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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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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

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

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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

Innovation and Research

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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
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Italy / Innovation and Research / Mobility

Genoa is testing out this futuristic tram-bus

The latest generation of public transport vehicles are taking over European streets

Jan 31, 2023 16:43

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Sweden / Digital transformation / Social City

Swedish town employs digital guides for elderly residents

These officials help seniors to push back the feelings of alienation in a world gone rapidly technological

Feb 1, 2023 16:11
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France / Rennes / Digital transformation / Green City

Get to know a tree in Rennes, with the help of an interactive map

38,000 of these fellas help to purify the city air, so why not become friends with them?

Jan 26, 2023 14:03

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

Mobility

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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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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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Germany / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces

Lights turn old industrial site in Dortmund into an immersive art piece

Phoenix des Lumières will be an ongoing exhibition until 31 December 2023

Jan 31, 2023 13:02

Culture and Tourism

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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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Germany / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces

Lights turn old industrial site in Dortmund into an immersive art piece

Phoenix des Lumières will be an ongoing exhibition until 31 December 2023

Jan 31, 2023 13:02

Education and Sport

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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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Belgium / Education and Sport / Mobility / Politics and Reforms

Limburg asks citizens: "Why drive to the gym?"

The Belgian region will organise public discussions to examine why people opt for cars instead of public transport or bicycles

Jan 23, 2023 16:50

Welfare and Health

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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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Germany / Stuttgart / Public Spaces / Welfare and Health

Stuttgart is looking for the most climate-friendly canteen in town

The food people eat during the day can have an enormous impact on their habits at home

Jan 30, 2023 17:22
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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 name of the city is derived from the Old/Middle High German term Munichen, meaning "by the monks". The monks in question belonged to the Benedictine order and ran a monastery at the place that was later to become the Old Town of Munich.

Munich was first mentioned in 1158. Catholic Munich was a cultural stronghold of the Counter-Reformation and a political point of divergence during the resulting Thirty Years' War, but remained physically untouched despite an occupation by the Protestant Swedes. Once Bavaria was established as a sovereign kingdom in 1806, it became a major European centre of arts, architecture, culture and science.

In 1918, during the German Revolution, the ruling house of Wittelsbach, which governed Bavaria since 1180, was forced to abdicate in Munich and a short-lived Socialist republic was declared. During World War II, Munich was heavily bombed and more than 50% of the entire city and up to 90% of the historic centre were destroyed. After the end of postwar American occupation in 1949, there was a great increase in population and economic power during the years of the so called "economic miracle".

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Germany / Munich / Mobility / Politics and Reforms

Munich’s new polluting car ban runs like clockwork

Local authorities will launch a low-pollution zone covering a large part of the city

Jan 24, 2023 17:10
Denis Balgaranov
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Austria / Belgium / Italy / Brussels / Munich / Paris / Vienna / Development / Mobility

Night trains Vienna-Italy every day announced for summer 2023

The Austrian Nightjet will also offer a regular nightly train between Brussels and Vienna

Jan 06, 2023 17:31
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Spain / Barcelona / Munich / Green City

Barcelona and Munich: the largest European cities to get zero waste certification

Scaling up the effort of waste reduction must eventually go through the continent’s metropolises

Nov 24, 2022 17:17
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Germany / Munich / Culture and Tourism

Rammstein will play in Munich on New Year’s Eve

The snap decision of local authorities to allow the concert comes with conditions – the band needs to provide a safety concept for 145,000 people

Aug 12, 2022 13:15
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Munich / Green City

Munich will implement 100 measures for a zero-waste city

One of the measures calls for the municipality to establish a second-hand furniture store

Aug 05, 2022 15:29
Denis Balgaranov
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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
Denis Balgaranov
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France / Germany / Spain / Grenoble / Munich / San Sebastián / Development

San Sebastian, Munich and Grenoble win big at Eurocities Awards 2022

This year, the prizes honoured the spirit of togetherness as an agent of transformation

Jun 20, 2022 10:17
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Germany / Munich / Mobility

Munich: If you sow cycle highways, you reap cyclists

The Bavarian capital wants to construct a massive, city-wide cycling expressway system by 2025

May 16, 2022 17:07
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 / Berlin / Munich / Culture and Tourism / Welfare and Health

Many Christmas markets in Germany open today, despite high Covid rates

According to the authorities, the infection numbers are too low in some areas to justify restrictions

