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France / Development / Public Spaces

This bench stores water and irrigates plants while you rest

The innovative project received funding from the participatory budget in Lille, France

Jun 24, 2022 14:06
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Denmark / Copenhagen / Development / Social City

Social housing will form 40% of future urban development in Copenhagen

This was decided after an unprecedented agreement between the national and city governments

Jun 23, 2022 17:12

Economy and Finance

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Bulgaria / Economy and Finance

Three Seas Initiative acquires large share in Port of Burgas

This is the first investment in port infrastructure by the international forum’s development fund

Jun 21, 2022 10:33
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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

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Czechia / Prague / Culture and Tourism / Politics and Reforms

Prague getting ready to become the “capital of Europe”

The Czech city is in active preparation for the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU which will start on 1 July and will last for six months

Jun 23, 2022 16:00
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Croatia / Politics and Reforms / Welfare and Health

Pula, Croatia: People on welfare will have to work for the city or lose their benefits

According to city officials, people will work up to 90 hours a month pay-free and for the ‘common good’

Jun 23, 2022 14:30

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Finland / Vantaa / Green City / Innovation and Research

Finnish air-fed protein could solve world hunger

The invention promises to be revolutionary as it can decouple food production from agriculture and its environmental impacts

Jun 27, 2022 15:50
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Spain / Innovation and Research / Mobility

Lleida Airport will serve as research centre for drone traffic management

Commercial unmanned aerial vehicles will far outnumber their crewed counterparts by the end of the decade and solutions are urgently needed

Jun 24, 2022 12:58

Digital transformation

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Croatia / Digital transformation

Croatian town covers banking fees for utilities in digitalization bid

The town of Makarska has recently launched a new mobile service, aiming to cut down on paper use and stimulate citizens to go contactless

Jun 27, 2022 16:00
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Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Digital transformation

Rome VR Bus will carry tourists 2000 years back in time

Unique technology and design convert the vehicle into a mobile, multi-sensory cinematic hall

Jun 22, 2022 17:52

Energy efficiency

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Finland / Energy efficiency

Finland to establish a national hydrogen network

The country wants to become a leader in hydrogen production and export

Jun 27, 2022 14:41
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Belgium / Antwerp / Energy efficiency

Antwerp will offer citizens heat without emitting a single gram of CO2

City authorities just announced that they would develop a central heating grid that will use waste energy from industry and will cover half of the city by 2050

Jun 21, 2022 14:22

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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
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Spain / Innovation and Research / Mobility

Lleida Airport will serve as research centre for drone traffic management

Commercial unmanned aerial vehicles will far outnumber their crewed counterparts by the end of the decade and solutions are urgently needed

Jun 24, 2022 12:58

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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
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France / Development / Public Spaces

This bench stores water and irrigates plants while you rest

The innovative project received funding from the participatory budget in Lille, France

Jun 24, 2022 14:06

Culture and Tourism

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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
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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

Education and Sport

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Sweden / Education and Sport / Green City

Linköping gets a weather-sensitive air dome

The inflatable sports arena provides flexibility and cost effectiveness and is a good alternative to permanent construction

Jun 22, 2022 15:22
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Poland / Education and Sport

Dogs relieve school stress in Wroclaw

Children show a higher interest in going to class and spending more time in the library, if puppies are present

Jun 16, 2022 16:52

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Finland / Helsinki / Green City / Welfare and Health

How Helsinki’s air quality has improved over the past 30 years

Dust particle concentrations can still present a tough challenge to beat, though

Jun 24, 2022 15:55
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Spain / Green City / Welfare and Health

It’s official: Seville starts giving names to extreme heat waves

This makes the Andalusian city the first in the world to raise warnings about the harmful weather phenomenon

Jun 23, 2022 15:06
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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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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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Bialystok is believed to have been founded around 1320 by the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Gediminas, but it was only in 1749 that it was given town rights.

The 18th century was highly prosperous for the town, as the Branicki family erected a Baroque palace, referred to as Podlasie Versailles. Famous artists and theoreticians have been invited by the wealthy family to Bialystok where they developed a strong creative and educational centre that became famous throughout Europe. By the second half of the century the town had already become a major textile centre with 230 factories and 3000 workers.

Before the start of World War One the town was a centre of Polish Jewish population, with 40,000 out of its 100,000 inhabitants being of such descent. The darkest period of Bialystok’s history was probably the invasion of the Germans, who killed half the Jewish population and destroyed a massive part of the local industry and buildings, including the Branicki palace.

After WWII the town was rebuilt, becoming an industrial and cultural centre, as well as an important rail junction.

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Poland / Białystok / Cities in Pictures / Welfare and Health

Prisoners from Bialystok renovate 40 kennels for local dog shelter

Today marks one year of cooperation between the shelter and the detention centre

Nov 17, 2021 15:21
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Poland / Białystok / Gdansk / Krakow / Rzeszow / Tychy / Warsaw / Public Spaces

Find out the names of the greenest Polish cities

And which ones offer the smallest share of greenery to their inhabitants

Mar 18, 2021 12:11
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Poland / Białystok / Energy efficiency / Green City

Municipal companies in Białystok increasingly rely on sustainable energy

The Polish city receives millions in EU funding for solar power installations

Jan 14, 2021 17:13
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Białystok / Gdansk / Krakow / Lublin / Poznan / Rzeszow / Warsaw / Culture and Tourism / Politics and Reforms

Polish mayors call for the respect of equality and tolerance

The initiative is led by Warsaw’s Rafał Trzaskowski

Nov 13, 2020 12:19
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Białystok / Bytom / Gdansk / Krakow / Lublin / Poznan / Rzeszow / Warsaw / Welfare and Health

152 districts of Poland will be in the red zone from Saturday

New rules will apply to the entire country

Oct 16, 2020 07:53
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Białystok / Mobility

Bialystok public transport with an innovative smart tariff

This is a first for Poland

Oct 12, 2020 11:53
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Białystok / Culture and Tourism

Bialystok unveils its first pocket park

What used to be an undeveloped municipal plot is now a small welcoming area between buildings

Sep 11, 2020 10:09
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Białystok / Education and Sport

New exhibition space in Bialystok bridges the gap between science and entertainment

The facility is one of its kind in Eastern Poland

Aug 24, 2020 12:09
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Białystok / Energy efficiency

The green stops in Bialystok receive architecture recognition

Users selected the sustainable project in the category of public spaces landscapes

Jun 09, 2020 12:12
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Białystok / Gdansk / Krakow / Lublin / Poznan / Rzeszow / Warsaw / Energy efficiency

The 12 largest Polish cities unite against drought

They call for a balanced, multi-level policy to combat the growing threat

May 26, 2020 10:25
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Poland / Białystok / Bytom / Gdansk / Krakow / Lublin / Olsztyn / Płock / Poznan / Radom / Rzeszow / Stargard / Suwałki / Świdnica / Warsaw / Culture and Tourism / Politics and Reforms

30 years of democratic local governance this year in Poland

Check out the programme headlines

Mar 12, 2020 14:38
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Białystok / Interviews

Together with residents, we managed to make Białystok a city which we can be proud of

Interview with Tadeusz Truskolaski, Mayor of Białystok

Jan 20, 2020 13:54
Aseniya Dimitrova

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