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Valladolid to have Spain’s largest biomass-fed heating network

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Grenoble: topless bathing and burkini authorised in municipal pools

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Start-up festival will turn Vienna into an international business hotspot this spring

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

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Helsingborg shows the creative power of architecture

May 12, 2022 15:56

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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: 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

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Spain / Development / Energy efficiency

Valladolid to have Spain’s largest biomass-fed heating network

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May 17, 2022 17:49
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This totem charges phones with solar energy

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May 16, 2022 17:55

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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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Austrian Climate Minister wants to cut taxes on cross-border rail tickets

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May 17, 2022 12:46

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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
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Portuguese town employs sheep and donkeys in greenery maintenance

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May 17, 2022 12:38

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Riga encourages the creation of private museums

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May 17, 2022 15:13
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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

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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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Helsinki offers refugees discounts for cultural and leisure services

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May 13, 2022 11:51

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Lahti to study the link between sustainable lifestyles and wellbeing

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May 17, 2022 17:13
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Maroussi holds festival for the protection of stray animals

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May 11, 2022 15:26
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Apr 28, 2022 10:43
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Catarina Selada on the first-ever platform that assigns credits for saved carbon emissions

Apr 26, 2022 13:25
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Tanja Polegubic: The rise of digital nomads will reshape cities in 3 ways

Mar 23, 2022 11:13
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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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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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Zvonimir Novosel: Our main obligation is to serve our citizens and justify their trust

Feb 15, 2022 11:09
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Luis Salaya: We want to build tourism based on sustainability and digitization

Feb 10, 2022 12:51
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Back-to-roots revolution in construction, straight from Austria

Feb 9, 2022 11:30
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov

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The ancient capital of Dacia Porolissensis, Cluj-Napoca was recorded for the first time by Greek geographer Claudius Ptolemy (AD 85 - 165) two thousand of years ago. It was elevated to municipality during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian under the name of Municipium Aelium Hadrianum Napoca and later to colony, around AD 180 underMarcus Aureliusor under Commodus.  

The Colony Aurelia Napoca had institutions, a local senate, magistrates, a people’s assembly, in other words, the status of any other city in the Roman Empire. The first documentary record of the city goes back to 1173 and refers to the settlement as Clus (in Latin “surrounded by hills”). Other names it had were Kolozsvar (in Hungarian) and Klausenburg (in German). Klausenburg was one of the seven medieval Saxon cities  in Transylvania. Its first Romanian name was Clus, often written Klus, and in 1974 it was changed to Cluj-Napoca. The ideal geographic position of the city, situated at the crossroads that linked East, Central and South Europe, determined its specific features, that is, ethnocultural pluralism and material development. 

Although the city underwent a strong decline because of the barbarian invasions following the Aurelian withdrawal in 271, in the Middle Ages it had a flourishing civilization and accumulated economic, artistic and cultural values which led to its being assigned a super-status, that of a “treasure-city”, which was not a common practice among the cities at that time. In 1316 King Charles of Anjou granted it a series of privileges which conferred upon the city the status of royal city (free city); among those privileges the most important were the right to have its own administration, the right to judge, free trade, the right to built churches and cemeteries etc. In 1405 King Sigismund of Luxembourg granted it new privileges, including the right to extend its fortifications.        

During the dualist Austro-Hungarian period Cluj experienced a significant urban growth, benefiting greatly from western influences, despite the fact that the political effects of the regime were negative. The Romanian people’s attempt to achieve national affirmation reached its climax during the Revolution of 1848 when the Memorandum was drafted and became reality once Transylvania and Romania were unified. 

