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Ireland / Dublin / Development / Social City

Housing crisis: Only 300 properties available for rent in Dublin

While supply is becoming virtually nonexistent, rents are increasing faster than anytime in the last 16 years

Aug 10, 2022 15:51
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Development

Youth Empowerment Can't Wait for the Future: Fill out a survey

Share your thoughts on how the European funds can work better for you and people like you

Aug 10, 2022 13:14

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Italy / Digital transformation / Economy and Finance

Italy and Intel nearing a 5-billion-dollar microchip plant deal

The country is keen on doing its part to ensure technological independency for the EU

Aug 9, 2022 13:02
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Portugal / Spain / Economy and Finance / Energy efficiency

Spanish shops ration out ice cubes in the midst of heatwave

The country may run out of this common frozen product before the end of the summer

Aug 8, 2022 16:44

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Estonia / Culture and Tourism / Politics and Reforms

Estonia bans entry of Russians holding Estonian-issued visas

The country now joins Finland in urging the EU to stop the issuing of Schengen visas to Russian citizens

Aug 11, 2022 17:48
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Finland / Culture and Tourism / Politics and Reforms

Finnish PM calls on EU to restrict tourism from Russia

That’s one area that still hasn’t been directly affected by sanctions but as discontent with ongoing military aggression grows, this might change

Aug 9, 2022 16:16

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Greece / Green City / Innovation and Research

Greek island Alonissos uses robots to clean the sea

The isle is a member of the Blue Municipalities Network, which aims to help clean up the Aegean Sea

Aug 10, 2022 13:00
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Poland / Krakow / Poznan / Warsaw / Economy and Finance / Innovation and Research

Report: The future for Polish local governments looks dim

An annual ranking shows a wealth of crises threatening local financial stability

Aug 5, 2022 17:12

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Poland / Warsaw / Culture and Tourism / Digital transformation

Warsaw launches augmented reality game to educate public about Vistula River

This year, authorities will be boosting their efforts to get people familiar with different sides of the water body

Aug 9, 2022 16:56
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Italy / Digital transformation / Economy and Finance

Italy and Intel nearing a 5-billion-dollar microchip plant deal

The country is keen on doing its part to ensure technological independency for the EU

Aug 9, 2022 13:02

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Spain / Energy efficiency / Green City

Catalan shepherds get energy efficient with new cabin

The transportable solar-powered module was provided by the regional government

Aug 10, 2022 16:12
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Spain / Energy efficiency

This Spanish region is Europe’s champion in renewable energy production

Few might have heard of Castile and Leon, yet it is only surpassed by Norway in that respect

Aug 10, 2022 13:19

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Germany / Bonn / Mobility / Social City

Bonn introduces 19-euro monthly public transport pass to continue the 9-euro summer ticket

Mayor Katja Dörner explained that the measure is aimed at low-income residents, as a response to rising fuel prices

Aug 11, 2022 17:10
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Denmark / Aalborg / Mobility

Aalborg seeks to introduce e-bikes in rural areas as an alternative to cars

Moreover, they could also be an alternative to the e-scooters that have taken over urban environments

Aug 11, 2022 16:03

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Portugal / Braga / Public Spaces / Social City

This is how Braga will celebrate International Youth Day this year

Free swimming pools and free public transport, but even more importantly a space for free expression of ideas

Aug 11, 2022 12:46
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Estonia / Politics and Reforms / Public Spaces

Estonia to dismantle any remaining Soviet monuments

Some of these feature entire tanks – objects that have become too unsavoury to honour in light of the current circumstances

Aug 5, 2022 17:54

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Italy / Culture and Tourism / Social City

Italy mandates romance with specially designed zones

If we already have low-emissions and low-speed areas, why not also have ones dedicated to lots-of-love?

Aug 12, 2022 17:51
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Croatia / Hungary / Culture and Tourism

Virovitica, Croatia, restores Franciscan gardens for 400,000 euros

The gardens will be part of a cross-border heritage tour with Hungary, focusing on noble families

Aug 12, 2022 14:53

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Education and Sport / Social City

Find out how you fare among other young Europeans, with Eurostat’s fun online quiz

EU’s statistical office has found a way to present what could be dry info in a more interactive and game-like manner

Aug 12, 2022 13:24
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Bulgaria / Sofia / Culture and Tourism / Education and Sport

Parental aid centre in Sofia transforms into work of art

The building is adorned with murals by the Urban Creatures street art collective

Aug 9, 2022 17:19

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Germany / Bonn / Welfare and Health

