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Austria / Vienna / Development / Mobility

Vienna expands bike infrastructure – 20 km for 2023

The big highlights of the project are two cycling highways, one leading to Lower Austria in the south and another leading to Donaustadt

Mar 23, 2023 13:16
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Romania / Development / Energy efficiency

Romanian town starts geothermal project for district heating

Sântana has only 11,000 residents, yet several municipal buildings will get connected to a renewable geothermal reservoir deep underground

Mar 22, 2023 17:06

Economy and Finance

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Germany / Economy and Finance / Mobility

Despite revenue drop - Leipzig to invest in public transport

With a decline in passengers due to Covid-19 and the energy crisis, among other factors, the city will focus on increasing the quality of service

Mar 23, 2023 16:22
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Italy / Development / Economy and Finance

Italian government greenlights bridge between Sicily and mainland

The idea dates back even to Antiquity, but how feasible is it?

Mar 17, 2023 18:02

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Luxembourg / Politics and Reforms / Welfare and Health

Luxembourg makes contraception free in April

While the new health policy will fund the morning-after pill and various progesterone treatments, it will not cover condoms

Mar 24, 2023 15:47
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Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Politics and Reforms

Italy’s far-right government OKs construction of Holocaust museum

The cultural and victim remembrance facility will be located in Rome

Mar 21, 2023 17:11

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Bulgaria / Sofia / Development / Innovation and Research

Sofia seeks young people's innovative ideas in Academy for VISIONARIES 2023

The city wants new approaches to developing the urban environment and is willing to fund the best solutions

Mar 15, 2023 17:46
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Germany / Berlin / Economy and Finance / Innovation and Research

Berlin offers targeted support to make more businesses sustainable

Around 75% of German CO2 emissions come from the private sector, yet less than 1% of businesses are considered fully sustainable

Mar 14, 2023 16:59

Digital transformation

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Belgium / Leuven / Digital transformation / Welfare and Health

Leuven tries to tackle party noise with smart tech

City officials found that simple messages about respecting residents’ sleep were most effective if coupled with the right presentation

Mar 24, 2023 13:29
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Germany / Hamburg / Digital transformation / Mobility

Germany commits to AI-driven public transport in Hamburg

The city has a strategy of putting 10,000 human-controlled and autonomous shuttles on the streets by 2030

Mar 21, 2023 15:48

Energy efficiency

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Germany / Hamburg / Culture and Tourism / Energy efficiency

Hamburg sets guidelines for placing green infrastructure on heritage buildings

The city has learned a lot from an ongoing project for a solar roof on the Altonaer Museum

Mar 24, 2023 17:25
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Romania / Development / Energy efficiency

Romanian town starts geothermal project for district heating

Sântana has only 11,000 residents, yet several municipal buildings will get connected to a renewable geothermal reservoir deep underground

Mar 22, 2023 17:06

Mobility

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Germany / Economy and Finance / Mobility

Despite revenue drop - Leipzig to invest in public transport

With a decline in passengers due to Covid-19 and the energy crisis, among other factors, the city will focus on increasing the quality of service

Mar 23, 2023 16:22
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Austria / Vienna / Development / Mobility

Vienna expands bike infrastructure – 20 km for 2023

The big highlights of the project are two cycling highways, one leading to Lower Austria in the south and another leading to Donaustadt

Mar 23, 2023 13:16

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Spain / Barcelona / Public Spaces / Social City

Barcelona to host Spain’s first pet cemetery

It will open its doors in 2024 and offer cremations and burials

Mar 16, 2023 17:55
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Greece / Athens / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces

Athens to build Greece's first 100% ‘green’ museum

The building will be on the site of Plato’s Ancient Academy

Mar 15, 2023 16:11

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Germany / Hamburg / Culture and Tourism / Energy efficiency

Hamburg sets guidelines for placing green infrastructure on heritage buildings

The city has learned a lot from an ongoing project for a solar roof on the Altonaer Museum

Mar 24, 2023 17:25
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Austria / Culture and Tourism / Welfare and Health

Nursing homes in Graz embrace classical music as therapy

The city has arranged four tailor-made programmes for the different residences as a way to reconnect with patients’ life and memories

Mar 22, 2023 15:51

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Belgium / Leuven / Education and Sport / Social City

