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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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France / Grenoble / Development

Grenoble: topless bathing and burkini authorised in municipal pools

The highly contested decision was approved yesterday with a minor margin

May 17, 2022 11:15

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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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Germany / Berlin / Mobility / Politics and Reforms

Could Berlin become a car-free city in the next four years?

An ambitious draft bill was championed by the Greens in the City’s Senate, but authorities shut it down for being too drastic. What happens now?

May 17, 2022 17:23
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Portugal / Lisbon / Politics and Reforms

Lisbon’s first Citizens Council took place over the weekend

An exciting avenue for random democratic participation

May 16, 2022 13:33

Innovation and Research

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Czechia / Plzen / Innovation and Research

Pilsen to showcase innovative technologies at three-day festival

Innovating Pilsen will take place during the first week of June

May 16, 2022 17:41
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Sweden / Helsingborg / Innovation and Research / Public Spaces

Here’s a look at some of the urban design marvels on show at H22 City Expo

Helsingborg shows the creative power of architecture

May 12, 2022 15:56

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Lithuania / Vilnius / Digital transformation / Welfare and Health

Vilnius gets more precise about air quality with online pollen map

The project is the first of its kind in Lithuania

May 13, 2022 16:49
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Luxembourg / Luxembourg / Culture and Tourism / Digital transformation

Luxembourg: Futuristic VR tech will transport visitors to the past

It offers the chance to experience the city as it was in 1867

May 13, 2022 14:47

Energy efficiency

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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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Spain / Energy efficiency / Public Spaces

This totem charges phones with solar energy

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria adds new type of urban furniture to the landscape

May 16, 2022 17:55

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Germany / Berlin / Mobility / Politics and Reforms

Could Berlin become a car-free city in the next four years?

An ambitious draft bill was championed by the Greens in the City’s Senate, but authorities shut it down for being too drastic. What happens now?

May 17, 2022 17:23
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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

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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
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Luxembourg / Luxembourg / Public Spaces

Luxembourg City’s largest park will open next year

The €16-million-euro project in Gasperich will include sports facilities, a huge lake and a river with fish

May 17, 2022 15:42

Culture and Tourism

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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

4000-square-metre art piece will cover one of the tallest buildings in Vienna

The Ringturm has been used as a giant canvas since 2006. After a two-year break due to COVID-19, it will be wrapped in Hungarian artist Dora Maurer’s artwork called ‘Together’

May 16, 2022 13:13

Education and Sport

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Luxembourg / Education and Sport / Mobility

A campaign in Luxembourg will create bike-buddy groups

The Grand Duchy remains one of the most car-dependent countries in the EU, so the government is trying to break people's commuting habits

May 16, 2022 15:23
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Finland / Helsinki / Education and Sport / Welfare and Health

Helsinki offers refugees discounts for cultural and leisure services

One must present their residence card or a certificate confirming they have received asylum to be eligible for the discounts

May 13, 2022 11:51

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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
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Finland / Welfare and Health

Lahti to study the link between sustainable lifestyles and wellbeing

It is searching for people who want to take part in the experiment

May 17, 2022 17:13
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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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Austria / Interviews / New European Bauhaus

Back-to-roots revolution in construction, straight from Austria

Feb 9, 2022 11:30
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov

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At first Venice was controlled by the Byzantine Empire. However in 726 the Venetians partly gained their independence and elected Orso Ipato as doge (their word for duke).

In 810 the Franks tried but failed to conquer the Venetians. Meanwhile Venice flourished as a trading center and ships sailed to and from its ports. Its population grew steadily. In 828 the body of St Mark was smuggled from Egypt to Venice. St Mark then became the patron saint of the city.

In the Middle Ages Venice continued to flourish as a port and trading center. Meanwhile in 1199 a fourth crusade was proposed. The Venetians agreed to build a fleet of ships to ferry the Crusaders. However when the Crusader army assembled they were unable to pay for the ships. So the Venetians persuaded them to join an expedition to raid Constantinople.

Venetians and Crusaders captured the city in 1204 and they looted it. Venice was also involved in other wars at that time. The Italian city of Genoa was a powerful rival to Venice and during the 13th and 14th centuries the Genoese and Venetians fought 5 wars.

Furthermore in 1348 the Black Death devastated the population of Venice. Therefore in 1403 Venice introduced quarantine. Ships arriving from infected areas had to stop at an island called Lazaretto and the passengers had to wait for 40 days before they were permitted to enter the city.

In the 15th century Venice faced a new threat - the Turks. In 1453 they captured Constantinople and afterwards they advanced into Southeast Europe. In 1489 Venice came to rule Cyprus. However in 1571 the Turks conquered the island.

Furthermore in 1508 several European countries formed the League of Cambrai and went to war against Venice. However after 8 years of war the map was largely unchanged.

During the 17th century Venice gradually lost power and influence. In the 18th century Venice was politically unimportant although the arts such as opera flourished. Then in 1797 Napoleon dissolved the Republic of Venice. However after his fall in 1815 Venice was handed to Austria.

