yet several municipal buildings will get connected to a renewable geothermal reservoir deep underground
With a decline in passengers due to Covid-19 and the energy crisis, among other factors, the city will focus on increasing the quality of service
The big highlights of the project are two cycling highways, one leading to Lower Austria in the south and another leading to Donaustadt
It will open its doors in 2024 and offer cremations and burials
The building will be on the site of Plato’s Ancient Academy
The city has learned a lot from an ongoing project for a solar roof on the Altonaer Museum
The city has arranged four tailor-made programmes for the different residences as a way to reconnect with patients’ life and memories
The city has developed its own way to teach young people how to react when they witness unjust treatments
The city will supply and maintain 138 dispensers in public buildings
While the new health policy will fund the morning-after pill and various progesterone treatments, it will not cover condoms
City officials found that simple messages about respecting residents’ sleep were most effective if coupled with the right presentation
Prices have more than doubled in Estonia, Hungary, Luxembourg, Latvia, Czechia, Austria and Lithuania
Housing prices in the European Union for both renting and buying have been going up across the board since 2010, according to a recent publication by Eurostat. The data shows that from 2010 to 2021, average rent prices have gone up by 16%, while house prices have gone up by a whopping 42%.
Out of the EU’s 23 countries, Estonia has by far seen the biggest increase in prices, with rent going up by 171% and house prices going up by 156%. The majority of Member States saw a significant price rise over the period, with the exception of Italy, Cyprus and Greece, where prices actually dropped.
While house prices between 2011 and 2015 dipped below 2010 levels, they have shown a sustained and steep climb over the last six years. The highest rises were in Estonia (+156%), Hungary (+128%) and Luxembourg (+124%).
At the same time, the sharpest overall climb in house prices happened in the middle of the Covid-pandemic in 2021, when they jumped by around 10%. According to Eurostat, in Estonia, they went up by 20% compared to 2020 levels. In Hungary, that number is 19.5%.
Luxembourg, on the other hand, has had astonishingly high housing prices for years. While the 12% increase does not seem as sharp, compared to other countries, it only piles on an existing acute housing shortage that has started to spill over into neighbouring Belgium.
On the other hand, house prices have decreased in Greece (-23%), Italy (-12%) and Cyprus (-9%). In 2021, Cyprus saw a 5% decrease, while in Italy they rose by 4% compared to 2020 levels.
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Housing prices in the EU, Source: Eurostat
According to the data, rent prices in the EU are always going up, regardless of trends within the housing market. At the same time, researchers also say that pre-2011, house prices and rent prices followed a similar trend, however, after the dip in the first half of the last decade, they seem to go their own way.
Overall, rent prices have gone up by 16%, with growth not slowing down even the 2011-2015 period. The only countries that did not register a rent increase were Cyprus and Greece. At the same time, the highest rises happened in Estonia (+171%), Lithuania (+113%) and Ireland (+74%).
Ireland has had an ongoing affordable housing crisis for the past decade, which prompted the government to launch the Housing for All plan, aiming to deliver 90,000 social homes and 54,000 affordable homes by 2030.
Housing prices by country, Source: Eurostat
This is evident from the Regional Competitive Index (RCI) published by the European Commission
It’s unclear when it will reopen
While the new health policy will fund the morning-after pill and various progesterone treatments, it will not cover condoms
City officials found that simple messages about respecting residents’ sleep were most effective if coupled with the right presentation
The city has a strategy of putting 10,000 human-controlled and autonomous shuttles on the streets by 2030
Last week, the Chinese app was banned for Belgian federal employees for an initial period of six months
These were the original carriages used when the Polish capital’s subway was launched in 1995
The heritage district has four times less verdant spaces per person than the rest of the Basque capital
The city has learned a lot from an ongoing project for a solar roof on the Altonaer Museum
These were the original carriages used when the Polish capital’s subway was launched in 1995
Social inclusion through gastronomy in one of Italy’s most dangerous neighbourhoods
It’s unclear when it will reopen
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
A talk with the head of Mission Zero Academy on the benefits for municipalities if they go the zero waste way
A talk with Nicolae Urs, one of the key figures behind the city's new data platforms and online services strategy
Veni Markovski’s take on dealing with disinformation in the European Union's poorest country – Bulgaria
