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Amsterdam News

AMSTERDAM COFFEE SHOP SCHEME TO CUT CANNABIS USERS BY 70 PER CENT

The number of people buying cannabis in Amsterdam would fall by 70 per cent, say city authorities, if proposals by the Netherland
London News

LONDON'S OLYMPIC ROAD NETWORK REVEALED

Information on how London
Copenhagen News

CONGESTION CHARGE ON CARDS FOR COPENHAGEN

A congestion charging zone has been proposed for Copenhagen by the Social Democrats and Socialist People
Brussels News

BRUSSLES TO PROMOTE ELECTRIC BICYCLE SCHEME

Brussels residents can claim grants for electric bicycles from 1 October, according to the city councillor for mobility. The amount of the grant will depend on an applicant
Berlin News

Berlin authorities appeal for information about

Authorities in Berlin have appealed for information about the origins of the 17-year old youth who says he has been living in south German forests for the last five years. Dubbed
Barcelona News

Barcelona is world’s model city

Barcelona is the most admired city in the world, according to a study by consultants Ernst and Young as part of its Cities for Citizens report. City leaders around the world, including mayors and...
Dublin News

Dublin twinned with Beijing

Dublin is to be twinned with Beijing in a move that is expected to open up business opportunities between the two capital cities as well as boost Dublin's profile. On 1 June the mayor of Dublin, G...
London News

Floating river walkway for London

London is to have a one-kilometre long floating walkway along the Thames by the summer of 2012, to coincide with the London Olympic Games. The
Amsterdam News

Amsterdam removes all mosquito machines

The mosquito noise machine, which emits an irritating and sometimes painful high frequency noise that can be heard only by children and teenagers, is to be removed by city authorities from four sites...
Copenhagen News

Copenhagen’s Christiania area has lost its autonomous

freetown status and protection under the 1989 Christiania Law, after a final ruling by the Danish supreme court giving rights back to the state, reports the Copenhagen Post. The ruling marked the...
Dublin News

Calls for Dublin’s horse market to be closed

Dublin's mayor Gerry Breen has added his voice to calls for new legislation to abolish the Smithfield horse fair in the city centre following an incident in which two men were injured after being shot...
Barcelona News

Barcelona to ban wearing of bathing suits on its streets

Barcelona plans to completely ban the wearing of bathing suits, or any semi-nudity, on its streets, public spaces or public transport from next summer. The city council intends to have legislation in...
Brussels News

Brussels Grand-Place most beautiful square in Europe

Brussels Grand-Place has been voted the most beautiful square in Europe. A survey by Dutch website stedentripper.com asked users to rate different squares across Europe. Moscow
Brussels News

Firefighters to get new 3-D technology in Brussels

Brussels firefighters are to use state-of-the-art 3-D technology from 2011 to improve emergency response times. Using computer modelling and aerial photographs of the city, a database has been bui...
Amsterdam News

Amsterdam below London, Paris, Rome in cost-of-living rankings

Amsterdam has been ranked as the 35th most expensive place to live in the world for expatriates in the Mercer Cost of Living Survey 2010, down from 29th place in 2009. The survey compares the cost...
Barcelona News

Barcelona cracks down on bare torsos in public

Dressing down is a no-no in Barcelona this summer. City authorities have begun a widespread, multi-lingual campaign to prevent residents and tourists, both male and female, from baring their torsos in...
Vienna News

Vienna world’s best place to live

Vienna has retained its number one spot as the best place in the world to live, in the Mercer Quality of Living Survey 2010 of 221 cities worldwide. The Swiss cities of Zurich and Geneva take second a...
Madrid News

Madrid bans summer barbecues

City authorities in Madrid have banned all campfires and barbecues in the mountains of the region, even in designated areas, until October to help prevent forest fires. Authorities claim that 90 p...

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