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Austria / Vienna / Development / Mobility

Vienna expands bike infrastructure – 20 km for 2023

The big highlights of the project are two cycling highways, one leading to Lower Austria in the south and another leading to Donaustadt

Mar 23, 2023 13:16
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Romania / Development / Energy efficiency

Romanian town starts geothermal project for district heating

Sântana has only 11,000 residents, yet several municipal buildings will get connected to a renewable geothermal reservoir deep underground

Mar 22, 2023 17:06

Economy and Finance

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Germany / Economy and Finance / Mobility

Despite revenue drop - Leipzig to invest in public transport

With a decline in passengers due to Covid-19 and the energy crisis, among other factors, the city will focus on increasing the quality of service

Mar 23, 2023 16:22
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Italy / Development / Economy and Finance

Italian government greenlights bridge between Sicily and mainland

The idea dates back even to Antiquity, but how feasible is it?

Mar 17, 2023 18:02

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Luxembourg / Politics and Reforms / Welfare and Health

Luxembourg makes contraception free in April

While the new health policy will fund the morning-after pill and various progesterone treatments, it will not cover condoms

Mar 24, 2023 15:47
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Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Politics and Reforms

Italy’s far-right government OKs construction of Holocaust museum

The cultural and victim remembrance facility will be located in Rome

Mar 21, 2023 17:11

Innovation and Research

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Bulgaria / Sofia / Development / Innovation and Research

Sofia seeks young people's innovative ideas in Academy for VISIONARIES 2023

The city wants new approaches to developing the urban environment and is willing to fund the best solutions

Mar 15, 2023 17:46
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Germany / Berlin / Economy and Finance / Innovation and Research

Berlin offers targeted support to make more businesses sustainable

Around 75% of German CO2 emissions come from the private sector, yet less than 1% of businesses are considered fully sustainable

Mar 14, 2023 16:59

Digital transformation

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Belgium / Leuven / Digital transformation / Welfare and Health

Leuven tries to tackle party noise with smart tech

City officials found that simple messages about respecting residents’ sleep were most effective if coupled with the right presentation

Mar 24, 2023 13:29
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Germany / Hamburg / Digital transformation / Mobility

Germany commits to AI-driven public transport in Hamburg

The city has a strategy of putting 10,000 human-controlled and autonomous shuttles on the streets by 2030

Mar 21, 2023 15:48

Energy efficiency

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Germany / Hamburg / Culture and Tourism / Energy efficiency

Hamburg sets guidelines for placing green infrastructure on heritage buildings

The city has learned a lot from an ongoing project for a solar roof on the Altonaer Museum

Mar 24, 2023 17:25
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Romania / Development / Energy efficiency

Romanian town starts geothermal project for district heating

Sântana has only 11,000 residents, yet several municipal buildings will get connected to a renewable geothermal reservoir deep underground

Mar 22, 2023 17:06

Mobility

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Germany / Economy and Finance / Mobility

Despite revenue drop - Leipzig to invest in public transport

With a decline in passengers due to Covid-19 and the energy crisis, among other factors, the city will focus on increasing the quality of service

Mar 23, 2023 16:22
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Austria / Vienna / Development / Mobility

Vienna expands bike infrastructure – 20 km for 2023

The big highlights of the project are two cycling highways, one leading to Lower Austria in the south and another leading to Donaustadt

Mar 23, 2023 13:16

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Spain / Barcelona / Public Spaces / Social City

Barcelona to host Spain’s first pet cemetery

It will open its doors in 2024 and offer cremations and burials

Mar 16, 2023 17:55
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Greece / Athens / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces

Athens to build Greece's first 100% ‘green’ museum

The building will be on the site of Plato’s Ancient Academy

Mar 15, 2023 16:11

Culture and Tourism

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Germany / Hamburg / Culture and Tourism / Energy efficiency

Hamburg sets guidelines for placing green infrastructure on heritage buildings

The city has learned a lot from an ongoing project for a solar roof on the Altonaer Museum

Mar 24, 2023 17:25
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Austria / Culture and Tourism / Welfare and Health

Nursing homes in Graz embrace classical music as therapy

The city has arranged four tailor-made programmes for the different residences as a way to reconnect with patients’ life and memories

Mar 22, 2023 15:51

Education and Sport

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Belgium / Leuven / Education and Sport / Social City

Leuven to fight discrimination with role-playing games

The city has developed its own way to teach young people how to react when they witness unjust treatments

Mar 21, 2023 17:24
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Luxembourg / Education and Sport / Welfare and Health

Free and 100% organic sanitary pads - Esch-sur-Alzette has you covered

The city will supply and maintain 138 dispensers in public buildings

Mar 10, 2023 17:19

Welfare and Health

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Luxembourg / Politics and Reforms / Welfare and Health

