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Luxembourg / Luxembourg / Development / Public Spaces

Luxembourg is looking for urban farmers

A new pilot project in the capital will try out multi-faceted farming in a built-up setting as a source of food and environmental awareness

Feb 2, 2023 17:07
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Denmark / Germany / Development / Mobility

World’s longest underwater rail-road tunnel to connect Germany and Denmark

The work is already underway from both sides and completion is expected at the end of the decade

Feb 1, 2023 17:58

Economy and Finance

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Denmark / Economy and Finance / Green City

Danish deposit-return system for bottles and cans is now 100% circular

The solution which has been progressing to that end for the past several years proves that there can be a circular business model

Jan 31, 2023 17:47
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Germany / Berlin / Economy and Finance / Green City

Berlin to issue sustainability bonds worth 750 million euros

This move will open green and social public projects to wider investments

Jan 30, 2023 13:19

Politics and Reforms

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Netherlands / Amsterdam / Culture and Tourism / Politics and Reforms

Free tickets for Amsterdam art venues in February

The city has launched a 'buy 1 get 1 for free' scheme to lure people back to the local cultural scene

Feb 1, 2023 17:28
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Greece / Athens / Politics and Reforms / Welfare and Health

Attica Region to invest 1.5 million euros in Roma start-ups

The initiative focuses on building an integration policy from the perspective of small businesses within the community

Feb 1, 2023 16:03

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France / Germany / Italy / Digital transformation / Innovation and Research

EU funds AI and Robotics in agriculture in Germany, France and Italy

The Agri-Tech centre in Osnabrück has a lab, workshop and test field all rolled into one

Feb 2, 2023 13:03
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Bulgaria / Sofia / Green City / Innovation and Research

Sofia launches drones against air pollution

The flying machines will help pinpoint polluted districts much more accurately

Feb 1, 2023 13:23

Digital transformation

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Spain / Barcelona / Digital transformation / Welfare and Health

Barcelona has a digital map of its health and care centres

Search for health, search for well-being - in any sense and category of these terms

Feb 2, 2023 17:37
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France / Germany / Italy / Digital transformation / Innovation and Research

EU funds AI and Robotics in agriculture in Germany, France and Italy

The Agri-Tech centre in Osnabrück has a lab, workshop and test field all rolled into one

Feb 2, 2023 13:03

Energy efficiency

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Portugal / Development / Energy efficiency

2025: Europe’s largest solar farm will operate in Portugal

It will supply electricity to a population twice the city of Porto

Feb 1, 2023 13:22
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Czechia / Energy efficiency / Innovation and Research

Robots make the beer come faster – Pilsen’s new take on tradition

Plzeňský Prazdroj’s new brewery warehouse launched an automated rail system capable of storing more beer and loading it onto trucks much more efficiently

Jan 30, 2023 16:09

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Denmark / Germany / Development / Mobility

World’s longest underwater rail-road tunnel to connect Germany and Denmark

The work is already underway from both sides and completion is expected at the end of the decade

Feb 1, 2023 17:58
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Belgium / Mobility / Public Spaces

This mediaeval gem in Ghent will become public bike parking lot

Local authorities say that this is a good way to preserve the 15th-century market building while providing a public service

Jan 31, 2023 17:13

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Luxembourg / Luxembourg / Development / Public Spaces

Luxembourg is looking for urban farmers

A new pilot project in the capital will try out multi-faceted farming in a built-up setting as a source of food and environmental awareness

Feb 2, 2023 17:07
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France / Paris / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces

For Valentine’s Day, you can use Paris info boards as love letters

Let your amorous intentions be known throughout the French capital, because if not there, where else?

Feb 2, 2023 16:13

Culture and Tourism

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France / Paris / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces

For Valentine’s Day, you can use Paris info boards as love letters

Let your amorous intentions be known throughout the French capital, because if not there, where else?