Leuven to fight discrimination with role-playing games

The city has developed its own way to teach young people how to react when they witness unjust treatments

Mar 21, 2023 17:24
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Luxembourg / Education and Sport / Welfare and Health

Free and 100% organic sanitary pads - Esch-sur-Alzette has you covered

The city will supply and maintain 138 dispensers in public buildings

Mar 10, 2023 17:19

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Luxembourg / Politics and Reforms / Welfare and Health

Luxembourg makes contraception free in April

While the new health policy will fund the morning-after pill and various progesterone treatments, it will not cover condoms

Mar 24, 2023 15:47
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Belgium / Leuven / Digital transformation / Welfare and Health

Leuven tries to tackle party noise with smart tech

City officials found that simple messages about respecting residents’ sleep were most effective if coupled with the right presentation

Mar 24, 2023 13:29
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Kaisa Karjalainen: “It’s better to be an imperfect zero waster for the rest of our lives than a perfect one for two weeks”

Mar 14, 2023 12:56
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Romania / Cluj-Napoca / Digital transformation / Interviews / Politics and Reforms

Online public services as efficient as TikTok: Cluj-Napoca’s Digital Transformation

Feb 16, 2023 13:51
Denis Balgaranov
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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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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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Ricardo Rio

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Braga is considered to be one of the youngest cities in Europe and combines perfectly its two-thousand-year old history with invigorating youth and vitality. With an unusual history, it is still known up to today as the city of the Archbishops or as the Portuguese Rome. 

Also, the commitment to promote development based on the transfer of knowledge, technology and eco sustainability has been advertising the city of Braga as a "cluster" of technological industries and an increasingly attractive pole for Investment. It is a city that also has a rich touristic offer. 

Braga has always taken a strategic and central regional role, from Bracara Augusta to the present day, thanks to the privileged geographical location and its dynamism. It plays a leading role in the economy, culture, knowledge and technology of the region and this centrality and relevance provides its inhabitants with an excellent quality of life in various sectors. 

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Portugal / Aveiro / Braga / Lisbon / Mobility / Social City

Portuguese cities are adopting “cycling trains to school” idea

The initiative has already taken root in Aveiro, Braga and Lisbon, and soon in Matosinhos

Feb 08, 2023 15:35
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Portugal / Braga / Lisbon / Matosinhos / Porto / Energy efficiency / Public Spaces

Portuguese cities ditch public World Cup fan zones to save money

Not only that, but the measures would also save energy during the start of a winter of austerity

Nov 21, 2022 17:53
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Portugal / Braga / Public Spaces / Social City

This is how Braga will celebrate International Youth Day this year

Free swimming pools and free public transport, but even more importantly a space for free expression of ideas

Aug 11, 2022 12:46
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Portugal / Braga / Mobility

City of Braga enticed local businesses to join mobility pact

The local administration sets itself as the torch-bearer of positive change, responsibility and action

Jun 30, 2022 15:40
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Portugal / Braga / Education and Sport / Green City

Braga offers а free bio-shredding service

The city also led awareness-raising actions to show the impressionable youths how circularity is created first-hand

Jun 28, 2022 13:31
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Bulgaria / France / Portugal / Romania / Amiens / Braga / Cluj-Napoca / Politics and Reforms / Social City

The Network of European Youth Capitals was born in Cluj-Napoca

It already existed informally in a way, but the signatures of the mayors of Braga, Varna and the host city gave it a formal dimension

Jun 17, 2022 13:39
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Portugal / Braga / Green City

Braga’s newest park doubles up as an eco-lab

The green space features a variety of both tried and novel ideas for propping up climate resilience

Jun 07, 2022 15:46
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Portugal / Braga / Green City / Social City

Braga creates a Bank of Goods and Equipment

It serves a dual purpose – waste reduction and material support for those in need

May 10, 2022 17:24
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Portugal / Braga / Mobility

In Braga, you can get paid to ride a bike

The money can be spent in local shops

Apr 11, 2022 14:00
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Finland / Italy / Netherlands / Romania / Athens / Braga / Rome / Culture and Tourism

Which will Europe's best destination be in 2022?