Luxembourg makes contraception free in April

While the new health policy will fund the morning-after pill and various progesterone treatments, it will not cover condoms

Mar 24, 2023 15:47
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Belgium / Leuven / Digital transformation / Welfare and Health

Leuven tries to tackle party noise with smart tech

City officials found that simple messages about respecting residents’ sleep were most effective if coupled with the right presentation

Mar 24, 2023 13:29
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Interviews

Kaisa Karjalainen: “It’s better to be an imperfect zero waster for the rest of our lives than a perfect one for two weeks”

Mar 14, 2023 12:56
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Romania / Cluj-Napoca / Digital transformation / Interviews / Politics and Reforms

Online public services as efficient as TikTok: Cluj-Napoca’s Digital Transformation

Feb 16, 2023 13:51
Denis Balgaranov
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Bulgaria / Interviews / Read Twice

Veni Markovski: It's about time the media stopped inviting “experts” who spread false info

Nov 28, 2022 11:30
Denis Balgaranov
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Netherlands / Utrecht / Green City / Interviews

Sharon Dijksma: Without cities, it will be impossible to tackle global warming

Nov 21, 2022 13:41
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Interviews / Politics and Reforms

Vasco Cordeiro: The European project is at stake when solidarity is at stake

Aug 1, 2022 11:34
Denis Balgaranov
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Cities Mission has made citizen engagement and participatory processes an important part of its functioning

Jul 14, 2022 14:57
ICLEI Europe
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Portugal / Matosinhos / Interviews

Luisa Salgueiro: Climate resilience work is never completed, it’s a continuously upgraded project

Jun 23, 2022 12:41
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Interviews

EBRD's aim is to support increased climate ambition within cities

May 18, 2022 13:33
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Greece / Athens / Interviews / Welfare and Health

Melina Daskalaki: Our mission is to promote the social reintegration of homeless individuals

May 16, 2022 11:04
Svilena Iotkovska
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Sweden / Interviews

Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh: Malmö Resilience Hub will have the potential to connect cities on the Baltic Sea

May 11, 2022 15:26
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov

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The history of the Austrian capital dates back to the time of the Roman Empire when it deployed its military base within what is today the city proper. That's when Vienna started its economic development, becoming an important centre of commerce around the 11th century. It eventually became the capital of the Babenberg Dynasty, and later of the Austrian Habsburgs, during whose reign it became one of Europe's major cultural centers. In the 19th century the city became the capital of the Austrian Empire and later of Austria-Hungary. For a short while it was also one of the largest cities in Austria. After the end of the First World War and the dissolution of Austria-Hungary, Vienna was declared the capital of the Republic of Austria.

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Austria / Vienna / Development / Mobility

Vienna expands bike infrastructure – 20 km for 2023

The big highlights of the project are two cycling highways, one leading to Lower Austria in the south and another leading to Donaustadt

Mar 23, 2023 13:16
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Mobility / Public Spaces

Vienna is cracking down on scooters

The city will set up 200 designated parking spaces and it will be impossible to end your ride if you don't park in one if these

Mar 14, 2023 14:38
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces

In 2023, art will be a role model for the green transition in Vienna's Museum Quarter

The exhibitions will feature an artistic piece in the form of a 250 square metre green area in а public space

Jan 20, 2023 14:11
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Belgium / Italy / Brussels / Munich / Paris / Vienna / Development / Mobility

Night trains Vienna-Italy every day announced for summer 2023

The Austrian Nightjet will also offer a regular nightly train between Brussels and Vienna

Jan 06, 2023 17:31
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Culture and Tourism

Vienna Philharmonic New Year Concert 2023 – broadcast to over 90 countries

The event will also feature a live audience, for the first time since the pandemic

Dec 30, 2022 12:11
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Culture and Tourism

Austrian chocolatiers get UNESCO heritage label

Some shops have stayed open for more than six generations of the same family and trace their origins to the Austro-Hungarian Empire

Nov 30, 2022 15:43
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Mobility / Politics and Reforms

Vienna to put heavy regulations on e-scooters

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

Nov 28, 2022 13:55
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Energy efficiency / Mobility

Vienna starts construction of first municipal green hydrogen plant

With a capacity of 1.3 tons of daily hydrogen output, local authorities have a lot of plans for sustainability

Nov 17, 2022 15:05
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Growing City / Mobility

Bike-sharing as public transport: Vienna covers the entire city

The price for half an hour on municipal bikes is just 60 cents

Oct 31, 2022 16:45
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Development / Energy efficiency