Nov 22, 2021 15:38
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Munich / Welfare and Health

Germany presents unified Covid policy to break the spike in cases amid closing Christmas markets

States have been calling for a unified policy for months and since authorities reported 58,000 new cases yesterday, things have started moving fast

Nov 19, 2021 15:32
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Munich / Culture and Tourism / Welfare and Health

Munich Christmas market cancelled due to COVID-19

This is the first major Christmas market to be cancelled in 2021

Nov 17, 2021 14:55
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 / Munich / Politics and Reforms

German states make restrained vow to take in Afghan refugees

600 German soldiers will secure the airport in Kabul to help with the evacuations

Aug 19, 2021 15:02
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Munich / Innovation and Research

Munich-based drone startup to get 10 million euros from the EIB

Quantum Systems GmbH has developed an Unmanned Aircraft System that combines vertical take-off with a wing

Jul 28, 2021 14:00
Denis Balgaranov
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France / Germany / Munich / Green City / Mobility

The world’s first 16-tonne fully-electric truck is here

Volta Trucks debuts the heavy Volta Zero in Munich and Frankfurt

Jun 29, 2021 10:48
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Hungary / Berlin / Munich / Education and Sport / Politics and Reforms

Berlin Olympic Stadium lit up in rainbow colours in protest and solidarity

After Frankfurt and Cologne, Berlin joins Munich in solidarity against Hungarian controversial laws

Jun 23, 2021 13:41
Denis Balgaranov
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Germany / Munich / Development / Energy efficiency

Apple is going to invest 1 billion euros in Munich

Under the form of a new European Silicon Design Centre in the Bavarian city

Mar 11, 2021 14:21
Beatrice Stanimirova
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Germany / Munich / Development / Digital transformation

BayernApp - new digital service introduced to the citizens in Bavaria

An app that will help digitalise municipalities and reduce the flow of people, queueing for hours

Mar 01, 2021 10:39
Beatrice Stanimirova
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Germany / Munich / Development

Munich’s Werk12 named best building in Germany for 2021 by country’s architects

The award bestowed by the German Architecture Museum is a great honour for the city, according to authorities

Feb 02, 2021 14:45
Anton Stoyanov
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Munich / Development / Public Spaces

Munich’s newest bridge makes cycling and walking across the city even more convenient

Arnulfsteg bridge was officially opened to traffic last week

Dec 30, 2020 15:09
Anton Stoyanov
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Munich / Welfare and Health

Munich launches initiative to provide employment to citizens and relief to medical personnel

The “Helping Hand” project will give struggling service workers jobs that are meant to help medical staff in their everyday lives

Dec 17, 2020 11:55
Anton Stoyanov
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Munich / Mobility

Munich retires pop-up bike paths for winter rethink

The City Council will evaluate their performance and decide on whether they should return in Spring 2021

Nov 05, 2020 15:10
Anton Stoyanov
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Munich / Development / Welfare and Health

Munich plots safe opening of Christmas Markets

Come November, the traditional Christmas Markets will look completely different – provided they open at all

Oct 17, 2020 13:44
Anton Stoyanov
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Munich / Welfare and Health

Munich goes nuclear in corona containment plan

Local authorities believe that people have stopped taking the threat of the pandemic seriously and are enforcing new measures meant to curb its spread

Sep 23, 2020 08:56
Anton Stoyanov
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Munich / Mobility

E-scooter-specific parking places to be inaugurated around Munich

The first parking spaces are located in Schwabing with other areas to follow

Sep 16, 2020 13:10
Anton Stoyanov
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Munich / Education and Sport / Welfare and Health

Students in Bavaria to wear masks for the first two weeks of school

Only elementary schools will be exempt from this requirement

Sep 01, 2020 09:05
Anton Stoyanov
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Munich / Mobility

Munich introduces its 14 Summer Streets

In light of the coronavirus pandemic, the city is turning more and more of its streets into low or no vehicle traffic zones

Aug 19, 2020 14:27
Anton Stoyanov
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Munich / Mobility

Munich puts emphasis on future development of mobility

A new department is being created that will be solely responsible for topics ranging from cycling to public transport in the city

Jul 30, 2020 13:50
Anton Stoyanov
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Munich / Mobility

Munich expands electric public transport capabilities

The launch of a new e-bus is a statement and a commitment to a greener Munich

Jul 25, 2020 10:50
Anton Stoyanov

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