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The Latvian capital joins a growing rank of European cities that have turned to taxing the visitors’ impact
The Government has presented the idea, but some of the business actors are not too keen on it
The city will limit the number of these two-wheelers in the centre to 500, in order to push companies to service residential areas as well
The city already sees 6,000 days of shooting in a year, meaning the film flap falls roughly 17 times a day
The Estonian city is preparing for its upcoming European Green Capital year in style
The birds will be specially trained to scare off pigeons from their favourite places in the city’s parks
The smart devices also let drivers with reduced mobility know where the nearest free spot is located
It will aid them in collecting data about the incidents that can be used in court
The city’s Second District opted for sustainable Christmas decoration this year
The city marked the 250th e-taxi license, issued by local traffic authorities
The city marked the 250th e-taxi license, issued by local traffic authorities
The city will limit the number of these two-wheelers in the centre to 500, in order to push companies to service residential areas as well
The smart devices also let drivers with reduced mobility know where the nearest free spot is located
The northern Swedish municipality received the award from the European Commission on account of its long-term commitment and innovative mindset
Some shops have stayed open for more than six generations of the same family and trace their origins to the Austro-Hungarian Empire
The city’s Second District opted for sustainable Christmas decoration this year
Faux or fact? Now, it’s up to you to shine the light on the truth
Local authorities want to monitor the situation and keep a healthy housing balance
It will aid them in collecting data about the incidents that can be used in court
It features sirens, digital panels, evacuation signs and routes to safer meeting points
The introduction of the proposed entry fee has once again been postponed, though. This time, for 2023
Following a busy Easter weekend, which saw some 400,000 tourists visit the city, the local government of Venice has announced that, starting this summer, it will implement a new booking system for visitors. This means that anyone who is not a registered resident of the city will have to make an online reservation in advance in order to book a place to visit the historical centre of the city located in the lagoon.
"This is the right path and today many have understood it," exclaimed mayor Luigi Brugnaro, quoted by ANSA news agency, reflecting upon the heavy tourist flow over the Easter weekend. The mayor's idea is to materialize within a couple of months as a computer platform that will register the names of anyone intending to enter Venice, including those from the surrounding region of Veneto.
The mayor added that Venice would be “the first in the world” to conduct “this difficult experiment.” Tourists planning on spending the night in Venice, however, will not need a prior reservation to enter the canal city. Likely, the hotel reservation will be equivalent to the city reservation. In fact, the authorities have resorted to this strategy as a way to counteract the phenomenon of what they call “hit and run” tourism, or people who only visit for a day.
Municipal authorities have long struggled with balancing Venice’s bustling tourism industry with the fragile nature of the city and its lagoon environment. The new scheme will aim to count the number of people in the city centre at all times. The counting will be done through the turnstile gates at entry points, such as the train station or St. Mark’s Square.
As for the proposed entry fee, which itself has been a subject of controversy, things seem to have not been finalized just quite yet. Now, the city council said that it planned to levy the entry fee in 2023, postponing its introduction once again. It would vary initially from a 3-euro standard daily rate to 6 euros on busier days, rising to 10 euros in the peak summer season.
Supporters of the proposal say it would finally treat Venice with the respect given to a precious museum, while critics say it would turn the lagoon city into a theme park.
Irish Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss voted to create a constitutional amendment in the country to give Nature rights comparable to companies and citizens
This type of waste has enormous energy potential as it releases biogas that can be used to generate electricity or heat
The city will limit the number of these two-wheelers in the centre to 500, in order to push companies to service residential areas as well
The smart devices also let drivers with reduced mobility know where the nearest free spot is located
It will aid them in collecting data about the incidents that can be used in court
The Estonian city is preparing for its upcoming European Green Capital year in style
The smart devices also let drivers with reduced mobility know where the nearest free spot is located
The northern Swedish municipality received the award from the European Commission on account of its long-term commitment and innovative mindset
Environmental activists accuse the authorities of failing to stay on the carbon neutrality course
Some shops have stayed open for more than six generations of the same family and trace their origins to the Austro-Hungarian Empire
The northern Swedish municipality received the award from the European Commission on account of its long-term commitment and innovative mindset
The city’s Second District opted for sustainable Christmas decoration this year
This initiative seeks to integrate the values of the New European Bauhaus into the European Commission’s 100 Cities Mission
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
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
