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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
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Spain / Development / Energy efficiency

Valladolid to have Spain’s largest biomass-fed heating network

The promise is that it will save between 30% and 50% on users’ energy bills

May 17, 2022 17:49

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Latvia / Riga / Culture and Tourism / Economy and Finance

Riga encourages the creation of private museums

For the first time there, financial backing is forthcoming

May 17, 2022 15:13
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Austria / Vienna / Culture and Tourism / Economy and Finance

Start-up festival will turn Vienna into an international business hotspot this spring

ViennaUP’22 will bring people from over 40 countries to the Austrian capital in a business festival fuelled by the unique local atmosphere

May 10, 2022 14:41

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Poland / Rzeszow / Politics and Reforms

President Zelenskyy grants Rzeszów “rescuer city” title

The local community welcomed Ukrainians fleeing war with outstanding support

May 23, 2022 13:01
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Belgium / Politics and Reforms

Belgium lowers the voting age in EU elections to 16

Belgium will now join a small club of countries empowering youth political participation – Austria, Greece and Malta

May 23, 2022 12:12

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Portugal / Lisbon / Innovation and Research / Social City

Lisbon to solve ‘empty houses’ problem with a hackathon

Student teams will have 24 hours to come up with solutions for that issue

May 23, 2022 10:34
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Ireland / Dublin / Innovation and Research / Mobility

During the pandemic, more Dubliners started walking rather than cycling

The new Walking and Cycling Index shows that an overwhelming majority want to live in 20-minute neighbourhoods

May 20, 2022 14:20

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Slovenia / Ljubljana / Digital transformation

Ljubljana City Library turns to using parcel lockers

Part of an ongoing trend among these institutions to increase convenience for users

May 23, 2022 12:36
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Latvia / Riga / Digital transformation / Welfare and Health

Riga adds a drone to its summer lifeguard services

The city also added a new bathing area

May 20, 2022 17:41

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Energy efficiency / Politics and Reforms

REPowerEU: Europe starts preparing for next winter

The plan calls for accelerating green energy developments in the EU, with 2027 as a supposed cut-off deadline for Russian energy imports

May 19, 2022 13:20
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Energy efficiency / Politics and Reforms

Bill Gates investment group says EU needs to put 800 billion euros into green energy

As the EU Commission is about to vote on REPowerEU, a bill to fund alternative natural gas suppliers, Breakthrough Energy claims that the bloc needs more battery storage capacity

May 18, 2022 12:08

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Poland / Mobility

Poland: 11 local entities agree to construct 120 kms of bicycle highways

The cities met last week in Katowice to draft a plan on how to facilitate cycling between their territories

May 23, 2022 11:54
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Luxembourg / Mobility / Politics and Reforms

Luxembourg Minister pushing for an EU-wide ban on cars in cities during weekends

The REPowerEU 200 billion-euro plan calls for a gradual reduction of Russian fuel imports

May 20, 2022 16:02

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Hungary / Budapest / Public Spaces

Protected plants have started to appear in Budapest’s wildflower areas

These special zones were created last year with the aim of boosting biodiversity in the city

May 19, 2022 15:00
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Sweden / Helsingborg / Public Spaces

Helsingborg will cover scaffolding of town hall with storm-proof banner

The building has been undergoing a major renovation since the start of 2021

May 18, 2022 18:03

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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
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Croatia / Karlovac / Culture and Tourism

Smart sensors help Karlovac City Museum save money and energy

The installation of the sensors is part of its “Smart Museum” project

May 20, 2022 15:28

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Italy / Milan / Education and Sport / Green City

Milan’s Vivaio Bicocca: from green area to urban ecosystem

Authorities want to do away with the passive status of nature in the city

May 20, 2022 13:15
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Greece / Athens / Education and Sport / Welfare and Health

Athens holds Cultural Summer Camp to help single-parent families

The programme targets young children whose parents cannot afford to stay home while school is closed

May 20, 2022 12:12

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Finland / Helsinki / Welfare and Health

Helsinki inspires female immigrants to become entrepreneurs

The Finnish capital will hold ‘Entrepreneur Day for Women’ next month

May 23, 2022 12:09
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Latvia / Riga / Digital transformation / Welfare and Health

Riga adds a drone to its summer lifeguard services

The city also added a new bathing area

May 20, 2022 17:41
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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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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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Spain / Interviews

Luis Salaya: We want to build tourism based on sustainability and digitization

Feb 10, 2022 12:51
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov

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The origins of Hamburg can be traced to the early 9th century when Emperor Charlemagne ordered the construction of a fort with the same name to protect against Slavic raids. Over the centuries Hamburg transformed into a bustling city – one of the most important in Germany. In the first half of the 9th century, it became the seat of a bishopric and the base of missions to the non-believers in northern Europe. As a result, the city was a victim of constant Viking raids – burning down a total of 9 times over its history.