People can vote for their top pick from a mix of 20 uniquely European spots, from across the continent

Jan 21, 2022 11:31
Denis Balgaranov
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Portugal / Braga / Education and Sport / Welfare and Health

Braga pupils are ready in case of an earthquake

The City Council carried out a behaviour exercise to teach kids how to respond if disaster occurs

Nov 05, 2021 17:23
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Portugal / Braga / Mobility / Public Spaces

Braga gradually introduces pop-up cycling infrastructure

The aim is to encourage cycling, kill motorized speed and increase road safety

Sep 02, 2021 17:34
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Belgium / Finland / Germany / Ireland / Lithuania / Netherlands / Portugal / Spain / Braga / Brussels / Dublin / Vantaa / Vilnius / Innovation and Research

European Capital of Innovation Awards 2021 semi-finalists announced

16 cities from 10 countries have made it to the semi-final stage

Sep 02, 2021 16:26
Svilena Iotkovska
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Portugal / Braga / Culture and Tourism / Economy and Finance

Braga adds food court to its market, with a nod to sustainability

'Mesa na Praça' will feature high-quality cuisine, while creating opportunities for the local economy

Aug 09, 2021 15:47
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Portugal / Braga / Energy efficiency / Innovation and Research

Braga plays host to a revolutionary battery project

‘Baterias 2030’ will seek to develop the energy storage of the future

Aug 03, 2021 15:42
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Portugal / Braga / Welfare and Health

Braga will have an Ombudsman for animal rights

The administration is responding to growing requests from the public on this issue

Jul 28, 2021 13:04
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Finland / France / Portugal / Braga / Turku / Green City

54 European cities commit to cleaner and healthier urban environments as part of the Green City Accord

Cities lead Europe’s transition to a greener future

Jun 28, 2021 16:38
Schuyler Cowan
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Portugal / Braga / Energy efficiency / Green City

Braga issues its first Sustainability Report

Measuring overall performance by taking into account more than 100 indicators

May 27, 2021 15:38
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Portugal / Braga / Social City / Welfare and Health

40 million euros for boosting up disabled people’s employability in Piedmont

Not letting anyone to be left behind

May 12, 2021 17:44
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Portugal / Braga / Innovation and Research / Mobility

Largest startup competition in the world comes to Portugal

Four municipalities from this country will participate looking to solve problems with mobility

May 05, 2021 17:47
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Portugal / Braga / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces

Braga leaves the door open to a spacious summer

A successful programme to be replicated again this year

Apr 20, 2021 17:55
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Portugal / Braga / Sintra / Social City

European Capital of Social Economy? Portugal has five of these

In a true spirit of solidarity, the title was divided among 5 municipalities

Apr 15, 2021 17:17
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Portugal / Braga / Culture and Tourism

Braga clinches 2021 Best European Destination top spot

This comes after securing a second place in 2019 in the same prestigious contest

Feb 11, 2021 14:23
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Braga / Digital transformation

Braga goes 100% digital on urban permits

There have been some positive outcomes from the lockdowns this year

Dec 15, 2020 15:23
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Braga / Pontevedra / Porto / Culture and Tourism / Politics and Reforms

Galicia supports Braga in its 2027 Capital of Culture bid

A fine example of solidarity within one of the Euroregions

Nov 28, 2020 09:35
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Braga / Energy efficiency

Green spaces in Braga will get a more advanced tech treatment

Mulching, not clipping, is the new name of the maintenance game

Nov 18, 2020 15:20
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Braga / Development / Welfare and Health

Braga Municipality opens a new Citizen Space on its territory

Mayor Ricardo Rio unveiled the 8th such facility in the municipality

Oct 08, 2020 14:27
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Braga / Lisbon / Porto / Sintra / Innovation and Research

Portuguese municipalities receive UN recognition for their responses to Covid-19

This is evident from a brief which praises efforts from cities around the world

Aug 20, 2020 10:52
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Braga / Energy efficiency

Waste collection in Braga meets telemetrics

The local fleet of sanitary trucks will provide optimized service

Aug 12, 2020 10:46
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Braga / Culture and Tourism

Braga’s Image Museum to present artistic depictions of the pandemic

Three local photographers will present a total of 60 photos of the city’s time spent in quarantine

Jun 10, 2020 12:49
Anton Stoyanov

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