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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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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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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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

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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

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Spain / Barcelona / Digital transformation / Welfare and Health

Barcelona has a digital map of its health and care centres

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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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Vasco Cordeiro: The European project is at stake when solidarity is at stake

Aug 1, 2022 11:34
Denis Balgaranov
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Cities Mission has made citizen engagement and participatory processes an important part of its functioning

Jul 14, 2022 14:57
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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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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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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 city and town complex, as well as the port, began to form for good in the second half of the tenth century. In Gdańsk, ruled by the dynasty of Pomeranian princes, native Slavic population coexisted with increasing number of merchants and craftsmen coming from the west.

Gdańsk obtained its city rights thanks to the efforts of Prince Świętopełk II the Great. In 1282 His son, the last prince of Gdańsk Pomerania - Mściwoj II, gave his land to the prince of Wielkopolska - Przemysł II. It was an act of great political importance, because it enabled the unification of Polish lands. During the chaos that reigned in Gdańsk after the death of Wenceslaus of Bohemia, the castellan of Bogusz summoned the Teutonic Knights for help. The State of the Teutonic Order orchestrated a pogrom in 1308, which went down in history as the Gdansk slaughter or the Gdansk massacre.

For a long time, the residents of Gdańsk strove to free themselves from Teutonic rule until defeat of the Knights at Grunwald (1410). Gdańsk was then incorporated into the Crown by the Polish king Casimir IV Jagiellon and was given numerous privileges.

The Reformation radically changed the face of the city. Protestant Gdańsk fought fiercely for its own religious freedom and eventually managed to win it. After that the city became known among religious dissidents as the right place to seek shelter and refuge.

Gdańsk, besieged by the Russians and Saxons, also stood up for the honour and throne of the Polish king Stanisław Leszczyński in 1734. Unfortunately, after the Second Partition of Poland, the city was no longer able to oppose Prussian annexation. Gdańsk, acquired by the French in 1807, was granted the status of a Free City, which lasted only until 1814. The next four decades are described as the time of the great crisis, collapse and economic disaster.

In June 1919, the Free City of Gdańsk was created as part of the Versailles Treaty, overseen by the League of Nations, and more precisely, its High Commissioners. In the thirties in Gdańsk the growing menace of fascism resulted in terror attacks on its population. The shots fired at dawn on September 1, 1939 from the battleship Schlezwig-Holstein towards the Polish military crew at Westerplatte started World War II. Captured in March 1945 by the forces of the Second Belorussian Front, Gdansk was soon turned into a mere shadow of its former self. Fortunately, future builders, conservators and artists came to restore the city's splendor in the next few decades.

Invariably, throughout the entire post-war period, Gdansk remained a synonym of Poles' freedom aspirations. This left a tragic mark on the city and its inhabitants in December 1970, when weapons were used against striking workers.

Historians consider "Gdansk August" of 1980 as the beginning of the process of the collapse of the post-war order on the Old Continent. Mass strikes, culminating in the signing of the famous August Agreements in the Gdańsk Shipyard, created a breakthrough that led to the formation of a new political map of Europe.

Source: Gdansk.pl

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Poland / Gdansk / Mobility

Gdansk powers up its fleet with 18 new electric buses

For this Polish city, diesel is becoming a thing of the past

Aug 03, 2022 15:27
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Poland / Gdansk / Warsaw / Development / Mobility

Here are the most driver-friendly cities in Poland

Cities were ranked in two categories – above and below 300,000 inhabitants, so there are two winners

Jul 08, 2022 16:09
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Poland / Gdansk / Politics and Reforms

Gdansk: Festival of Freedom and Civil Rights this weekend

Discussions, meetings, a concert and a documentary film screening are included in the event which will be held in Gdańsk on 4-5 June. One of the topics of the debate will be the situation in Ukraine

May 31, 2022 14:04
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Poland / Gdansk / Development / Education and Sport

Gdansk kicks off as European Volunteering Capital 2022

The Polish city plans to realize 100 thousand hours of voluntary activities this year

Jan 19, 2022 13:15
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Poland / Gdansk / Politics and Reforms

Gdansk marks anniversary of Mayor Adamowicz’s death with a special programme

The long-standing mayor of the Polish city was murdered during a charity event three years ago

Jan 11, 2022 11:59
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Poland / Gdansk / Krakow / Poznan / Warsaw / Development / Green City

Which are the Polish cities of the future?