Europe’s first hybrid lumber quarter will be located in Vienna

Its construction will emit much less carbon and its operations when ready will be net-zero, thanks to geothermal and photovoltaics

Oct 24, 2022 16:02
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Development / Energy efficiency

Vienna office complex will use human body warmth for heating

The buildings are designed in such a way that they will not require a heating system, maintaining a constant temperature

Oct 13, 2022 12:05
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Development / Green City

Mixing public parks with affordable housing? Vienna says ‘yes’

The new Biotop Wildquell will start construction in 2025 on the site of an old paint factory; it will provide hundreds of affordable, climate-adapted housing units

Sep 30, 2022 16:47
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Culture and Tourism / Energy efficiency

Vienna prevents renewable energy waste with heat conversion plant

The new site was built by the Hundertwasser waste incineration plant and is now an organic part of the complex

Sep 26, 2022 12:38
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Development / Mobility

Vienna’s ‘Get out of the Asphalt’ brings in new bike connections and public spaces

A new redevelopment campaign is quickly spreading through the Austrian capital, bringing with it an answer to heat islands, missing cycling connections and public spaces

Sep 20, 2022 14:28
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Mobility

Next year, you'll be able to get to Vienna’s airport on a bike

Authorities are extending the city’s cycling infrastructure to reach Schwechat airport

Sep 15, 2022 14:53
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Economy and Finance / Innovation and Research

‘Home office’ is more productive and is here to stay

New research from Deloitte and the Universities of Vienna and Graz points out that employers have to offer a home-office option to stay competitive

Sep 09, 2022 17:00
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Mobility

Cars are becoming a public transport option in Vienna

The city’s public transit operator has decided to enter the ride-sharing sector with its own electric cars

Sep 08, 2022 14:14
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Education and Sport / Innovation and Research

Vienna's City Hall will turn into a huge laboratory this weekend

The Research Festival invites the city’s youngest to experience the jobs of the future

Sep 07, 2022 16:38
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Welfare and Health

Fit for the future: Vienna’s dementia strategy

According to Vienna’s chief physician of psychosocial services, in 2050, dementia will be the biggest issue for the healthcare system and the families

Aug 25, 2022 12:37
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Digital transformation / Mobility

Austrian autobahn service fights invasive plant species with AI

The software uses a regular camera to identify particular species that are as tall as 20 centimetres

Aug 24, 2022 14:56
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Mobility

Succulents – the new plants to green tram tracks in Vienna

The city will re-do 9 kilometres of tram tracks by introducing more efficient greenery and decarbonised construction methods

Aug 22, 2022 12:50
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Mobility / Smart City

2024: parcel deliveries by tram in Vienna

New project developed by the city’s tram operator calls for a mixture of deposit boxes and commuters moving the parcels through the city

Aug 19, 2022 12:30
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Energy efficiency

District cooling – district heating’s hip new cousin is flourishing in Vienna

Vienna’s energy company plans to invest millions in a district cooling system, saving tons of CO2. The system will piggyback on the existing heat infrastructure

Jul 07, 2022 17:15
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Economy and Finance / Green City

Report: Vienna’s green economy – sustainable and profitable

Green and sustainable projects in the Austrian capital would generate 18.1 billion euros of gross regional product in the coming years

Jul 05, 2022 17:20
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Amsterdam / Copenhagen / Vienna / Development / Welfare and Health

After COVID-19, Vienna is back as the world’s most liveable city

Europe is on the rebound in terms of livability, but the Russian invasion is the prime suspect behind the dropping quality of life around the world

Jun 23, 2022 12:46
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Green City / Smart City

Vienna’s cooling concept is wrapped up in one convenient app

Heat waves come to mind when thinking about summer in big cities. Vienna has been doing a lot to cool urban spaces and it all fits together

Jun 14, 2022 13:10
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces

Vienna - great beaches, 500 km away from the sea

As the days grow hotter, people are looking for ways to cool down and, luckily, the Viennese have got the Danube

Jun 09, 2022 13:43
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Green City

Experts on wheels: Vienna’s Climate Tour will spread awareness of climate action

In the next four months, the Viennese will be able to learn about climate change and what they and the city can do from experts on e-cargo bikes

Jun 06, 2022 12:51
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Vienna / Green City / Welfare and Health

Vienna launches its own line of organic produce

‘Wien Gusto’, as the brand is called, will source its produce from the nearly 2,000 hectares of farm land owned by the city

May 18, 2022 15:12
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Czechia / Prague / Vienna / Mobility

Austrian Climate Minister wants to cut taxes on cross-border rail tickets

The announcement came just as authorities presented their plan for a Vienna-Prague direct train route

May 17, 2022 12:46
Denis Balgaranov

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