Eventually, after being granted tax-free status and becoming a Free Imperial City, Hamburg turned into a centre of commerce in the region. It became the second most important member of the association of north German merchant cities called the Hanseatic League, after the city of Lübeck. After the League’s dissolution however, Hamburg surpassed its rival in economic importance.

After the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire, Hamburg remained in no-one’s sphere of influence, instead becoming The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. After a brief occupation by French Emperor Napoleon, it joined the German Confederation as an independent state. Over the course of the 19th century, Hamburg became the 2nd largest port of Europe, amassing a great fleet of ships, took on a semi-democratic constitution and eventually joined the German Empire while maintaining its political status. By the end of the 1800s, Hamburg’s population had grown from 130,000 to 700,000 and it had incorporated into ever-growing territory many nearby towns.

World War I however put a stop to the rapid progress of Hamburg. The city was unable to practice maritime trade and eventually almost all of its ships were seized by the Entente as reparations. During World War II Hamburg functioned as a “Gau”, the Nazi administrative divisions. The city was devastated by Allied air raids which caused thousands of civilian casualties and fires.

After the end of the war, and even moreso after German Reunification, Hamburg’s importance to international trade has only grown, making it one of the most prosperous and vibrant cities in the region.

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Austria / Germany / Hamburg / Vienna / Green City / Smart City

Mayors of Hamburg, Vienna and Zurich gather for ‘City Trialogue’

The format is ongoing cooperation aimed at sharing climate, digitalisation and sustainability experiences and good practices

May 13, 2022 12:57
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Hamburg / Social City

Hamburg is trying out the 'Housing First' approach to homelessness

It tries to target cases of long-term homelessness by offering people a stable living environment to be used as a jumping-off point to all other social services

Apr 14, 2022 16:22
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Hamburg / Development / Mobility

Massive cycling expressway will link Hamburg and Lüneburg in 2026

The project is part of the Hanseatic city’s idea to build seven cycling expressways reaching out to the countryside with a collective length of 300 kilometres

Apr 07, 2022 15:22
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Hamburg / Energy efficiency / Politics and Reforms

Germany says it could end Russian gas dependency by 2024

According to the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Russian oil imports could be cut in half by this summer

Mar 25, 2022 14:52
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Hamburg / Development / Energy efficiency

Hamburg could be the main hydrogen hub of Europe by 2030

Authorities revealed their strategy for the next eight years, aiming to foster international cooperation to meet growing clean energy demand in the EU

Mar 08, 2022 14:45
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Hamburg / Stuttgart / Development / Energy efficiency

Public housing in Stuttgart is getting a solar powered makeover

Two municipal companies have teamed up to provide PV systems on the roofs of social housing units

Feb 01, 2022 11:33
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Berlin / Hamburg / Munich / Politics and Reforms / Social City

The mayors of Berlin, Hamburg and Munich join forces to strengthen tenant protection tools

Аdvocates for more robust municipal rights of first refusal for German cities

Jan 27, 2022 17:10
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Hamburg / Development / Innovation and Research

Rents in Hamburg have risen sharply in the last two years

Despite government efforts to curb the housing shortage, prices are rising faster than they have in the past 10 years

Dec 15, 2021 15:12
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Hamburg / Energy efficiency

Hamburg announces plan to save 100,000 tonnes of CO2

Authorities plan to use heat from a recycling plant to fuel the district heating system

Dec 09, 2021 15:36
Denis Balgaranov
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Belgium / Germany / Ireland / Netherlands / Antwerp / Hamburg / Development / Growing City

REGIOSTARS: Here are the best local EU-funded projects of 2021

From an SME-friendly 3D metal printer to a hub integrating cross-border transport

Dec 03, 2021 15:32
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Hamburg / Culture and Tourism / Green City

World War II bunker in Hamburg becomes art centre and heating plant

The project is spearheaded by a local cooperative, dedicated to making the space useful to the community

Nov 15, 2021 17:23
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Hamburg / Innovation and Research / Mobility

