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This is a brand new step in the internationalization strategy of the Italian state railway company plans to expand
The plant will be located in Debrecen, Hungary’s second-largest city
EU border countries and communities are increasingly growing uneasy about tolerating daily visits from the aggressor country
The local Senate has introduced a package of measures, aiming to curb municipal energy consumption
Greece is the only country that registered an increase, compared to numbers from July 2022
According to the Global Bicycle Index 2022, most of the top 10 cities were in Europe, with Germany and the Netherlands dominating the list
The flying machines will disperse seed balls in order to try to save the thin and sensitive soil from erosion in the autumn
This year, authorities will be boosting their efforts to get people familiar with different sides of the water body
The local Senate has introduced a package of measures, aiming to curb municipal energy consumption
The transportable solar-powered module was provided by the regional government
Greece is the only country that registered an increase, compared to numbers from July 2022
If the system proves successful, authorities will scale it up to the rest of Dublin
The name of the tactic is ‘targeted grazing’ – it feeds the animals and starves the wildfires
The monument will be a creative and literally moving sculpture called ‘Standing Waves’
EU border countries and communities are increasingly growing uneasy about tolerating daily visits from the aggressor country
The monument will be a creative and literally moving sculpture called ‘Standing Waves’
EU’s statistical office has found a way to present what could be dry info in a more interactive and game-like manner
The building is adorned with murals by the Urban Creatures street art collective
Authorities in the city of Bonn have issued a warning to citizens to avoid the unpaved areas in the drying riverbed
The pets living with disadvantaged residents in the Portuguese capital have not been forgotten
Warsaw still tops the list as the wealthiest city in Poland
An annual ranking shows a wealth of crises threatening local financial stability
On 30 July, ‘Wspólnota’, a newspaper reporting on Polish municipal issues, published its annual ranking of the wealthiest local governments in the country. The ranking covers a snapshot of 2021 outlining some of the key features of local economies.
Apart from per capita wealth, the ranking, which was first done by Prof Paweł Swianiewicz and Dr Julita Łukomska from the University of Warsaw over 20 years ago, also delves into regional financial stability as well as future challenges for local authorities.
As opposed to the usually optimistic outlook on the future development of Poland, researchers point to a wealth of crises that make the future of local governments quite dim, when compared to previous years.
The last time TheMayor.EU covered the Polish Cities Wealth Ranking was in 2019 after Poland was officially declared as a ‘developed country’. Back then, the ranking listed the continued flow of capital and efficient social policy as benefits with a generally positive outlook for future development.
The 2021 ranking, however, has a much more pessimistic view of the future of local governments. According to a press statement by the association, the government's narrative about the excellent results of local government budgets is misleading and the future looks grim.
The study cites a sustained long-term inflation problem, as well as tax changes that cut local authorities’ budgets, as the great future challenges. Additionally, the growing uncertainty over the absorption of EU funds, as well as the financial tensions generated by the war in Ukraine and the wave of refugees, are all big threats to regional development.
One quote from the study itself reads: “All this means that the near and distant future of local government budgets must be viewed with a great deal of anxiety.”
One thing the authors emphasize is that the results of the study still show stability in the local governments. In terms of wealth per capita in regional (voivodship) capitals, Warsaw (8934,73 zloty) unsurprisingly tops the list, followed by Wroclaw (7383,80 zloty), Opole (7134,54 zloty), Krakow (7003,56 zloty) and Poznan (6838,94 zloty).
The second section deals with powiat cities, which have the status of counties or districts. The list is topped by Sopot with the highest per capita wealth at 9253,36 zloty, followed by Płock (7248,73 zloty), Gliwice (6826,40 zloty), Dąbrowa Górnicza (6765,01 zloty) and Świnoujście (6489,06 zloty).
The authors point out that many of the results in this year’s ranking are the result of external transfers and foreign investment rather than locally collected tax revenues.
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Greece is the only country that registered an increase, compared to numbers from July 2022
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If the system proves successful, authorities will scale it up to the rest of Dublin
City authorities say that the park would be complete by mid-December
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Greece is the only country that registered an increase, compared to numbers from July 2022
EU border countries and communities are increasingly growing uneasy about tolerating daily visits from the aggressor country
The monument will be a creative and literally moving sculpture called ‘Standing Waves’
The famous Zundert Corso returns on 4-5 September 2022
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
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