Madrid News
Neon signs banned in historic centre.
The Madrid city council has approved a new law prohibiting the use of neon advertising signs in the historic centre. Pharmacies, restaurants, cinemas, bars and theatres will be affected by the ban, wh...
Oxford News
Swimming in rivers discouraged.
Cooling off in the nearest river during the summer could mean risking serious infection, injury or death according to the Health Protection and Environment agencies. Following the drowning of an Oxfor...
Dublin News
Joint policing committees in Dublin.
Dublin city is one of 15 local authority areas chosen to be part of a pilot scheme aimed at improving co-operation between local communities and police. The new joint policing committees, which will b...
Paris News
Wi-Fi internet access in Paris.
Paris is to have city-wide wireless internet access by the end of 2007 if a plan presented by mayor Bertrand Delanoe is approved by the city council. The project includes the introduction of 400 Wi-Fi...
Madrid News
Summer camps for young and old.
Madrid city council is running three months of free educational activities, including courses, workshops, summer camps and guided tours, until mid-September. The Escuela de Verano focuses on respect f...
London News
Giant incinerator for southeast London.
The government has given the go-ahead to plans for a waste incinerator to be built in Belvedere in southeast London. The decision to build the incinerator was made following a public inquiry into the...
Amsterdam News
Tackling crime in the red light district.
The Amsterdam city council has refused to renew the operating licences of 37 of the citys 170 brothels on the grounds that they may be involved in criminal activity. The decision was enacted under the...
Paris News
The Paris Town Hall and the association of volunteer lawyers Droit durgence have launched the Barreau de Paris Solidarit bus to take free legal aid onto the streets. The blue bus can be found near the...
Barcelona News
Only 3,459 of the 6,580 families applying to enrol a child in one of Barcelonas crches this year have been successful due to a shortage of places in the city. There are nearly 100 crches currently ope...
Oxford News
Oxford city council tenants and leaseholders now have a resource centre in Horspath Road, Cowley. Housing an IT suite, an information library and a conference room, the centre aims to encourage tenant...
Copenhagen News
Around 85 nurseries and day-care centres in the Danish capital are to be involved in a government programme to mix Danish and immigrant children from an early age. Diversity in Copenhagens Daycare Cen...
Berlin News
Neo-Nazi activity continues to make headlines ahead of the football World Cup, which begins in Germany on 9 June. Now Berlin regional assembly politician Giyasettin Sayan, a German of Turkish origin,...
Paris News
The Ville de Paris and the new Tramway des Marchaux are taking part in this years edition of Immeubles en fte on 30 May by offering an aperitif to future passengers from 18.00 to 20.30 at three separa...
Madrid News
Following protests by local residents 993 parking spaces in the historic districts of Fuencarral-El Pardo, Carabanchel and Hortaleza are to become free of charge. The spaces are currently controlled b...
Barcelona News
Barcelonas new high tech Parc de Recerca Biomdica (PRBB) on the seafront near Port Olimpic is finally a reality. The opening in mid-May was attended by the mayor of Barcelona, Joan Clos, the minister...
Amsterdam News
Amsterdam has the sixth highest incidence of crime in the country after Rotterdam, Eindhoven, Tilburg, Roermond and Den Bosch, according to the annual crime league table published by the newspaper Alg...
Berlin News
The Berlin Free University and the Peking university have co-founded the first school of Confucius studies in Germany. On 27 April, the Chinese ambassador Ma Chanrong, the president of Peking Universi...
Amsterdam News
City swimmers spoilt for choice.
The latest addition to Amsterdams range of city beaches is Strand West open till 30 September, near the Houthavens in the borough of Westerpark which has 20,000 sqm of sand beside the waters of the IJ...
Copenhagen News
Copenhagens 500-year-old university is to exchange its historic city centre faculties for three modern campuses in the Danish capital. The cost of the move is estimated at Dkk2.5 billion which will be...
Copenhagen News
One of Copenhagens most popular tourist attractions, the historic Nyhavn canal, with its picturesque old houses and wooden ships and houseboats lining the docks, is about to lose some of its authentic...
