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Belgium / Development

This Belgian town will pay you to protect your home from burglars

And it will also advise you on the right way to do this

Jun 28, 2022 17:02
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France / Development / Public Spaces

This bench stores water and irrigates plants while you rest

The innovative project received funding from the participatory budget in Lille, France

Jun 24, 2022 14:06

Economy and Finance

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Bulgaria / Economy and Finance

Three Seas Initiative acquires large share in Port of Burgas

This is the first investment in port infrastructure by the international forum’s development fund

Jun 21, 2022 10:33
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Economy and Finance

Vilnius honours local start-up unicorns with bus stop name

The symbolism belies the city’s vision to transform the Naujamiestis district into a globally-known tech industry centre

Jun 20, 2022 15:31

Politics and Reforms

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Czechia / Politics and Reforms

Czechia takes over the Presidency of the Council of the EU

As France’s term of the rotating Presidency ends on 30 June, it is time for the second member of the trio to carry out the European agenda

Jun 30, 2022 15:02
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Czechia / Prague / Culture and Tourism / Politics and Reforms

Prague getting ready to become the “capital of Europe”

The Czech city is in active preparation for the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU which will start on 1 July and will last for six months

Jun 23, 2022 16:00

Innovation and Research

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Finland / Vantaa / Green City / Innovation and Research

Finnish air-fed protein could solve world hunger

The invention promises to be revolutionary as it can decouple food production from agriculture and its environmental impacts

Jun 27, 2022 15:50
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Spain / Innovation and Research / Mobility

Lleida Airport will serve as research centre for drone traffic management

Commercial unmanned aerial vehicles will far outnumber their crewed counterparts by the end of the decade and solutions are urgently needed

Jun 24, 2022 12:58

Digital transformation

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Croatia / Digital transformation

Croatian town covers banking fees for utilities in digitalization bid

The town of Makarska has recently launched a new mobile service, aiming to cut down on paper use and stimulate citizens to go contactless

Jun 27, 2022 16:00
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Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Digital transformation

Rome VR Bus will carry tourists 2000 years back in time

Unique technology and design convert the vehicle into a mobile, multi-sensory cinematic hall

Jun 22, 2022 17:52

Energy efficiency

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Finland / Energy efficiency

Finland to establish a national hydrogen network

The country wants to become a leader in hydrogen production and export

Jun 27, 2022 14:41
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Belgium / Antwerp / Energy efficiency

Antwerp will offer citizens heat without emitting a single gram of CO2

City authorities just announced that they would develop a central heating grid that will use waste energy from industry and will cover half of the city by 2050

Jun 21, 2022 14:22

Mobility

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Germany / Munich / Culture and Tourism / Mobility

Lufthansa cancels further 2,200 flights

The cancellation hits in the middle of the travel season and is caused by serious labour shortages coupled with a sudden rise of Covid cases

Jun 24, 2022 13:33
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Spain / Innovation and Research / Mobility

Lleida Airport will serve as research centre for drone traffic management

Commercial unmanned aerial vehicles will far outnumber their crewed counterparts by the end of the decade and solutions are urgently needed

Jun 24, 2022 12:58

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Italy / Turin / Public Spaces / Social City

Turin snatches an ex-mafia castle

The property, together with others that have been confiscated, will be converted for social welfare uses

Jun 28, 2022 16:05
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces

Vilnius’ bus stops host the city’s largest art gallery

The splendid initiative that turns advertising spaces into art canvases is back for its third edition

Jun 24, 2022 17:56

Culture and Tourism

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Lithuania / Vilnius / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces

Vilnius’ bus stops host the city’s largest art gallery

The splendid initiative that turns advertising spaces into art canvases is back for its third edition

Jun 24, 2022 17:56
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Germany / Munich / Culture and Tourism / Mobility

Lufthansa cancels further 2,200 flights

The cancellation hits in the middle of the travel season and is caused by serious labour shortages coupled with a sudden rise of Covid cases

Jun 24, 2022 13:33

Education and Sport

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Portugal / Braga / Education and Sport / Green City

Braga offers а free bio-shredding service

The city also led awareness-raising actions to show the impressionable youths how circularity is created first-hand

Jun 28, 2022 13:31
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Sweden / Education and Sport / Green City

Linköping gets a weather-sensitive air dome

The inflatable sports arena provides flexibility and cost effectiveness and is a good alternative to permanent construction

Jun 22, 2022 15:22

Welfare and Health

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Finland / Helsinki / Green City / Welfare and Health

