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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

Innovation and Research

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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

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

Public Spaces

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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

Welfare and Health

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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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Archaeological findings show that in the area of ​​today's capital there were settlers as far back as the Middle Ages. In some important historical documents dating back to 1323, the city is referred to as Vilna, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1569, when the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was established, Vilnius began to flourish. The city university became one of the most prestigious research and development scientific centers. Culture also developed alongside politics and economy. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth underwent several divisions of its territory, and after the third, Vilnius became part of the Russian Empire. During the two World Wars, the city was largely destroyed. Lithuania regained its independence in 1990 with Vilnius as being chosen as the country's capital.

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Lithuania / Vilnius / Development / Social City

The people of Vilnius have spoken: We want a sunset viewing platform

This was one of the more creative and unusual ideas set to take shape as a result of the second participatory budget initiative in the city

Dec 05, 2022 14:05
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces

Vilnius unveiled its Christmas tree…and it’s a birthday cake

The Lithuanian capital is excited about its upcoming 700th anniversary

Nov 28, 2022 13:34
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Culture and Tourism / Digital transformation

Vilnius bought actual stars in the night sky to promote its restaurant scene

The new constellation will be known as “G’Astronomic Vilnius” and you can see it on the Night Sky app

Nov 09, 2022 14:30
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Culture and Tourism / Social City

Vilnius will create the first film made by all residents in the city

For this purpose, a special app has been released where residents can submit photos and videos

Oct 13, 2022 15:23
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Culture and Tourism / Social City

You can send Vilnius a belated birthday e-card

The Lithuanian capital’s tourism office has created a cheeky campaign to remind us that it’s good to send greetings, and even if late, there won’t be hard feelings

Oct 07, 2022 13:06
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Public Spaces / Welfare and Health

Vilnius organization wants to ban fireworks festival: Could be traumatic for Ukrainian refugees

The campaigners argue that the event will be scary and stressful to the city's animals as well

Sep 15, 2022 14:23
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Culture and Tourism / Politics and Reforms

7 Vilnius DJs give world's tyrants the finger with a special album

The album’s cover has an AI-generated portrait of the ‘Ultimate Dictator’

Sep 12, 2022 15:39
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces

There will be a Ukrainian Independence Day party...in Vilnius

Due to the precarious security situation in Kyiv, this year the celebration of freedom will be held abroad, in a supportive place

Aug 23, 2022 13:05
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Public Spaces

How Vilnius fills the void left from a removed Soviet monument

It can take time to reset the public’s mindset about the purpose of an urban space…or it can take a project

Aug 15, 2022 13:56
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Social City

Former Vilnius deputy mayor proposes municipalities to have the power to cap rents

Gintautas Paluckas is of the opinion that this will help the local authorities act as advocates for the residents

Aug 04, 2022 13:58
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Energy efficiency

Vilnius obliges public institutions to cover their roofs with solar panels

The road to energy independence - at least partially - goes through renewables

Jul 25, 2022 13:26
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Culture and Tourism / Digital transformation

If you’re itching to see Putin in jail, Vilnius delivers

Google Street View and the city’s tourism authorities have teamed up to create a digital rendition of justice served to the Russian president

Jul 11, 2022 13:08
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Green City

Klaipeda will provide free water to businesses serving customers from the tap

This is part of a national campaign to promote the high-quality water available in Lithuania and to ditch the packaged version

Jul 04, 2022 13:12
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces

Vilnius’ bus stops host the city’s largest art gallery

The splendid initiative that turns advertising spaces into art canvases is back for its third edition

Jun 24, 2022 17:56
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Economy and Finance

Vilnius honours local start-up unicorns with bus stop name

The symbolism belies the city’s vision to transform the Naujamiestis district into a globally-known tech industry centre

Jun 20, 2022 15:31
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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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
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Culture and Tourism / Mobility

Vilnius app helps commuters to feel like tourists in their city

A historical journey on trolleybus line 2

May 11, 2022 17:33
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Politics and Reforms

Vilnius Historical Memory Commission cools residents’ impetus on street renaming

Not every street name linked to Russia and Belarus needs to be a subject of historical revision

Apr 28, 2022 17:46
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Politics and Reforms

21 mayors sign Declaration condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Mayor of Vilnius Remigijus Šimašius initiated the Declaration at the Second Forum of Mayors 2022 in Geneva after the speech of a Russian diplomat

Apr 08, 2022 16:01
Svilena Iotkovska
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Green City

Vilnius: municipal heating company pollutes less than households

Although residents believe that smog is caused by the large industrial chimneys, the reality is somewhat different

Mar 31, 2022 13:57
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Green City

Vilnius asks residents to respect local frog migration

This natural phenomenon only happens in very green cities

Mar 24, 2022 12:46
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Social City

Ukrainian refugees can use Vilnius public transport for free

They also get free access to the city’s museums

Mar 10, 2022 16:40
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Politics and Reforms / Social City

Vilnius starts campaign to call 40 million Russians to stave off propaganda

If you speak Russian, you, too, can pick up the phone and do your part to end this war

Mar 08, 2022 11:28
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Politics and Reforms

Vilnius gets creative in trolling Putin

The road leading to the Russian embassy in the city renamed to “Heroes of Ukraine”

Mar 04, 2022 10:53
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Cities in Pictures

Gallery: Women in Lithuanian cities protest the Russian invasion

Their hope is to inspire the same actions from women in Russia

Feb 28, 2022 11:14
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces

Vilnius rethinks ex-prison as a cultural space

This summer, it will also serve as the stage for a brand new music festival

Feb 10, 2022 17:39
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces

Ahead of turning 700, Vilnius starts off long celebrations

The countdown has already begun

Jan 26, 2022 15:17
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Culture and Tourism / Development

Lithuania created ‘historical capital’ status for 4 of its cities

The old town sections of these municipalities get recognition for their past significance

Jan 24, 2022 12:45
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Netherlands / Vilnius / Development / Social City

Vilnius and Rotterdam shine in the Global Mayors Challenge

Their governments were the boldest in Europe in tackling the multi-faceted challenges of today

Jan 19, 2022 12:28
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Lithuania / Vilnius / Development / Mobility

Vilnius Airport’s reconstruction brings new runway and departure terminal

The Lithuanian Aviation Strategy 2030 will focus on sustainability and carbon-neutral airports

Dec 20, 2021 10:56
Plamen Petrov

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