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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

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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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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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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
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Germany / Mobility / Politics and Reforms

Cities in Germany roll back incentives for e-vehicles. Here’s why

Many municipalities instituted privileges for EVs to promote sustainable mobility. Now, a lot more people are driving electric, so maybe it’s time to normalise legislation

Mar 20, 2023 16:28

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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

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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
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Belgium / Brussels / Mechelen / Digital transformation / Politics and Reforms

Cities in Belgium rush to ban TikTok after National Security advice

Last week, the Chinese app was banned for Belgian federal employees for an initial period of six months

Mar 17, 2023 13:24

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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
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Germany / Berlin / Culture and Tourism / Energy efficiency

Berlin gives guidelines for mounting solar on listed buildings

Some of the most productive solar installations in the city are on listed buildings, such as Red City Hall

Mar 16, 2023 17:18

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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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Barcelona to host Spain’s first pet cemetery

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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

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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
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Germany / Berlin / Culture and Tourism

Berlin promotes off-the-beaten-path tourism

The city has supported 65 initiatives in 9 districts away from its centre as a way to draw crowds to more unique experiences

Mar 22, 2023 14:00

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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

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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
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EU life expectancy drops for a second year in a row

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Mar 21, 2023 15:23
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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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Sharon Dijksma: Without cities, it will be impossible to tackle global warming

Nov 21, 2022 13:41
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Denis Balgaranov
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Cities Mission has made citizen engagement and participatory processes an important part of its functioning

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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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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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Neven Bosilj
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In 1181 Garestin (Varaždin) was mentioned for the first time in a legal document by King Bella III. Later, in 1209 Varaždin was declared a free royal borough by the Hungarian king Andrew II. 

The town initially grew around the old fortress in a shape of a medieval Wasserburg, which was of great aid during Ottoman raids. Important owners of the fortress were Counts of Celje, Beatrice Frankopan, Margrave Georg of Brandenburg, and Baron Ivan Ungnad and Count Thomas Erdödy.

Varaždin, at that time the official residence of Ban Francis Nadasdy, become the capital of all Croatia in 1756. In Varaždin, Maria Theresa established the Royal Croatian Council and it hosted the Croatian Parliament. The city then become the Croatian administrative centre and the seat of many Croatian noblemen.

On 25 April 1776 a great fire destroyed almost all of the buildings and houses in Varaždin. In the aftermath of the event, the administration of the country moved back to Zagreb. 

Varaždin was rebuilt and expanded in the XIX century. In 1867 the town was ruled by the Kingdom of Hungary. During that period the manufacturing of silk and bricks thrived, theatre and music school were created, and crafts and trade were constantly growing.  

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Croatia / Varaždin / Mobility

Varaždin joins the Cities and Regions for Cyclists network

It is the first Croatian municipality to become a member

Jan 17, 2022 11:30
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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Varaždin / Energy efficiency

Varaždin promotes recycling with a competition for households

Citizens who had the smallest amount of mixed waste in 2019 will get prizes

Feb 05, 2020 10:50
Diana Todorova
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Rijeka / Varaždin / Education and Sport

Rijeka 2020 and the city of Varaždin exchange educational experience

They will enhance their respective capacities in terms of cultural production

Oct 22, 2019 13:39
Monika Dimitrova
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Varaždin / Culture and Tourism

Varazdin Baroque Evenings festival is coming

The 49th edition of the event will take place in September

Aug 07, 2019 10:22
Monika Dimitrova
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Varaždin / Zagreb / Mobility

Zagreb and Varaždin are the European leaders in the International Winter Bike to Work Day competition

Zagreb is at third and Varaždin at fourth place in the world for 2019

Feb 07, 2019 09:14
Monika Dimitrova
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Varaždin / Interviews

Ivan Čehok, Mayor of Varaždin: Digitization is certainly the future of cities

“The City of Varaždin has always supported the development of the city in the direction of raising the quality and standards of communal infrastructure and services”

Nov 21, 2018 12:07
Monika Dimitrova

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