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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

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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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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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Interviews

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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It is believed that one of the first settlers on the territory of present-day Prague were Celtic tribes in the 4th and 5th century BC, but they were quickly driven away from the area by Germanic tribes. In the 5th and 6th centuries Germanic and Slavic tribes began to settle. The Czech tribes gradually settled too, and soon the construction of the Prague Castle and the cathedral of the city began. In the 14th century, the city had already evolved and flourished under the reign of Karl I, King of Bohemia and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Prague was already a highly developed imperial capital. The city entered into an uncertain period of development after the end of Karl I's rule. In 1689 Prague was almost completely destroyed by a fire but quickly managed to recover. The Industrial Revolution of the 18th century marked the start of the construction of many factories for coal and iron processing. After the First World War, the state of Czechoslovakia was formed and Prague was chosen as its capital. The Second World War was also devastating to the city. In 1993, the Czech Republic became an independent state and chose the city as its capital.

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Czechia / Prague / Development / Energy efficiency

Brown gold: Treated sewage could heat one-third of Prague

After all, this is one energy resource that is literally inexhaustible and domestically produced

Oct 25, 2022 12:56
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Czechia / France / Germany / Italy / Prague / Culture and Tourism / Digital transformation

Six innovative cultural projects won the 2022 European Heritage Awards

The people’s choice award this year went to a Ukrainian project celebrating the vyshyvanka shirt

Sep 28, 2022 15:26
Denis Balgaranov
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Czechia / Prague / Culture and Tourism / Politics and Reforms

Prague to reinvest 50% of traveler tax back into sustainable tourism

The Czech capital is one of the most visited cities in the EU and with the additional revenue it will be able to strengthen its tourism offer even more

Aug 30, 2022 15:17
Denis Balgaranov
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Czechia / Prague / Mobility / Smart City

Prague will test advanced video analysis of traffic flow

The data will be anonymous and will help the city plan traffic conditions more efficiently

Aug 05, 2022 16:44
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Czechia / Prague / Smart City

Prague wins an “Oscar” for GIS use in urban planning

A considerable amount of the data, collected by the city, is also open to the public

Jul 13, 2022 17:13
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Czechia / Prague / Green City / Social City

Prague turns its Christmas tree into an insect hotel and bookshelf

As part of a local tradition, the furniture will go to local elderly homes

Jun 30, 2022 18:05
Aseniya Dimitrova
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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
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Czechia / Prague / Welfare and Health

Survey: two-thirds of Czechs delay starting a family due to housing shortages

Prague reveals the worrying data but also suggests some solutions

Jun 03, 2022 14:39
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Czechia / Prague / Mobility

Prague city districts to receive over EUR 7 million for transport infrastructure

They will develop or reconstruct cycle paths and pedestrian bridges

May 25, 2022 14:11
Svilena Iotkovska
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Czechia / Prague / Culture and Tourism

Prague wants to accelerate the return of tourists this summer

It is renewing and introducing direct flight connections to attract visitors from the US, Middle East and Europe

May 23, 2022 15:37
Svilena Iotkovska
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Czechia / Prague / Culture and Tourism / Development

Prague reveals design plans for the Vltava Philharmonic Hall

The Danish studio Bjarke Ingels Group won the international architectural competition

May 19, 2022 15:37
Svilena Iotkovska
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Czechia / Prague / Public Spaces / Welfare and Health

Prague wants to ban consumption of alcohol in over 1,000 public places

In this way, it will reduce the levels of noise and pollution

May 18, 2022 12:19
Svilena Iotkovska
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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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Czechia / Prague / Cities in Pictures

Gallery: Prague celebrates International Day of Light

View the gallery above for photographs of Charles Bridge lit up by laser beams

May 17, 2022 11:35
Svilena Iotkovska
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Czechia / Prague / Culture and Tourism / Development

Czechia helps Ukraine preserve its endangered cultural heritage

The National Museum sent a consignment of materials to help the country protect its art

May 11, 2022 17:21
Svilena Iotkovska
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Czechia / Prague / Digital transformation / Welfare and Health

Prague unveils chatbot for Ukrainian refugees

It claims to be the first city in the EU to launch such a communication tool

May 10, 2022 12:22
Svilena Iotkovska
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Czechia / Prague / Social City

Ukrainian refugees volunteer to clean the streets of Prague

By doing so, they express their gratitude for the support they have received

Apr 12, 2022 16:31
Svilena Iotkovska
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Czechia / Prague / Development / Mobility / Public Spaces

Prague to make its riverside embankment more pedestrian-friendly

View our gallery to see the design plans for the capital’s biggest transformation in decades

Apr 11, 2022 11:52
Svilena Iotkovska
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Czechia / Prague / Mobility

Prague to get a modern navigation system

See the designs of the new information boards in our gallery

Apr 06, 2022 12:01
Svilena Iotkovska
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Czechia / Prague / Education and Sport

Sports clubs in Prague open doors to Ukrainian children

Most of them also offer free training equipment to kids fleeing war

Mar 28, 2022 16:02
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Czechia / Prague / Digital transformation / Education and Sport

Prague opens a self-service library in a shopping centre

The Czech capital claims that it is the first of its kind in the country

Mar 23, 2022 16:45
Svilena Iotkovska
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Czechia / Prague / Cities in Pictures

Gallery: Prague raises the flag of Kyiv

The Czech capital is showing support for the Ukrainian city, which is currently under attack

Mar 18, 2022 12:00
Svilena Iotkovska
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Czechia / Prague / Culture and Tourism / Digital transformation

New application reveals the architectural history of Prague

Users can learn more about the construction and architects of the capital’s buildings and monuments

Mar 16, 2022 11:38
Svilena Iotkovska
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Czechia / Prague / Culture and Tourism / Cities in Pictures

Gallery: Renovation of Prague’s Clam-Gallas Palace nears completion

It will become fully accessible to the public this summer

Mar 09, 2022 16:57
Svilena Iotkovska
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Czechia / Prague / Welfare and Health

Prague sets up information tents for refugees arriving in the city

Volunteers are handing out leaflets with important material in both Czech and Ukrainian

Feb 28, 2022 16:25
Svilena Iotkovska
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Czechia / Liberec / Plzen / Prague / Cities in Pictures

Gallery: Czech cities raise the Ukrainian flag

Prague, Pilsen, Liberec, and Brno (among others) are showing support and solidarity

Feb 24, 2022 10:15
Svilena Iotkovska
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Czechia / Prague / Mobility

Prague approves trial of hydrogen-powered bus

DPP will deploy the vehicle in the second half of the year

Feb 22, 2022 13:02
Svilena Iotkovska
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Czechia / Prague / Education and Sport / Green City

Schools in Prague will teach pupils how to reduce food waste

The Czech capital claims that the Smart Food project is the first of its kind in the EU

Feb 17, 2022 14:28
Svilena Iotkovska
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Czechia / Poland / Prague / Warsaw / Politics and Reforms

European mayors express solidarity with Ukraine

They have invited Kyiv to join the Pact of Free Cities

Feb 17, 2022 11:35
Svilena Iotkovska
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Czechia / Prague / Development / Mobility

Prague proposes the development of a circular metro line

It would accommodate the growing population of the Czech capital

Feb 11, 2022 13:36
Svilena Iotkovska

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