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The facility located near Lens is the first step in the grand re-industrialization of the North along modern tech lines
The development will offer 70 rental apartments at 6.90 euros per square metre
Iberia will be the first company to introduce this option in the country
The facility located near Lens is the first step in the grand re-industrialization of the North along modern tech lines
Drivers will be legally required to push their scooters manually in pedestrian areas and parks
Portugal is growing its renewable energy sector and will soon have a large hydrogen electrolyser in the port of Sines
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
Greece and Bulgaria are set to build one of the first 5G cross-border corridors in Europe
The feline registry is expected to start operating in 2026
Portugal is growing its renewable energy sector and will soon have a large hydrogen electrolyser in the port of Sines
The city has signed a new lease deal for an area of 12 hectares which will include production facilities and renewable energy generation
After all, sleeping carriages are basically hotels on wheels
Drivers will be legally required to push their scooters manually in pedestrian areas and parks
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
After all, sleeping carriages are basically hotels on wheels
Iberia will be the first company to introduce this option in the country
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
The feline registry is expected to start operating in 2026
With the ramp-up of the summer offensive, authorities estimate up to 500 wounded soldiers per month
The Estonian capital has been chosen among the other three finalists - Helsingborg, Krakow and Sofia
Following four previous unsuccessful bids, Tallinn has finally clinched the title of European Green Capital. The Estonian capital beat 16 other cities, including Helsingborg (Sweden), Krakow (Poland) and Sofia (Bulgaria) in the final round, to win the European Commission-awarded designation for 2023.
The jury motivated its decision by underscoring Tallinn’s holistic approach, free public transport, brownfield site conversion and green ambassadorship.
Tallinn's green approach has been based on four core plans:
The award carries a check of EUR 600,000 to be spent on the city’s sustainability vision.
Receiving the award on Thursday in Lahti, Finland, the Mayor of Tallinn, Mihhail Kõlvart, acknowledged the work of his team and colleagues on behalf of green Tallinn over the past years. “I thank the jury for this honour and the great responsibility that comes with the title of European Green Capital. Participation in the competition has allowed us to better formulate our efforts, create cooperation networks and adopt strategies. But our incentive is not just titles and directives, but, above all, people. For us, a green capital means that Tallinn is inviting, comfortable, and clean - a city of the future,” said the Mayor according to the city website.
In his speech, Kõlvart recalled that Tallinn was the city where the Green Capital idea was born 15 years ago. On this occasion, he presented to the European Commissioner a historical souvenir - a bronze oak leaf.
Among Tallinn’s outstanding green initiatives is the new Putukaväila park (referred to as “Pollinator Highway” or “Insect Trail”) which sees almost 13 kilometres of unused space converted to urban meadows to encourage the proliferation of pollinators such as butterflies, bumblebees and honeybees. The pollinator trail passes through nine panel housing areas and train depots, has bike lanes installed and there are plans to extend the tramline through it, connecting the city centre to Stroomi beach.
Tallinn previously competed for the title in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022 and has been a finalist in the last two editions of the competition. This year, the city ran against Sofia (Bulgaria), Logrono (Spain), Zagreb (Croatia), Dublin (Ireland), Cagliari (Islands of Sardinia, Italy), Warsaw, Krakow, Gdansk and Rzeszow (Poland), Skopje (Macedonia), Helsingborg (Sweden), Belgrade (Serbia), Košice (Slovakia), Gaziantep and Izmir (Turkey).
The European Green Capital designation recognizes the efforts of European cities to preserve and improve the urban environment and the quality of life of their citizens. The title is awarded to a city with a population of more than 100,000 people, which has the ability to act as a role model in the field of sustainable urban development and citizen communication.
The competition is based on 12 criteria: air quality, noise, waste, water, nature and biodiversity, sustainable land use and soil, green growth and eco-innovation, climate change in mitigation, climate change in adaptation, sustainable urban mobility, energy performance and governance.
Previous winners have been: Stockholm, Sweden (2010), Hamburg, Germany (2011), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain (2012), Nantes, France (2013), Copenhagen, Denmark (2014), Bristol, UK (2015), Ljubljana, Slovenia (2016), Essen, Germany (2017), Nijmegen, The Netherlands (2018), Oslo, Norway (2019), Lisbon, Portugal (2020), Lahti, Finland (2021) and Grenoble, France (2022).
At the ceremony in Lahti, the winners of the European Green Leaf Award 2022 were also announced: Valongo in Portugal and Winterswijk in The Netherlands.
With this annual award, accompanied by a cash prize of EUR 200,000, the European Commission recognizes the efforts and achievements of municipalities and small towns (20,000 to 100,000 inhabitants) in preserving and improving the environment and climate.
Valongo Municipality was singled out for the involvement of citizens in decision making processes, the municipal energy efficiency projects, the implementation of urban biological gardens, the door-to-door waste collection system and the creation of the inter-municipal associations Parque das Serras do Porto and Corredor do Rio Leça.
The township of Winterswijk, with a population of 29,000 people, received recognition for its National Landscape and sustainable energy efforts.
Drivers will be legally required to push their scooters manually in pedestrian areas and parks
Iberia will be the first company to introduce this option in the country
The facility located near Lens is the first step in the grand re-industrialization of the North along modern tech lines
Greece and Bulgaria are set to build one of the first 5G cross-border corridors in Europe
The feline registry is expected to start operating in 2026
The team presented the final report about a year, which was supposed to put the Luxembourgish city on the cultural map of Europe
After all, sleeping carriages are basically hotels on wheels
Drivers will be legally required to push their scooters manually in pedestrian areas and parks
Greece and Bulgaria are set to build one of the first 5G cross-border corridors in Europe
After all, sleeping carriages are basically hotels on wheels
Iberia will be the first company to introduce this option in the country
The feline registry is expected to start operating in 2026
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