Source: itfrromania.wordpress.com

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Romania / Cluj-Napoca / Economy and Finance / Innovation and Research

Innowave Summit will host the first EVER Startup World Cup Regional Event in Romania

If you own a startup, now is the time to register for the competition

Apr 29, 2022 10:32
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Romania / Cluj-Napoca / Innovation and Research

Southeastern European Cities teach togetherness to restart the innovation economy

A summit on innovation, the first of its kind in the region

Apr 26, 2022 10:52
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Romania / Cluj-Napoca / Politics and Reforms / Social City

Suceava sends sixth aid convoy to Ukraine: more Romanian cities decide to step up

Cluj-Napoca will also become a twin city to Chernivtsi in Ukraine and start sending humanitarian packages

Apr 14, 2022 15:34
Denis Balgaranov
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Romania / Cluj-Napoca / Development / Education and Sport

Cluj-Napoca University gets 35-million-euro injection from the European Investment Bank

The university offers a unique programme combining computer sciences as with life sciences, intersecting information technology and physical wellbeing

Mar 25, 2022 17:14
Denis Balgaranov
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Bulgaria / France / Germany / Italy / Netherlands / Romania / Cluj-Napoca / Digital transformation / Social City

Citizens with a Disability: Digital Divide and Opportunities

Register now for the 4th EUDIGIT webinar

Feb 16, 2022 12:28
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Greece / Italy / Romania / Sweden / Athens / Cluj-Napoca / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Mobility

Which are Europe’s best airports?

ACI Europe announced the winners in various categories

Oct 27, 2021 16:19
Tzvetozar Vincent Iolov
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Romania / Cluj-Napoca / Green City / Mobility

New trams strengthen Cluj-Napoca’s position as a leader in green mobility

The city plans to electrify 100% of the fleet by 2026

Oct 19, 2021 15:41
Denis Balgaranov
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Bulgaria / Romania / Cluj-Napoca / Economy and Finance

Innowave Summit 2021 is the top event of the European Days of Innovation and Startups

On 21 and 22 October 2021, Innowave Summit Cluj-Napoca will bring together global brands and venture capital funds from three continents

Sep 29, 2021 12:50
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Romania / Cluj-Napoca / Culture and Tourism / Education and Sport

A library on wheels is giving free books in the Cluj-Napoca countryside

Zi de Bine and BookFace are teaming up to make an 'ice-cream truck' style library

Jul 08, 2021 17:01
Denis Balgaranov
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Romania / Cluj-Napoca / Green City / Interviews

Emil Boc: Cluj is a city that discovered the power of 'togetherness’

Academia, government, business, non-profits and involved citizens are all working to tackle the city’s problems

Jun 22, 2021 16:43
Denis Balgaranov
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Romania / Cluj-Napoca / Green City / Mobility

Green Fridays kicked off in Cluj-Napoca

How a city decided to reduce car pollution and give something back to the citizens

Jun 21, 2021 11:03
Denis Balgaranov
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Bulgaria / France / Germany / Italy / Netherlands / Romania / Cluj-Napoca / Hamburg / Innovation and Research / Welfare and Health

The Elderly, the digital divide and citizenship: register now for the second EUDIGIT webinar

On 17-18 June, the focus is on seniors and digital citizenship

Jun 04, 2021 13:14
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Bulgaria / France / Germany / Italy / Netherlands / Romania / Cluj-Napoca / Digital transformation / Education and Sport

Bridging the digital gap in cities: the first EUDIGIT e-book is out!

Six EU cities share innovative ways to involve young people in digitalisation and promote the sense of European citizenship

Apr 20, 2021 17:37
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Romania / Bucharest / Cluj-Napoca / Iasi / Development / Economy and Finance

The EIB and EIF will allocate 809 million euros for Covid-19 resilience in Romania

Investing in education, water, and energy efficiency

Mar 19, 2021 11:23
Beatrice Stanimirova
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Romania / Cluj-Napoca / Development / Energy efficiency / Mobility

Free public transport on Fridays, as Cluj-Napoca joins Green Friday campaign

The objective is to reduce pollution

Mar 16, 2021 15:21
Beatrice Stanimirova
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Bulgaria / France / Germany / Italy / Netherlands / Romania / Cluj-Napoca / Hamburg / Development / Digital transformation / Education and Sport / Social City