Hamburg hosts show flight for drone able to carry 600-kilogram loads

Volocopter, the company, sees this as their promise for a new logistics supply chain and a bid for affordable urban air mobility

Oct 14, 2021 14:08
Denis Balgaranov
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Belgium / Amsterdam / Brussels / Hamburg / Paris / Mobility / Politics and Reforms

Belgium introduces tax for flights under 500 kilometres

The tax will affect passengers traveling to some of the biggest transit hubs in Europe, such as London and Frankfurt

Oct 14, 2021 11:35
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Hamburg / Digital transformation / Mobility

First automated digital urban train in Hamburg promises more efficient mobility in Germany

The automated Digital S-Bahn can allow trains to depart with less than 90 seconds apart

Oct 11, 2021 15:49
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Berlin / Hamburg / Munich / Stuttgart / Economy and Finance

Rent prices in major German cities are starting to fall

According to the researchers, prices have reached their peak, as tenants simply cannot afford to pay more

Oct 07, 2021 13:06
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Hamburg / Mobility / Smart City

Hamburg is showcasing the Mobility of the Future

The Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress is coming to Hamburg next week

Oct 05, 2021 13:05
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Hamburg / Development / Green City

‘Roots’, Germany’s highest wooden skyscraper broke ground in Hamburg

Mayor Tschentscher praised the project for mixing low-carbon technologies and modern construction

Sep 14, 2021 17:11
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Hamburg / Stuttgart / Welfare and Health

Germany launches National Covid-Vaccination Week

German authorities are offering vaccination at sports events, libraries, trams, and many more, just to push the country to the 75% mark before the start of winter

Sep 13, 2021 14:55
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Hamburg / Development / Economy and Finance

After the lockdown – Hamburg is experiencing a start-up boom

According to a recent study, the number of start-ups has reached pre-mortgage debt crisis heights

Aug 16, 2021 14:52
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Hamburg / Culture and Tourism / Politics and Reforms

Hamburg starts post-pandemic scholarship program for freelance artists

City authorities will award 550 future scholarships in the fields of visual arts, literature and music to boost the recovering sector

Aug 06, 2021 15:48
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Hamburg / Development / Energy efficiency

Hamburg's government buildings are getting photovoltaic roofs

The program aims for 100,000 square meters of solar panels

Jul 09, 2021 15:39
Denis Balgaranov
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Belgium / France / Germany / Hamburg / Development / Economy and Finance

Germany, Belgium and France to get 215 million for faster Covid-recovery

The largest EU grant, called REACT-EU, wants to mitigate the effects of COVID-19

Jun 25, 2021 12:08
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Hamburg / Development

Hamburg's “Alliance for Housing” is here to fix the housing crisis

The city’s housing program will approve 10,000 units every year

Jun 24, 2021 13:27
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Germany / Spain / Barcelona / Hamburg / Madrid / Vienna / Development / Welfare and Health

COVID-19 determined the best cities to live in the world

And they are not in the European Union

Jun 09, 2021 15:07
Denis Balgaranov
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Bulgaria / France / Germany / Italy / Netherlands / Romania / Cluj-Napoca / Hamburg / Innovation and Research / Welfare and Health

The Elderly, the digital divide and citizenship: register now for the second EUDIGIT webinar

On 17-18 June, the focus is on seniors and digital citizenship

Jun 04, 2021 13:14
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Germany / Hamburg / Energy efficiency

Hamburg launches a large project for greener buildings

With a rainwater system, the sewage network in the area will be eased

May 31, 2021 13:05
Beatrice Stanimirova
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Germany / Hamburg / Digital transformation / Mobility

Hamburg keeps vulnerable road users safe with new sensor installations

To optimise the waiting time for all road users

May 17, 2021 16:32
Beatrice Stanimirova
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Germany / Hamburg / Culture and Tourism / Welfare and Health

Hamburg supports post-Covid neighbourhoods and city centres

Creative activities will bring life back to the cities

Apr 29, 2021 12:56
Beatrice Stanimirova
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Germany / Hamburg / Development / Mobility

Hamburg launches the first 'Protected Bike Lane'

Enhancing the security of all bike riders

Apr 26, 2021 11:24
Beatrice Stanimirova
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Germany / Hamburg / Development / Energy efficiency

Green bus stops in Hamburg - a new space for plants, insects and birds

Hamburg to be the first major German city with a green roof strategy

Mar 19, 2021 14:25
Beatrice Stanimirova

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