A ranking of the cities that stand the best chances of adapting to the changing realities by 2050

Dec 03, 2021 12:36
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Poland / Gdansk / Development

Gdansk to dismantle infamous bus shelters that do not provide shelter

The stops were nicknamed “shelters of shame”

Dec 01, 2021 15:24
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Poland / Gdansk / Culture and Tourism / Welfare and Health

Opera for hearing-impaired children: innovative project from Gdansk

A unique art experience bridges the gap between the deaf and the hearing in the Polish city

Oct 27, 2021 14:58
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Poland / Gdansk / Mobility / Welfare and Health

First electric minibuses for disabled people arrive in Gdańsk

8 adapted electric vehicles will transport persons with disabilities in the Polish city

Sep 02, 2021 14:15
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Poland / Gdansk / Krakow / Poznan / Warsaw / Economy and Finance / Politics and Reforms

Polish cities fear losing billions from draft tax reform

An online tool allows calculating how much exactly each city will lose under the proposed taxation system

Jul 30, 2021 10:30
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Poland / Gdansk / Development / Education and Sport

Gdansk will become the world's breakdance capital in November

All eyes will be on the Polish city for the 18th Red Bull BC One World Final

Jul 29, 2021 11:49
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Poland / Gdansk / Politics and Reforms / Welfare and Health

Nominations are open for the 2021 edition of Mayor Paweł Adamowicz Award

The Award recognises efforts to fight intolerance, discrimination, and inequality

Jun 30, 2021 12:37
Svilena Iotkovska
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Poland / Gdansk / Mobility

Gdansk paves the way for expansion of autonomous last-mile solutions

An autonomous shuttle pilot is to operate at the Łostowicki Cemetery soon

Jun 07, 2021 15:46
Aseniya Dimitrova
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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 / Gdansk / Politics and Reforms / Welfare and Health

The Paweł Adamowicz City Courage Award to be established by the European Committee of the Regions

In honour of the late mayor of Gdansk, Paweł Adamowicz, this is an award honouring tolerance and solidarity

Mar 17, 2021 11:32
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Gabrovo / Gdansk / Helsingborg / Krakow / Pleven / Rzeszow / Sofia / Tallinn / Warsaw / Zagreb

30 cities will compete for the European Green Capital and Green Leaf awards

The winners to the prestigious distinction will receive one million euros for environmental initiatives

Feb 18, 2021 16:36
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Poland / Gdansk / Welfare and Health

Better days might be ahead for persons with disabilities in Poland

As a national metropolitan area adopts minimum standards to improve their quality of life and inclusion

Feb 10, 2021 17:27
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Gdansk / Rzeszow / Warsaw / Welfare and Health

Christmas Eve for the lonely to take place in several Polish cities

Despite the pandemic situation, the organisers will ensure that no one is left behind for the holidays

Dec 14, 2020 14:18
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Gdansk / Rzeszow / Energy efficiency

Wroclaw is the best Polish city in the field water management

See who else receives a prize for 2020

Nov 20, 2020 14:54
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
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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
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“Disappearing walls” spring up around Europe

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Aug 30, 2020 12:46
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Gdansk / Culture and Tourism

Gdansk marks 40 years of the Shipyard strikes

For two weeks, Gdansk becomes the arena for discussions on contemporary development, democracy and history

Aug 18, 2020 10:34
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Stand out and stay safe with a historical art mask from the National Museum of Gdansk

You can now literally wear “The Last Judgment” by Hans Memling

Aug 05, 2020 09:30
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Gdansk / Mobility

Municipal employees in Pomerania receive e-scooters

They were delivered to 10 municipalities in the Polish region, as part of an EU-funded project

Jul 24, 2020 09:36
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The most beautiful cinema in Gdansk reopens on Wednesday

It is located on the roof of the Shakespeare theatre

Jun 18, 2020 11:18
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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
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Gdansk / Mobility

Gdansk is working on an electromobility strategy

Its primary goal: to improve the air quality and to change the transport habits of the city's residents

May 22, 2020 09:16
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Gdansk / Innovation and Research

Gdansk offers free drive-through coronavirus tests

Have yourselves tested without leaving your car

Apr 29, 2020 13:42
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Gdansk launches a virtual events calendar

By gathering all digital activities in one place, the authorities facilitate citizens while enhancing economic activity

Mar 30, 2020 09:51
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