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The French-Irish infrastructure will transfer sustainable nuclear and wind energy between the two countries, strengthening their energy independence
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City officials believe that financial conditions will deteriorate in the coming winter months
The Latvian capital joins a growing rank of European cities that have turned to taxing the visitors’ impact
The EDMO hubs work to connect fact-checkers, academia and the media, as well as boost local media literacy
Ireland is currently going through a major rental housing crisis
The Estonian city is preparing for its upcoming European Green Capital year in style
The birds will be specially trained to scare off pigeons from their favourite places in the city’s parks
The system uses a simple tri-colour traffic light code to let commuters know the best place to enter a train
The smart devices also let drivers with reduced mobility know where the nearest free spot is located
Plants feed on CO2 and plenty of it is produced at the local Tekniska verken energy company, so there’s a circular win-win solution
The city’s Second District opted for sustainable Christmas decoration this year
The city marked the 250th e-taxi license, issued by local traffic authorities
The city will limit the number of these two-wheelers in the centre to 500, in order to push companies to service residential areas as well
The system uses a simple tri-colour traffic light code to let commuters know the best place to enter a train
The smart devices also let drivers with reduced mobility know where the nearest free spot is located
City officials believe that financial conditions will deteriorate in the coming winter months
Some shops have stayed open for more than six generations of the same family and trace their origins to the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Faux or fact? Now, it’s up to you to shine the light on the truth
Local authorities want to monitor the situation and keep a healthy housing balance
Ireland is currently going through a major rental housing crisis
It will aid them in collecting data about the incidents that can be used in court
Women and men working the Municipality of Linköping are now equally rewarded when they do the same type of work, Source: Linköping Municipality
Women also represent more than three-quarters of the municipal employees
The Swedish Municipality of Linköping was proud to announce that as of 1 August it has closed the gender pay gap, at least as far as its employees were concerned. The salary situation in the municipality is now equal between men and women, making Linköping something of a pioneer even in a progressive country like Sweden.
Moreover, the press office announced that the local civil servant workforce is composed of 78% women. And they get 78% of the total budget for salaries.
The Municipality carries out a wage survey every year, called salary mapping. Its purpose is to detect, remedy and prevent unjustified pay differences between women and men who perform equal or equivalent work. About 9,600 people and their salaries are included in this year's survey.
The survey has previously registered a difference of 2 percent in favour of the men, but in recent years, overall salaries have slowly moved towards an equal situation.
“Sweden is one of the world's most equal countries, but the pay gap between women and men is still too great and development is progressing far too slowly. Therefore, it is gratifying that Linköping municipality is leading the way to ensure equal pay,” stated municipal councillor Denise Cassel (KD), who is responsible for personnel management.
She then added: “However, there is still a lot to work on to get equal pay at all levels, and we are of course working on that. This is work that requires perseverance.”
The Municipality of Linköping applies a decentralized wage setting. The HR manager decides on the individual employee's salary, but many other people are also involved in salary formation at different levels in the municipality. All of them must take into account the equality perspective in the work done when considering wage formation.
The local authorities are taking the bold step as a way to declutter the urban streets from delivery traffic
One-third of homes on the islands this year were sold to nationals of other countries, many of whom are non-residents
This was one of the more creative and unusual ideas set to take shape as a result of the second participatory budget initiative in the city
Users can now get an overview of the state of the output in the country and receive a warning to reduce consumption and avoid power cuts
The city will launch an urban walk with a digital visual guide
The system uses a simple tri-colour traffic light code to let commuters know the best place to enter a train
The city inaugurated twelve of these spots to encourage people to still feel at home while on the street
The Danish capital was recognized for its citizen-centric approach to urban planning
The pioneering green move would make the country the first in Europe to do so
The city inaugurated twelve of these spots to encourage people to still feel at home while on the street
This was one of the more creative and unusual ideas set to take shape as a result of the second participatory budget initiative in the city
The city will launch an urban walk with a digital visual guide
This initiative seeks to integrate the values of the New European Bauhaus into the European Commission’s 100 Cities Mission
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
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
