London News
London low emission zone (LEZ) gets going.
As of 4 February, almost all of Greater London will be designated a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) as part of a scheme to improve air quality in the capital. Heavily polluting vehicles like older diesel-engi...
Dublin News
Dublin city councillors have voted in a three-year litter management plan to give the Irish capital a much-needed clean-up. The
Jersey News
Jersey has topped the international league tables in terms of gross pro capita income, beating Luxembourg (second highest), Guernsey (third) the USA (fourth), and Switzerland (fifth).
Figures release...
Copenhagen News
Copenhagen applies to become Fair Trade City.
Non-profit organization Max Havelaar and the Danish Association for International Cooperation (MS) are behind the Copenhagen city council
Jersey News
Jersey's intellectual property laws update.
New laws are being discussed to encourage global internet giants such as eBay and Google to set up their headquarters in Jersey.
The island
Paris News
No amnesty for repeat offenders.
It is traditional in France to free several thousand inmates on the eve of the national celebrations for 14 July, Bastille Day. However in recent years, lawyers, judges and politicians have been try...
Paris News
US discovers Parisian real estate.
It is no secret that London, Paris and Rome have some of the most expensive real estate in the world, but Paris as a whole always appeared to have escaped the runaway housing price boom that has affec...
Paris News
Pickpockets on the Champs Elyses.
The Paris police have recently been cracking down on young Rom pickpockets, often very young girls, who make a days work out of lifting all sorts of luxury goods from Pariss department stores.
Accord...
Paris News
A report recently published by the UNPI, the French National Real Estate Union, has revealed that since the beginning of 2005 private rental rates have increased by 4.7 per cent for existing tenants a...
Paris News
Trams return to Paris streets.
The last trams ran through the streets of Paris way back in 1937 but rather more modern versions of this mode of transport are set to make a comeback in the French capital. Starting in December 2006,...
Paris News
The French business community has expressed concern about the effect the past days of violence in the capital and throughout France will have on the economy. Foreign investment, which had already regi...
Amsterdam News
The three-bedroom apartment in a quiet suburb of southern Amsterdam where Anne Frank spent her childhood from 1933-1942 has been restored and rented out to Amsterdam Foundation for Cities of Refuge, a...
Paris News
The 420 self-cleaning public toilets in Paris, known as sanisettes, are now free of charge. The city council has also announced plans to replace the existing metallic-grey cubicles with more attractiv...
Paris News
Shops hit by Sorbonne no-go area.
Shops around the Sorbonne University have been deprived of customers and income for over two weeks as a result of government restrictions on access to the area following recent student protests agains...
Amsterdam News
Eco-energy for Amsterdam city council.
As of the beginning of January, all council buildings, local bodies and institutions in Amsterdam are powered by electricity generated from waste. The energy is supplied by the city
Barcelona News
Barcelona Metro to operate all night on Saturdays.
As of 14 April, the Barcelona Metro and the urban train lines of the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat are to operate all night on Saturday nights and on the eve of public holidays for a six-month trial...
Amsterdam News
Council funds restoration of Amsterdam School facades.
The ZuiderAmstel District council is offering subsidies to residents and local business owners who wish to restore their Amsterdam School facades. Up to
Amsterdam News
Cargo tram goes on trial in Amsterdam.
The CityCargo consortium has begun feasibility trials for a cargo tram system in the Dutch capital using an old Municipal Transportation Company (GVB) tram. Potentially offering major advantages over...
Paris News
The Ville de Paris is currently setting up 400 Wi-Fi hotspots across the capital which will offer cost-free wireless internet access for Parisians and visitors alike as of June this year. Located in 2...
Barcelona News
Space Agency opens educational office in Barcelona.
The first European Space Agency educational resource office (ESERO) in Spain has been inaugurated at the CosmoCaixa centre on Teodor Roviralta in Barcelona. One of just three such pilot facilities in...
Brussels News
Indian airline makes Brussels its European hub.
Privately-owned Indian airline Jet Airways has signed a memorandum of understanding with Brussels Airlines to operate ten new long-haul flights to the United States, Canada and India via Brussels airp...
Berlin News
Memorial to gay victims of Nazi regime.
A large concrete structure is to be erected this year in Tiergarten Park as a memorial to the thousands of homosexual victims of the Nazi regime. Designed by Danish-born Michael Elmgreen and Norwegian...
Berlin News
Second-hand uniforms for Berlin police.
The police deprtment in the cash-strapped German capital has had to send out a request for new and second-hand uniforms from richer states around the country. Most parts of Germany are moving from the...