The railway reached Venice in 1846. However Venice did not prosper under Austrian rule. In 1848 revolutions swept Europe and Venice rose in rebellion against the Austrians. For a short period Daniele Manin became president of an independent Venice.

However Austrian forces bombarded the city and Venice was forced to surrender in August 1849. Yet in 1866 the Austrians were defeated by the Prussians and Venice was allowed to join the new nation of Italy.

In the late 19th century Venice flourished as a port and a manufacturing center. Then in 1933 Mussolini built a road from the mainland to Venice. During the Second World War Venice was undamaged by fighting but the Jewish population was deported. In 1966 Venice suffered a severe flood but the city soon recovered.

Source: localhistories.com

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Italy / Venice / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces

Tourists will have to pre-book their visits to Venice this summer

The introduction of the proposed entry fee has once again been postponed, though. This time, for 2023

Apr 20, 2022 16:47
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Italy / Venice / Social City

Venice opens a bank account to collect funds for Ukrainian refugees

The Municipality has also identified possible places where families can be hosted

Mar 02, 2022 13:11
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Italy / Venice / Development

Venice wants to be known as the Sustainability Capital of the World

The reinvention of the city’s image and vision has started with the setting up of a large foundation

Feb 18, 2022 15:39
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Italy / Venice / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces

Venice Carnival returns with an eye to the future

The organizers promise a multidimensional event

Feb 08, 2022 15:48
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Italy / Venice / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces / Smart City

Venice to set entry fee of 5 euros for tourists

Will 2022 be the year when the city becomes pay-per-visit?

Jan 07, 2022 12:55
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Italy / Venice / Culture and Tourism

Venice gifts a copy of Marco Polo’s will to China

The city honours its ancient links with the Far East

Sep 27, 2021 17:35
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Italy / Venice / Culture and Tourism / Innovation and Research

2021 European Heritage Awards recognized projects relevant to our times

The winners are in four distinct categories, which explore the idea of heritage from different angles

Sep 24, 2021 11:34
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Italy / Venice / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces

Venice to charge tourists an entry fee

The mayor of the city previews this would start possibly as early as next year

Sep 09, 2021 17:49
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Italy / Venice / Education and Sport

Venetian libraries experiment as youth idea incubators

The project seeks to help entrepreneurially-minded youngsters to navigate real-life scenarios

Aug 30, 2021 17:58
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Italy / Venice / Economy and Finance / Social City

Veneto triples subsidies for women’s entrepreneurship

The decision stems from an observation that women had responded more actively during the pandemic slump

Aug 23, 2021 17:29
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Italy / Venice / Green City / Public Spaces

Residents can adopt a flowerbed in Venice

Locals can do their part in making the city literally greener

Aug 20, 2021 13:26
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Italy / Venice / Culture and Tourism / New European Bauhaus

European Cultural Heritage Summit 2021 in Venice: a choice rife with symbolism

Europa Nostra promises a hybrid event that will also add value to the New European Bauhaus

Aug 09, 2021 17:58
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Italy / Venice / Mobility

How do vehicles on the isle of Sant’ Erasmo undergo annual inspection?

The Venetian municipality has organized a short ferry trip for that

Jul 30, 2021 17:39
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Italy / Venice / Culture and Tourism / Green City

Big ships banned from Venice's historic centre – this time for real?

This news comes days before UNESCO was set to place the lagoon on its endangered sites list

Jul 14, 2021 14:35
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Italy / Venice / Culture and Tourism / Mobility

From Venice to Trieste on a bike? It’s looking ever more likely

The proposed Cycling Route of the Lagoons will stretch for 250 kilometres

Jul 13, 2021 13:27
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Italy / Venice / Culture and Tourism

The Architecture Biennale in Venice features a children’s section

The so-called ‘Children’s Biennale’ takes place at Forte Marghera

May 21, 2021 18:03
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Italy / Venice / New European Bauhaus

Venice expresses strong interest in being part of the New European Bauhaus

Candidacy to host one of the 5 pilot projects of the initiative

Apr 20, 2021 13:13
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Italy / Venice / Culture and Tourism / Economy and Finance

What to do with cruise ships in Venice? There seems to be no easy answer

The recent banning of the large vessels from entering the historic core leaves many asking: What’s next?

Apr 06, 2021 15:25
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Italy / Venice / Culture and Tourism

Today Venice turns 1600

And the glorious magnificence carries on

Mar 25, 2021 12:43
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Italy / Venice / Culture and Tourism / Digital transformation

Facebook and Venice join hands in helping local SMEs get into the digital age

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Mar 18, 2021 17:24
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Italy / Venice / Social City

The City of Venice believes in community welfare

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Feb 15, 2021 17:35
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Italy / Venice / Culture and Tourism

Venice Carnival intends to be as attention-grabbing as ever

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Feb 07, 2021 14:40
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Part of Venice sewers will get a long-awaited restoration

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