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Reps from 300 cities worldwide will head to the Belgian capital, 12-15 June
It is designed by the same architect that came up with Milan’s iconic Bosco Verticale
The city has signed a new lease deal for an area of 12 hectares which will include production facilities and renewable energy generation
The aim is to lessen the region’s exclusive dependence on rains
The results are also seen as a litmus test for the upcoming national vote later this year
With the ramp-up of the summer offensive, authorities estimate up to 500 wounded soldiers per month
The team presented the final report about a year, which was supposed to put the Luxembourgish city on the cultural map of Europe
European projects are developing new ways to clamp down on international trafficking of cultural goods
Special sensors will measure the moisture content in the soil near the roots
An innovative project shows how history can be made vibrant with the help of cutting-edge tech
The city has signed a new lease deal for an area of 12 hectares which will include production facilities and renewable energy generation
The pilot project is part of the city’s plans to exit natural gas dependency as soon as possible
But also, 60% of the people in the country do not know what a ‘low-emission zone’ is
1,000 such spaces, strategically placed near public transit hubs, will help rethink the place of the car in the city
1,000 such spaces, strategically placed near public transit hubs, will help rethink the place of the car in the city
It will also respond to alarms from citizens in real-time
The team presented the final report about a year, which was supposed to put the Luxembourgish city on the cultural map of Europe
This year, green will be the most prominent of the rainbow flag colours
The apartment building has just undergone a renovation worth 14 million euros
It’s a repetition of the donation drive, treating aid not as a sprint but as a marathon
With the ramp-up of the summer offensive, authorities estimate up to 500 wounded soldiers per month
This makes it the sixth country in the European Union to allow the end-of-life procedure
Leading the way in climate change action with socially conscious measures
Yesterday, 3 May, the Lisbon Municipal Assembly approved the proposal to make public transport free to use for young up to the age of 18, higher-education students up to the age of 23 and for elderly residents above the age of 65.
The measure, which is seen as a tool “to combat climate change”, as indicated by the mayor of Lisbon, Carlos Moedas, will have a total annual cost of around 14.9 million euros, and should come into force in the coming months. The City will conclude an agreement with the public transit operator TML, which will extend the provision of free rides for the above-mentioned groups until 31 December 2025.
The mayor of Lisbon is a firm advocate of the measure, which he sees as historic and as a way to make the Portuguese capital a model city in the fight against climate change.
"This step is social justice, it is justice for those who want to change the world and who really want to make the world better so that we have a planet we can live on. This measure is also justice in the decarbonization of the planet that we need so much, and this measure is to improve people's lives," he declared, as quoted by Jornal de Negocios.
Despite the mayor’s appeal for unanimity in approving the proposal, the Liberal Initiative (IL) municipal group decided to abstain, criticizing the urgency of voting when there is a "lack of information", including on the budget estimate of 14.9 million euros per year. They also spoke out against the "votes first, questions later" logic.
IL municipal deputy Rodrigo Mello Gonçalves in addition stated that mobility has to be seen in a metropolitan logic, since "three in four vehicles come from outside" the city of Lisbon, and that free public transport has to be implemented "according to need and not age".
Nevertheless, the other political parties in the assembly united around the idea and it is set to become a reality. It is also a social welfare act given that it seeks to lighten the burden of rising energy prices on some of the most vulnerable groups in economic terms.
Children up to the age of 12 have already been benefitting from free public transport in Lisbon, on the Metropolitano and Carris networks, since 2017.
The development will offer 70 rental apartments at 6.90 euros per square metre
The aim is to curb the ‘professionalization’ of short-term rentals
Reps from 300 cities worldwide will head to the Belgian capital, 12-15 June
The team presented the final report about a year, which was supposed to put the Luxembourgish city on the cultural map of Europe
Special sensors will measure the moisture content in the soil near the roots
An innovative project shows how history can be made vibrant with the help of cutting-edge tech
But also, 60% of the people in the country do not know what a ‘low-emission zone’ is
1,000 such spaces, strategically placed near public transit hubs, will help rethink the place of the car in the city
The city has signed a new lease deal for an area of 12 hectares which will include production facilities and renewable energy generation
The development will offer 70 rental apartments at 6.90 euros per square metre
The aim is to curb the ‘professionalization’ of short-term rentals
The team presented the final report about a year, which was supposed to put the Luxembourgish city on the cultural map of Europe
The practical art objects are competing for one of the 2023 New European Bauhaus Prizes
Cast your vote before 24 May and do your part in promoting the NEB values
The new itineraries are part of the DiscoverEU programme, which lets 18-year-olds travel by train between important European sites
An interview with the president of the European Federation of Journalists
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