Drought is exposing World War II munitions on the banks of the Rhine

Authorities in the city of Bonn have issued a warning to citizens to avoid the unpaved areas in the drying riverbed

Aug 12, 2022 16:27
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Portugal / Lisbon / Social City / Welfare and Health

Lisbon's social worker has a vet sidekick, to help out the destitute and their pets

The pets living with disadvantaged residents in the Portuguese capital have not been forgotten

Aug 12, 2022 16:25
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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
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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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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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Bulgaria / Blagoevgrad / Interviews / Politics and Reforms

Ilko Stoyanov: Municipalities face the brunt of global crises

Apr 28, 2022 10:43
Denis Balgaranov
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Portugal / Matosinhos / Interviews / New European Bauhaus

Catarina Selada on the first-ever platform that assigns credits for saved carbon emissions

Apr 26, 2022 13:25
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Croatia / Dubrovnik / Zagreb / Digital transformation / Interviews

Tanja Polegubic: The rise of digital nomads will reshape cities in 3 ways

Mar 23, 2022 11:13
Svilena Iotkovska
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Spain / Interviews / New European Bauhaus

A garden is a laboratory of coexistence, where humans and non-humans interact to create more diverse, rich and resilient environments

Feb 18, 2022 13:44
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov

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Valter Glavičić

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Labin was already inhabited two thousand years B.C. The remnants of Kunci, dating from the Bronze Age, nowadays can be found nearby Labin.

The old Illyrian-Celtic name of Labin was Albona/Alvona. Some historians believe that it was fortified by the Illyrians in the 11th century B.C. They also think that Albona in the Celtic language means 'a town on the hill' or 'an elevated settlement'.

Titus Livius said that Labin inhabitants were pirates. After the conflicts between the locals and Romans in the 3rd century B.C., Istra came under the latter’s control in 177 B.C. with a border taking shape at the river Rasa.

The town and its surroundings thus became an integral part of Illyria, the Roman province with a high degree of independence and authority over the nearby settlements. The oldest written document about Labin dates back to the 3rd century.

From 1295 Labin was under the rule of the dukes of Pazin. From 1381 it was under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Aquileia and between 1420 and 1797 Labin was ruled from Venice and after that it belonged to Austria.

As a Croatian-speaking town Labin was for a long time the centre of Croatia's largest coal mining district. In March and April 1921, the town was the scene of a miners' strike which quickly transformed into an anti-fascist rebellion, considered to be the first of its kind, and the declaration of the short-lived Labin Republic (also known as the Albona Republic). The mine in the downtown of Labin closed in 1989.

The famous Lutheran reformer Matthias Flacius Illyricus was born in Albona. Unfortunately, due to the counter-reformation, he was forced to live most of his life in exile in Germany where he became the leader of the conservative wing of the Lutheran movement after the death of Luther.

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Croatia / Labin / Development / Politics and Reforms

Small-town Croatia gives young families 60,000-euro plots of land for free

Labin has introduced an ambitious aid scheme, which would provide exponential value to the local community

Jun 10, 2022 13:37
Denis Balgaranov
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Croatia / Labin / Culture and Tourism

Labin paints murals of those who shaped its history

“Windows of Labin Legends” celebrates six people whose accomplishments have changed the city, country, and Europe

Dec 31, 2021 11:42
Svilena Iotkovska
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Croatia / Labin / Green City

Labin to hold Living Streets Programme this weekend

It will promote sustainable mobility, offer educational workshops, and ban vehicles from Zelenice Street

Jun 21, 2021 11:26
Svilena Iotkovska
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Croatia / Labin / Welfare and Health

Labin ensures chronic illnesses do not impair the lives of the elderly

Seniors with chronic illnesses will benefit from a number of services thanks to “BRIDGE – My Mobile Age”

Jun 10, 2021 16:08
Svilena Iotkovska
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Croatia / Labin / Opatija / Rijeka / Šibenik / Varaždin / Zabok / Welfare and Health

Nine Croatian cities receive “City for Youth” title

The certificate recognises the outstanding youth policies of cities

Mar 30, 2021 10:35
Svilena Iotkovska
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Labin / Interviews

Valter Glavičić: Let us turn our history into a heritage and build upon it the Labin of tomorrow

Interview with the mayor of Labin in Croatia

Nov 27, 2020 11:14
Monika Dimitrova

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