How Helsinki’s air quality has improved over the past 30 years

Dust particle concentrations can still present a tough challenge to beat, though

Jun 24, 2022 15:55
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Spain / Green City / Welfare and Health

It’s official: Seville starts giving names to extreme heat waves

This makes the Andalusian city the first in the world to raise warnings about the harmful weather phenomenon

Jun 23, 2022 15:06
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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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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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Spain / Interviews

Inés Rey: We’ve been a 15-minute city even before the term became widely known

Feb 16, 2022 12:46
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Croatia / Jastrebarsko / Interviews

Zvonimir Novosel: Our main obligation is to serve our citizens and justify their trust

Feb 15, 2022 11:09
Svilena Iotkovska

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Archeological evidence has been found to support specialists’ claims that the territory of Zagreb has been inhabited since the Stone Age. Later, people from all over Europe, even Asia, arrived in the region. Some of the first were the Celts who settled there to work the land, and then the Romans who deployed military bases in the region. The town’s proper history starts from the Middle Ages, from the two hills of Gradets and Kaptol, and the name Zagreb was given in 1094. In 1242 Zagreb became a free royal town. To mark this occasion, every year for the last hundred years, a cannonball is shot to remind local residents and tourists of the past times. In the Middle Ages every night a bell sounded to warn people that they had to go back to the fortress so that they don’t end up locked outside until the next day. Zagreb was declared the capital of Croatia in 1845.

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Croatia / Dubrovnik / Zagreb / Digital transformation / Interviews

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

An interview with the founder of Saltwater Nomads

Mar 23, 2022 11:13
Svilena Iotkovska
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Croatia / Zagreb / Cities in Pictures

Gallery: Light displays bring colour and joy to Zagreb

The first night of the 2022 Festival of Lights took place on 16 March

Mar 17, 2022 11:26
Svilena Iotkovska
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Croatia / Zagreb / Politics and Reforms

Croatian authorities find traces of explosives at drone crash site in Zagreb

It is still unclear whether the incident was intentional or accidental

Mar 14, 2022 12:01
Svilena Iotkovska
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Croatia / Zagreb / Education and Sport

Free education, meals, and counselling for Ukrainian veterinary students in Zagreb

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Zagreb will help refugees complete their studies

Mar 10, 2022 15:31
Svilena Iotkovska
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Croatia / Zagreb / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces

Festival of Lights returns to Zagreb this month

The Croatian city will become a canvas where light artists can display their work from 16 March to 20 March

Mar 09, 2022 11:49
Svilena Iotkovska
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Croatia / Zagreb / Culture and Tourism / Development

Zagreb’s Sljeme Cable Car begins operating

Mayor Tomislav Tomašević attended the opening ceremony on Wednesday

Feb 24, 2022 12:54
Svilena Iotkovska
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Croatia / Zagreb / Culture and Tourism / Welfare and Health

Zagreb presents tourist map for wheelchair users

Blue Line will allow people with disabilities to explore the Croatian capital more easily

Feb 16, 2022 16:32
Svilena Iotkovska
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Croatia / Zagreb / Digital transformation / Welfare and Health

Zagreb launches Croatia’s first mental health portal

It will help citizens access the information and support they need

Feb 02, 2022 11:43
Svilena Iotkovska
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Croatia / Zagreb / Welfare and Health

Zagreb wants to prevent loneliness during the holiday season

It is urging people to call or visit elderly people this Christmas

Dec 10, 2021 12:46
Svilena Iotkovska
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Croatia / Zagreb / Digital transformation / Mobility

Zagreb wants to be the world’s first city to have a driverless taxi service

Rimac Automobili has received a grant worth EUR 200 million as part of the country’s recovery and resilience plan

Dec 07, 2021 12:14
Svilena Iotkovska
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Croatia / Zagreb / Development / Welfare and Health

Zagreb unveils first facility dedicated to the care of wildlife

The development of the shelter will cost over EUR 3 million

Nov 09, 2021 17:05
Svilena Iotkovska
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Croatia / Zagreb / Welfare and Health

Zagreb searches households to find dogs without microchips

Owners can face hefty fines and other legal consequences for not microchipping their pets

Oct 18, 2021 11:33
Svilena Iotkovska
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Croatia / Zagreb / Culture and Tourism / Digital transformation / Education and Sport

Zagreb launches new website dedicated to sports

The Zagreb Tourist Board seeks to position the Croatian city as a sports tourism destination

Sep 16, 2021 16:03
Svilena Iotkovska
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Croatia / Zagreb / Education and Sport