Feb 2, 2023 16:13
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Netherlands / Amsterdam / Culture and Tourism / Politics and Reforms

Free tickets for Amsterdam art venues in February

The city has launched a 'buy 1 get 1 for free' scheme to lure people back to the local cultural scene

Feb 1, 2023 17:28

Education and Sport

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Denmark / Aalborg / Education and Sport / Welfare and Health

Aalborg school first to try a 4-day week in Denmark

No more blue Mondays in this educational institution

Feb 2, 2023 13:30
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Belgium / Development / Education and Sport

Belgium will host Europe’s biggest sportainment park

The facility will be located in Hasselt and is set to welcome its first visitors this spring

Jan 25, 2023 17:39

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Spain / Barcelona / Digital transformation / Welfare and Health

Barcelona has a digital map of its health and care centres

Search for health, search for well-being - in any sense and category of these terms

Feb 2, 2023 17:37
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Denmark / Aalborg / Education and Sport / Welfare and Health

Aalborg school first to try a 4-day week in Denmark

No more blue Mondays in this educational institution

Feb 2, 2023 13:30
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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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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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The first mentions of Turku can be traced back the 1100s, while archeological findings point to the area of the city being settled all the way back in the Stone Age. Nonetheless, the town of Turku itself was founded in the late 13th century with the Turku Cathedral being consecrated in the year 1300.

Prior to Helsinki’s rise over the last couple of hundred years, Turku was the largest city in Finland and on numerous occasions served as its capital. Turku was such an important location that originally, when speaking of Finland, people referred primarily to the area around the city.

During the Middle Ages and until the 17th century, Turku served as the administrative and religious centre of the eastern part of the Swedish Empire (modern-day Finland). After the latter was ceded to Russia in the 1800s, the de-facto regional capital moved to Helsinki. Nonetheless, Turku remained Finland’s largest city for another 20 years and for the following centuries served as the region’s gateway to the west, boasting excellent connections to the rest of Europe, while simultaneously having a good relationship with cities in Russia and formerly the USSR.

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Finland / Botoșani / Brussels / Gabrovo / Turku / Energy efficiency

Finnish and French cities chart Europe's path to clean energy

As Europe strives to become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, Turku and Dijon are among a group of cities seeking to reach this goal two decades earlier

Jan 27, 2023 10:51
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Finland / Turku / Politics and Reforms / Public Spaces

Turku “annexes” parking spot in front of Russian consulate

The Finnish city has been waging its own war of values against the Russian invasion

Oct 18, 2022 13:17
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Finland / Sweden / Stockholm / Turku / Green City / Mobility

There is a plan to decarbonize Stockholm-Turku ferry route

The green corridor can become reality by 2027, thanks to cooperation between private and academic sectors

Oct 06, 2022 18:04
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Finland / Turku / Development / Green City

How to develop more inclusive and equitable cities?

ICLEI Circulars published a guidebook for urban practitioners to help them learn from the best examples around the world

Jul 14, 2022 11:17
ICLEI Europe
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Finland / Turku / Mobility

700 bicycles to appear on Turku’s streets this spring

The public transport company Föli is inviting residents to assign unique names to the new city bikes

Mar 15, 2022 17:39
Svilena Iotkovska
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Finland / Turku / Development

What will Port of Turku’s new terminal look like?

The winner of the architectural competition will be announced after 1 May

Mar 07, 2022 15:39
Svilena Iotkovska
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Finland / Turku / Politics and Reforms / Welfare and Health

Turku gives whistle-blowers a safe way to report unethical behaviour

They can now anonymously submit reports in relation to corruption and other misconducts online

Dec 16, 2021 11:50
Svilena Iotkovska
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Finland / Turku / Green City

Turku connects circularity to climate neutrality using new roadmap

The Circular Turku roadmap will help the Finnish city achieve resource wisdom by 2040

Nov 29, 2021 17:21
Svilena Iotkovska
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Finland / Helsinki / Tampere / Turku / Energy efficiency

Real estate developer to slash energy consumption and CO2 emissions of Finnish buildings

It has secured a loan worth EUR 80 million from the European Investment Bank

Nov 26, 2021 14:59
Svilena Iotkovska
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Finland / Turku / Culture and Tourism / Cities in Pictures

Light installations will illuminate Turku this December

View our gallery to see what one can witness during the 2021 Path of Light event

Oct 28, 2021 11:53
Svilena Iotkovska
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Finland / Turku / Cities in Pictures / Development

Turku reveals design plans for new Concert Hall

Check out the gallery to view illustrations of the building

Oct 19, 2021 14:03
Svilena Iotkovska
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Turku / New European Bauhaus / Public Spaces

The New European Bauhaus is not here to uproot the past but to re-adapt it

That was one of the main threads that united the presentations at the #EURegionsWeek workshop