The youth, the digital divide and citizenship – webinar invitation

Join us for the 1st seminar, part of the EUDIGIT - European Digital Citizens project, online on 25-26 February

Feb 17, 2021 13:33
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Belgium / Estonia / France / Romania / Slovakia / Sweden / Bratislava / Cluj-Napoca / Helsingborg / Iasi / Leuven / Paris / Tallinn / Warsaw / Zagreb / Digital transformation / Innovation and Research

Tackling the corona crisis locally: lessons from EU cities

A selection of the best solutions showing that EU cities can solve big issues with restricted resources

Dec 22, 2020 13:38
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Cluj-Napoca / Innovation and Research

Cluj-Napoca sets out to improve functioning of local administration

By integrating new and innovative projects into its daily work, the Romanian city is embarking on a long journey of self-improvement

Dec 10, 2020 15:08
Anton Stoyanov
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Cluj-Napoca / Development

Smart redevelopment of Marasti Square on the horizon in Cluj Napoca

The entirety of the square and its adjacent streets are slated for major upgrades

Dec 05, 2020 15:21
Anton Stoyanov
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Cluj-Napoca / Education and Sport

Cluj-Napoca's squat 20 times for a free bus ride challenge will continue until 31 December

Some 33,688 tickets have already been issued as part of the "Health Ticket" initiative in Cluj-Napoca

Nov 18, 2020 13:12
Monika Dimitrova
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Cluj-Napoca / Welfare and Health

Cluj-Napoca heads towards lockdown

Romania’s second-largest city has entered the “red scenario” in terms of coronavirus infections

Oct 21, 2020 10:33
Anton Stoyanov
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Cluj-Napoca / Hamburg / Innovation and Research / Welfare and Health

EUDIGIT partners mark a productive project launch

EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel wished them a successful implementation and expressed her commitment to working with the innovative cities part of the network

Oct 13, 2020 09:49
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Cluj-Napoca / Hamburg / Development

Join us for the start of the EUDIGIT project

The partnership unites six EU cities against the digital divide. You too can join the fight

Sep 30, 2020 08:35
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Cluj-Napoca / Education and Sport

Squat 20 times and get a free bus ride in Cluj-Napoca

The Romanian city combines a healthy lifestyle with a passenger on the local public transport

Sep 30, 2020 08:07
Monika Dimitrova
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Cluj-Napoca / Espoo / Helsingborg / Leuven / Vienna / Innovation and Research

Leuven wins the iCapital 2020 Award

The lucky winner also receives 1 million euros from the European Commission to implement innovative projects

Sep 24, 2020 12:19
Aseniya Dimitrova
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Cluj-Napoca / Innovation and Research

Cluj-Napoca will 'relegate to history' hard photocopies

The Romanian City Hall continues to implement new technologies for faster and more comfortable services to taxpayers

Aug 26, 2020 09:26
Monika Dimitrova
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Cluj-Napoca / Innovation and Research

Cluj-Napoca unveiled the first smart street in Romania

It was completed thanks to co-financing by EU funds

Jul 21, 2020 10:16
Monika Dimitrova
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Cluj-Napoca / Culture and Tourism

Free summer cinema awaits you in Cluj-Napoca

Your weekend plans can feature an unforgettable experience under the moonlight

Jul 08, 2020 09:30
Monika Dimitrova
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Cluj-Napoca / Innovation and Research

Drones to help survey movement of people in Cluj during restrictions period

They will check if residents comply with the imposed restrictions meant to contain the spread of the Covid-19

Apr 10, 2020 08:08
Monika Dimitrova
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Cluj-Napoca / Hamburg / Sofia / Economy and Finance / Innovation and Research

We are joining the fight against the digital divide

TheMayor.EU in а European partnership to promote digital citizenship

Mar 19, 2020 08:50
Aseniya Dimitrova

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