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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
Search for health, search for well-being - in any sense and category of these terms
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
The idea behind the scheme is to offer affordable options for would-be homeowners during a time of intense housing shortage
Today, the Irish government launched the ‘Ready to Build’ scheme, aiming to curb the raging housing crisis across the republic. Under the scheme, cities and towns would have the possibility to put up vacant plots on the market at a reduced price. The catch is that the people who buy them would be obliged to live there.
As TheMayor.EU reported earlier, in August Ireland had only 300 properties to rent in the entire country, signaling a multifaceted crisis at all levels of the sector which unfolds as more and more students tried to make their way to Dublin for the academic year.
At the same time, in 2021, the government launched the Housing for All plan, aiming to increase the supply of properties and to alleviate the market. This is what the Ready to Build scheme aims to change, by offering undervalued property to the market.
The ready-to-build scheme has a couple of prerequisites and limitations to how a property can be put on the market. For example, the plot that local authorities would sell needs to have all building clearance permits, electricity and sewer connections.
Furthermore, authorities can deduct the cost of preparing the property for building from the discounted price that eventually hits the market. However, each property can only be discounted by up to 30,000 euros.
This, considering that some of these plots are in densely populated cities, could lead to the purchasing price still being a barrier for many would-be homeowners, considering that after they purchase the land, they would still need to develop the property.
At the same time, plots purchased through the ready-to-build scheme will require the owners to live on the premises. This move is intended to protect the market from wealthy investors snatching up undervalued properties.
Minister of State for Planning and Local Government, Peter Burke, was quoted in a statement by the government, explaining that the scheme could help to fill out gaps in the building stock while adding a shot of vibrant enthusiasm across neighbourhoods.
Officials from the archipelago paid a visit to Lower Saxony (Germany) to get acquainted with the power of hydrogen trains
After the Berlin Constitutional Court declared the September 2021 local election invalid, the city is getting ready for a re-do
The digital transformation has reached the geographical dimension
The digital transformation has reached the geographical dimension
Search for health, search for well-being - in any sense and category of these terms
The Agri-Tech centre in Osnabrück has a lab, workshop and test field all rolled into one
Officials from the archipelago paid a visit to Lower Saxony (Germany) to get acquainted with the power of hydrogen trains
Eleven museums have united their efforts to do concrete analyses on emissions and share know-how on how to bring down emissions
It is meant as a response and companion piece to the annual San Remo festival - Italy’s premier pop music event
Eleven museums have united their efforts to do concrete analyses on emissions and share know-how on how to bring down emissions
The city will kick off its stint as the European Capital of Culture for 2023 on 17 February
It is meant as a response and companion piece to the annual San Remo festival - Italy’s premier pop music event
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
