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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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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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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: 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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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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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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Lazaros Maloutas
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Lazaros Maloutas

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Artefacts dating from the prehistoric to the Byzantine period could be found in many places across Kozani. The city was founded by Christian settlers who, after the Ottoman conquest, withdrew from the plains of Macedonia to the mountains, during the XIV-XV centuries.

The secure position of the area attracted other Christians expelled from Epirus in 1392. Together with them, many cattle-breeders also moved to the region.

The first recorded mention of Kozani is in an Ottoman register dating back of 1528, as a settlement with 91 houses. In 1664, the church of Agios Nikolaos was built.

In 1668, the library and the school of Kozani were established. During the XVII and XVIII century, commercial relations with the countries of central Europe helped the city to flourish economically.

In 1770 the growth of Kozani was disrupted, because of conflict between the local inhabitants and Kozanite merchants in central Europe. In the same year, the city was pillaged by Ottoman beys.

In 1830, a subsequent incursion by Aslan bey ravaged Kozani immensely. In 1855 in the nearby St. Nicholas Church a 26 meters high bell tower was built – the future symbol of the city.

In 1939, a clock donated by Greek-American, Konstantinos Mamatsios was added to the top of the tower. In 1904 the population was of 12,000 Greeks and 350 Vlachs.

In the late XIX and XX century, Kozani was part of the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.  

On 11 October 1912, the Greek army entered Kozani, during the First Balkan War, after its victory against the Ottoman army in the Battle of Sarantaporo. In 1923, during the exchange of population between Greece and Turkey, around 1,400 Greek families coming from Pontus and Asia Minor settled in Kozani.

In the XX century, Kozani grew drastically. The lignite reserves in the area began being used by the Public Power Corporation, making Kozani the foremost producer of electrical power in Greece.  

The Municipal Library of Kozani called "Kovendareios" is the second biggest in Greece, with its 150,000 books, rare publications and valuable documents. Kozani was included in the National Cultural Network of Cities. The Institute of Book and Reading was also established and Kozani is now known as a “City of Books”. 

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Kozani / Development

Greece’s largest solar power plant on its way to Kozani

The new site will be built by Hellenic Petroleum and will be essential for Greece’s energy transition

Oct 16, 2020 14:13
Anton Stoyanov
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Kozani / Interviews

Our goal is to transform Kozani in a “Smart City” with modern infrastructure, efficient and friendly services

Interview with Lazaros Maloutas, Mayor of Kozani, Greece

May 29, 2020 07:59
Monika Dimitrova

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