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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
Search for health, search for well-being - in any sense and category of these terms
No more blue Mondays in this educational institution
Currently, municipalities in Germany cannot issue their own maximum speed laws if the latter are below a certain threshold
Last year a number of German cities announced the creation of a new initiative that would advocate for more municipal rights to set speed limits. The founding cities were Aachen, Augsburg, Freiburg, Hanover, Leipzig, Münster and Ulm and with the creation of the organisation, they petitioned other German municipalities to join in.
The initiative is called Liveable cities through appropriate speeds (Lebenswerte Städte durch angemessene Geschwindigkeiten) and its members want the specific right to introduce more 30 km/h low-speed zones. One year later, the initiative has slowly been gaining traction and as of 12 August 2022, it has 263 municipalities.
The initiative’s main principle revolves around the idea that urban liveability and quality of life come from public spaces. These, however, are mentioned as squares, parks and streets, meaning that the interaction between motor traffic and pedestrian traffic is a key factor.
Low-speed zones, consequently, are a great tool to manage that interaction, with numerous examples from the EU. Studies have shown that they reduce noise pollution, carbon dioxide and nitrogen dioxide pollution and decrease the risk of fatal injuries.
However, municipalities do not have the right to introduce them and manage traffic as they see appropriate, based on local needs, demands or concerns. According to initiative organisers, the German Federal Government prohibits installing 30 km/h low-speed zones, unless there is a specific risk they address or they are in front of social facilities, like day-care centres and schools.
A very important note for the initiative, according to its creators, is that it is not only about zones that have a max speed of 30 km/h. It is more about giving local authorities the right to set their own maximum speed limits, which in some cases may be 20 km/h and in others, 40 km/h.
Here are the initiative’s four demands, signed off on by mayors, city councillors responsible for mobility and urban development and urban planning departments:
Eurostat determined the way inflation has affected this now globally iconic fast food product
EUvsDisinfo, a branch of the European External Action Service, published a report outlining the tactics and origins of Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI)
The Quartier des Trèfles will be home to hundreds of people as a neighbourhood-sized three-building complex
The city plans to reintroduce a sound system in central public spaces, however, this time it should be more compatible with residents' concerns
A new facility in the city will produce biochar, trap CO2 and generate sustainable energy
The digital transformation has reached the geographical dimension
The money will be targeted to organisations who have seen a 50% rise in energy costs in 2022 compared to 2021
The initiative has already taken root in Aveiro, Braga and Lisbon, and soon in Matosinhos
The city plans to reintroduce a sound system in central public spaces, however, this time it should be more compatible with residents' concerns
The money will be targeted to organisations who have seen a 50% rise in energy costs in 2022 compared to 2021
The initiative has already taken root in Aveiro, Braga and Lisbon, and soon in Matosinhos
The only European country left where the anti-pandemic mandate still applies is Austria
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