Zagreb trains teachers to recognise gender-based stereotypes

This is part of the KINDLE EQUALITY project which seeks to encourage girls to pursue STEM subjects

Sep 01, 2021 14:37
Svilena Iotkovska
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Croatia / Zagreb / Culture and Tourism

Zagreb offers citizens and domestic tourists free tours of the capital

Three distinct tours will be held: Insta Zagreb, Europe around Zagreb, and Graffiti & Street Art

May 31, 2021 16:38
Svilena Iotkovska
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Croatia / Zagreb / Culture and Tourism / Digital transformation

Croatia unveils two new opportunities for Digital Nomads

Remote workers can apply for a chance to win a one-month free stay in Zagreb

May 12, 2021 11:58
Svilena Iotkovska
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Croatia / Zagreb / Culture and Tourism / Digital transformation

Zagreb develops an application to promote a healthier lifestyle

Moje Sljeme allows users to explore hiking trails in Medvednica mountain

Apr 15, 2021 17:49
Svilena Iotkovska
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Austria / Croatia / Greece / Spain / Zagreb / Culture and Tourism

7 Most Endangered Heritage Sites in Europe: The 2021 list announced

This initiative by Europa Nostra will become annual from now on

Apr 08, 2021 13:49
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Croatia / Zagreb / Culture and Tourism

“Zagreb likes Green” exhibition is on display at Franjo Tuđman Airport

Until 31 October, the baggage claim area will display 26 photographs of the city’s greenery as well as a model from “Little Zagreb”

Mar 30, 2021 13:53
Svilena Iotkovska
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Croatia / Zagreb / Energy efficiency / Green City

Zagreb is planning the use of hydrogen for public transport

In collaboration with INA and ZET, the Croatian capital is working on the introduction of clean and sustainable methods of transportation

Mar 05, 2021 11:43
Svilena Iotkovska
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Gabrovo / Gdansk / Helsingborg / Krakow / Pleven / Rzeszow / Sofia / Tallinn / Warsaw / Zagreb

30 cities will compete for the European Green Capital and Green Leaf awards

The winners to the prestigious distinction will receive one million euros for environmental initiatives

Feb 18, 2021 16:36
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Croatia / Zagreb / Economy and Finance

Zagreb announces support for the preservation of traditional arts and handicrafts in the city

The Croatian capital would not exist without its traditional crafts, according to the city’s mayor

Jan 22, 2021 16:29
Anton Stoyanov
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Belgium / Estonia / France / Romania / Slovakia / Sweden / Bratislava / Cluj-Napoca / Helsingborg / Iasi / Leuven / Paris / Tallinn / Warsaw / Zagreb / Digital transformation / Innovation and Research

Tackling the corona crisis locally: lessons from EU cities

A selection of the best solutions showing that EU cities can solve big issues with restricted resources

Dec 22, 2020 13:38
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Zagreb / Culture and Tourism

Zagreb presents plan for the future of Kino Europa

Kino Europa is one of Zagreb’s most famous cultural landmarks and the local government wants to promote it even further

Dec 16, 2020 15:27
Anton Stoyanov
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Zagreb / Welfare and Health

Zagreb gets ready to launch massive COVID-19 testing campaign

Amid a surge in cases, local authorities want to escalate their response to the disease

Nov 21, 2020 14:13
Anton Stoyanov
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Zagreb / Innovation and Research

Croatia’s first vending machine for pets can be found in Zagreb

Snacks, toys and all manner of other goodies are available for purchase at the machine

Nov 15, 2020 12:34
Anton Stoyanov
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Zagreb / Welfare and Health

Zagreb’s mayor makes parking free near healthcare institutions

The decision by the local government will be in force until the epidemiological situation in the city stabilizes

Oct 28, 2020 13:04
Anton Stoyanov
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Zagreb / Culture and Tourism

Fancy a drink? Find out more about the history of alcohol at Zagreb’s Museum of Hangovers

The Museum’s new “History of Alcohol” exhibition will be open between 10 and 29 November

Oct 22, 2020 10:41
Anton Stoyanov
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Zagreb / Welfare and Health

Zagreb kickstarts new anti-COVID campaign

Local authorities want to involve all citizens in the “Fighters against coronavirus” project

Oct 08, 2020 13:34
Anton Stoyanov
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Zagreb / Development / Welfare and Health

Zagreb kickstarts new social inclusion project

The initiative aims to develop new and effective social services and thus improve the lives of persons with disabilities

Sep 27, 2020 10:50
Anton Stoyanov

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