Amsterdam bans creation of new hotels
Another piece in the overall strategy to reduce tourist flows to the city
After heated debate, the municipal council approved the budget of Sofia for 2020 amounting to BGN 1.729 billion
Sofia Municipality announced that it was approved for participation in the project "PolicyCLOUD - Policy Management Through Technologies Across the Complete Data Lifecycle on Cloud Environments” under the Horizon 2020 Program.
Sofia will work in a network of 15 other partners from 9 European countries. The implementation period of the project is 36 months and its main objective is to create a cloud-based tool for effectively modeling, testing and managing policies through data analysis and visualization.
For the implementation of the project activities, free access will be provided to the existing cloud-based IT infrastructure at European level for data collection, comprehensive processing and analysis.
By participating in the project, the Sofia Municipality administration hopes to improve governance, implementation and transparency in local policies management using the latest technologies.
In the meantime, after intense controversy, the Sofia Municipal Council adopted yesterday the budget of Bulgaria’s capital for 2020. As announced by Mayor Yordanka Fandakova, it amounts to BGN 1.729 billion or 21 million less than last year’s budget.
According to Fandakova, the two strategic priorities in the budget are neighborhoods (improvement of infrastructure such as streets, sidewalks, kindergartens and schools and modernization of urban transport) and ecology (improvement of ambient air quality and more green spaces). 80% of the budget and 95% of the municipal investment program for 2020 are directed towards achieving these goals.
Opposition groups in the municipal council - Democratic Bulgaria, the Bulgarian Socialist Party and independent representative Boris Bonev voted against the draft budget, defining it as a mechanical bundle of accounts without an ambitious vision and a real address to people's problems.
According to recent data, Sofia remains the largest regional economic power in Bulgaria with 40 percent of GDP.
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Two years after also being the first European country to decriminalize prostitution
Silesian is spoken by about half a million people in the south of the country
However, this option will not yet be available for the upcoming European Parliament elections in June
The tool helps identify undeclared swimming pools and garden sheds
It will serve as a virtual companion to the municipal network of libraries in the country
The tests are also experimenting with a charging point that is easier to maintain
Reportedly, the aim of the local government is to curb violence and disorder among the youth
The city thinks that it’s time to update pet-related street cleanliness rules for the 21st century
The ritual is more than 1000 years old and was originally performed by the Doges
Two years after also being the first European country to decriminalize prostitution
For English speakers that would be Saint Domnius, the patron saint of the Dalmatian capital
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