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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
10,000 kids failed to find a place in the overcrowded municipal kindergartens this summer and the construction of new facilities is very slow
Yesterday, during a meeting of the Sofia Municipal Council a dispute broke out over whether the 12 new kindergartens and nurseries scheduled for completion this year will actually meet their deadlines. Councillor Diana Tonova warned that many of the projects will need at least another year before opening to the public.
The situation in Bulgaria’s capital reached a tipping point this summer when 10,000 kids failed to find a place in the already overcrowded municipal kindergartens and a further 4,000 could not get into private ones. This provoked a wave of protests against the mayor, Yordanka Fandakova, as protesters called for her resignation.
Sofia launched an ambitious campaign for the construction of kindergartens in the period between 2021 and 2023. The project aimed to open 22 new kindergartens and nurseries with the first batch of 12 set to complete this year.
However, Councillor Tonova explained that five of the sites have not passed the construction planning phase yet and another two – in the Pavlovo and Pancharevo neighbourhoods are set to be complete in 2022 at the earliest. Another two, in Ovcha Kupel and Krastova Vada, going through redevelopment for the past four years, will be delayed further.
The rest of the scheduled kindergartens have not entered the construction planning stages yet, as the municipality has only recently started exploring the purchase of land from private owners. Councillor Tonova explained that the city has 4 million euros set aside for acquiring land in this year’s budget.
Bulgaria has one of the fastest shrinking populations in the world, due to relatively high mortality and low birth rates, and a negative growth rate of 0.67% per year. However, as the population declines in the countryside, the capital has remained relatively unscathed and, in some years, has even registered demographic growth.
This is due to the constant stream of internal migration in search of higher wages and better opportunities in the big city. This is especially true for young families. In 2010, 11,186 children were born in Sofia out of a total of 74,234 for the country.
For comparison, in 2020 the number was 13,156 out of 59,440 children. This means that roughly a quarter of Bulgaria’s children were born in Sofia. While building more kindergartens could potentially fix the problem, the underlying condition for it to be there will still remain.
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
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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
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