Copenhagen News
Repatriation orders suspended.
Due to the current crisis over the drawings of the prophet Mohammed in Muslim countries, the minister of integration, Rikke Hvilshj, has decided to suspend expulsion orders for a two week period on fa...
Barcelona News
New penalties for prostitutes.
The Barcelona city council has introduced new regulations limiting soliciting on the streets. Sex workers exercising their trade within 200m of any educational institution or interrupting traffic flow...
Oxford News
New sports centre on site of former rifle range.
The Morris Motors Athletic and Social club in Crescent Road, Cowley, has closed its firing range after nearly 90 years. The site, which was the countys only public live firing range, is to be bulldoze...
Madrid News
Bumpy take-off for new terminal.
Spanish prime minister Jos Luis Rodriguez Zapatero inaugurated Madrid-Barajas Airports new fourth terminal on 4 February, describing the enlarged airport as a gateway to every continent. The super-mod...
Berlin News
Residents in court to oppose new airport.
Germanys administrative court in Leipzig is currently hearing complaints filed by over 4,000 residents who are to be affected by the expansion of the Schnefeld Airport on the south-eastern outskirts o...
London News
Redevelopment plans for Waterloo.
London mayor Ken Livingstone has announced proposals for a major redevelopment project in Waterloo. Plans include improving access to and expanding the national rail station and creating a town square...
Amsterdam News
Dope-smoking banned on the streets.
Marijuana can no longer be smoked on the streets of West Amsterdam under a new bylaw attempting to limit petty crime in the de-Baarsjes neighbourhood, one of the poorest quarters of Amsterdam. Offen...
Paris News
City council opens its canteen to the needy.
As of 13 February, the Ville de Paris is to provide meals for the needy at its own staff canteen in
Quai des Clestins (in the 4me arrondissement). In collaboration with the association Les Restos du...
Vienna News
Holocaust research centre project.
Work is to start this year on the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies, which will house more than 8,000 documents from the archives of Simon Wiesenthal, who devoted his life to bringing...
Dublin News
Dublin city council has advertised tenders for businesses or operators interested in occupying ten new kiosks to be placed along OConnell Street from the Parnell Monument to OConnell Bridge. Designed...
Berlin News
Short films on the underground.
Berlins underground network is playing host to a series of international short films until 7 February as part of the Going Underground film festival, now in its fifth year. The short films, shown on s...
Barcelona News
House prices highest in Spain.
House prices in Barcelona increased by 15.2 per cent in 2005, according to a survey conducted by idealista.com. The average price for property in the Catalan capital is now 4,498 euros per square metr...
Vienna News
Mozart booths hit the streets.
Visitors and residents can now enjoy the delights of Mozarts genius as they are walking down the street thanks to 50 bright red "Calling Mozart" booths placed strategically around Vienna. The booths,...
Madrid News
Number of visitors up in 2005.
Nearly six million people (5,914,561) visited Madrid in 2005, representing an increase of 11.2 per cent on 2004. The Spanish capital had 40 per cent more visitors than Barcelona. The majority of visit...
Oxford News
New information boards for the city.
Eleven new tourist information boards have been installed around Oxford city centre and four more are being prepared for the new Castle development. The new boards have maps and information highlighti...
Copenhagen News
Day-care centre with a difference.
Day-care centres and providers of office space are set to join forces in a project to create so-called Convivendi houses incorporating a work zone for adults and a play area for children as well as a...
Dublin News
Abbey Theatre to get 25.7 million.
Dublins Abbey Theatre will be receiving 25.7 million from the Arts Council over the next three years to allow it to provide "the highest quality theatre as an expression of national artistic vibrancy"...
Paris News
The Muse dArt moderne of the Ville de Paris has reopened after two years of restoration. The permanent collection has been given a new layout and new security measures have been introduced, to a total...
London News
Tube and bus fares increased for cash.
Transport for London (TfL) has raised the price of tickets on Londons tubes and buses but only for passengers paying cash. The idea is to encourage greater use of the pre-paid Oyster cards. Tube fares...
Amsterdam News
New chip cards for public transport.
The strippenkaart ticket currently in use on Amsterdam city metro, buses and trams will be replaced by a new chip card in early 2007 in a move intended to make using public transport easier and to pre...
Amsterdam News
For six days from 25 Jan the Dutch capital is hosting the 4th Amsterdam International Fashion Week. Most events are being held in the former industrial complex of the Westergasfabriek, but galleries a...
Vienna News
Public transport goes bilingual.
Information on Viennas buses, trams and underground railway is soon to be written in English as well as German. Instructions like Pull sharply now adorn the doors of underground carriages alongside t...
Paris News
Seventeen newspaper kiosks have just re-opened in Paris, reversing a 10-year long trend that has seen the number of newsstands drop from 392 in 1997 to 277 in September 2005. These new kiosks represe...
Oxford News
Four computerized e-government kiosks have been installed around Oxford, where residents will be able to access council services online. At the touch of a button, locals can settle their various bills...
Berlin News
Following the cancellation of the opening gala extravaganza planned for the World Cup at the Berlin Olympic stadium, the mayor of Berlin has announced that celebrations will go ahead anyway. The venue...
Dublin News
Dublin city council is taking tough measures against householders who have not paid their dustbin dues. As part of the waste management plan 2005-2010 every wheelie bin must be registered to ensure co...
London News
The mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, has announced that there will be neighbourhood teams of bobbies on the beat in every London ward by April 2006. Teams will initially consist of a sergeant, a poli...
Madrid News
House prices in Madrid rose by an average of 7.3 percent in 2005, just slightly down on the 2004 increase of 7.5 percent. Recently released figures from the ministry of housing reveal an overall slow...
Barcelona News
A report by property consultants, Jones Lang LaSalle, has revealed a 15 per cent increase in the office space rented in 2005 in Barcelona compared to the year before. Of the 410,000 sqm rented out las...
Copenhagen News
Staff and students at the University of Copenhagen will benefit from the new International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU). Among the activities to be promoted by the alliance are student exc...