Oct 13, 2021 12:22
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Finland / Turku / Innovation and Research / Mobility

Turku will conduct bicycle parking experiments to promote cycling

It will test out the world’s first charging cabinet for electric bicycle batteries, enclosed garages, and real-time monitoring systems

Sep 21, 2021 15:04
Svilena Iotkovska
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Finland / Turku / Culture and Tourism

Turku Day will take place on 19 September

Residents can take part in a rich programme featuring over 90 events and activities

Sep 13, 2021 17:12
Svilena Iotkovska
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Finland / Espoo / Turku / Innovation and Research / Mobility

Espoo and Turku are working towards introducing automated traffic

On 24 August, the two cities will present the results of their studies at a webinar

Aug 20, 2021 14:22
Svilena Iotkovska
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Finland / Turku / Culture and Tourism

Turku celebrates Baltic Sea Day with a rich programme

This day takes place annually on the last Thursday of August

Aug 19, 2021 11:23
Svilena Iotkovska
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Finland / Turku / Education and Sport

Turku and Bayer join forces to launch science competition

All Finnish secondary school students can apply to the Beyond 2030 Challenge until 15 October

Aug 11, 2021 13:54
Svilena Iotkovska
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Finland / Turku / Culture and Tourism / Welfare and Health

Turku hires “helpers” to support residents and tourists in the city

They will walk around the city wearing Hi-Vis jackets that read "Turku Help"

Jul 09, 2021 16:38
Svilena Iotkovska
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Finland / Turku / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces

Street performers in Turku can now book Event Carpets for the summer

This gives performers a platform and allows residents to experience free cultural events

Jun 30, 2021 15:16
Svilena Iotkovska
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Finland / France / Portugal / Braga / Turku / Green City

54 European cities commit to cleaner and healthier urban environments as part of the Green City Accord

Cities lead Europe’s transition to a greener future

Jun 28, 2021 16:38
Schuyler Cowan
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Finland / Turku / Mobility

Turku proves its dedication to safe urban traffic

It has taken new measures to ensure the safety of e-scooter users, cyclists and pedestrians

Jun 21, 2021 17:07
Svilena Iotkovska
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Finland / Turku / Development / Economy and Finance

Bayer makes 250-million-euro investment in Turku

It will build a modern pharmaceutical plant in the Finnish city

Jun 10, 2021 17:40
Svilena Iotkovska
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Finland / Turku / Culture and Tourism / Welfare and Health

Turku seeks to become a clean and safe destination

It has launched a new website to help the public find establishments that comply with health regulations

May 17, 2021 16:59
Svilena Iotkovska
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Finland / Turku / Development

Applications are now open for Turku’s Youth Summer Entrepreneur Market

The Finnish city invites creators between the ages of 13-29 to showcase their work

Apr 28, 2021 13:28
Svilena Iotkovska
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Finland / Turku / Development / Innovation and Research

Turku charts climate path for its Topinpuisto Circular Economic Center

The goal of the path is to prepare and discover new and sustainable solutions together with local companies

Jan 29, 2021 17:12
Anton Stoyanov
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Finland / Turku / Welfare and Health

Turku’s anti-corona bus at the service of ship arrivals

The bus was first tested at the city's port over the weekend

Jan 18, 2021 10:18
Anton Stoyanov
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Finland / Turku / Energy efficiency / Green City

In Finland, cities are part of a broad coalition working towards circular economy

As one of the global circular economy leaders, Finland is linking circular economy efforts to its carbon neutrality ambitions and building on learnings from local governments in its new strategic program released today

Jan 13, 2021 16:45
Dana Vigran
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Espoo / Helsinki / Tampere / Turku / Vantaa / Energy efficiency

Multicity project offers environmental solutions to Finland’s urban areas

A landmark initiative involving 6 cities has allowed them to find new ways to further combat climate change on their premises

Dec 27, 2020 15:09
Anton Stoyanov
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Espoo / Helsinki / Tampere / Turku / Vantaa / Mobility

Finnish cities band together for massive railway projects

The plans for these projects were approved by the Finnish government earlier this year but work is now set to finally begin

Dec 09, 2020 11:48
Anton Stoyanov
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Turku / Welfare and Health

Turku doubles down on anti-bullying campaign

The city will continue using the Someturva service in an effort to combat bullying in school

Dec 06, 2020 15:24
Anton Stoyanov

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