Mon, 23 December 2024
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Paris News

International design competition for Les Halles.

The Les Halles renovation project has entered its second phase with the launching of an international competition for the design of a building in the famous former marketplace. Architects have until...
Berlin News

Berlin shops open longer hours.

Following the introduction of new federal legislation allowing the 16 states in the German Federation to set their own limits on shopping hours, shops in the German capital can now stay open 24 hours...
Barcelona News

New taxi fares from mid December.

Minimum taxi fares for home pick-ups and a supplement of 2 from midnight to 06.00 on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and public holidays are just some of the new taxi tariffs that will come into force in Bar...
Paris News

Public transport to be improved.

Parisian buses, trains, M
Madrid News

Participatory democracy for Madrid youth.

Sixty suggestion boxes are to be set up across the 21 local council areas of Madrid to encourage young people to have their say in how their city is run. Designed to resemble a robot, the boxes will b...
Amsterdam News

Robodock festival site threatened by development.

The Amsterdam government has announced plans to turn the 42-hectare site of the disused ADM shipyard at the Hornweg in Amsterdam West into an inland port. Occupied by a group of artists since 1997, th...
Vienna News

Danube patrol boats presented to museum.

Two Danube river patrol boats, the Oberst Brecht and the Niedersterreich, have been officially presented to Viennas museum of military history (Heeresgeschichtliches Museum) by the Austrian army. The...
Oxford News

Christmas in Oxford.

The festive season begins in Oxfords central Broad Street on 24 Nov with the switching-on of Christmas lights at 17.30 followed by a continental market and carol singing. Then on 25 Nov from 15.00 the...
Berlin News

Tempo celebrates 20th anniversary.

Defunct German magazine Tempo is being revived with a one-off edition to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its founding. The edition, which will be issued on 1 Dec, is being prepared in a temporary bo...
Copenhagen News

Foster to design hotel for Tivoli Gardens.

British architect Lord Norman Foster is to design a 102 m-high hotel and luxury apartment block in the historic Tivoli Gardens amusement park in central Copenhagen. Foster
London News

Battersea power station project gets go-ahead.

Hong Kong businessman Victor Hwang and his Parkview International company have been given planning permission to start work on a
Dublin News

Random testing for transport workers.

Irish public transport body C
Copenhagen News

Copenhagen may get congestion charge.

The Danish government has called for a new study into the feasibility of introducing a kilometre fee for vehicles in response to increasing traffic problems especially in the Greater Copenhagen area a...
Barcelona News

Las Ramblas resurfaced to reduce noise.

Noise-reducing asphalt has been laid on 17,500 sqm of Barcelonas most famous thoroughfare, Las Ramblas, from Plaa de Catalunya to Portal de la Pau. The new surface should reduce traffic noise pollutio...
Amsterdam News

Cycling lessons for immigrants.

Social welfare organization Akros in the de Baarsjes district has announced plans to get local businesses to sponsor cycling lessons for their employees, with cleaning companies among the target group...
Berlin News

Literary magazines in English for Berlin.

Two new Anglophone literary magazines,
Dublin News

Bus Eireann to install CCTV cameras.

Bus Eireann has decided to install CCTV (closed-circuit television) cameras on its 180-strong fleet of city buses in response to increasing levels of vandalism and anti-social behaviour. The decision...
London News

Cutty Sark to be restored.

Work can begin on the conservation of the Cutty Sark, currently moored in Greenwich, thanks to a generous grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. As well as restoration and conservation, the
Vienna News

New traffic information project for Vienna.

The ITS (Intelligent Traffic System) Vienna Region project offering up-to-the-minute traffic information via SMS and internet has been given the go-ahead. Covering public transport, private vehicles,...
Oxford News

Central Oxford gets recycling bins.

Homes in the city centre are to receive wheelie bins and blue boxes for recycling as of 13 November. Over the following fortnight Oxford
Paris News

Winter home-heating limits.

The Ville de Paris is urging Parisians not to heat their apartments above a maximum temperature of 19
Madrid News

Residents parking permits renewal.

Madrid residents have until 29 December to renew their parking permit; they can apply for a renewal by post, in any one of the 17 offices of L
Amsterdam News

No voting machines for Amsterdam.

Citizens in the Dutch capital will be voting with the traditional red pencil in the national elections on 22 Nov following a decision by minister for government reform, Atzo Nicola, withdrawing approv...
Madrid News

Consumer protection campaign in Madrid.

Ten local government inspectors from the department of consumer protection are to carry out sweeping controls of product guarantees across Madrids commercial outlets from shopping malls to family-run...
Barcelona News

Barcelona FC stadium upgrade.

Barcelona FC, the reigning European football champions, have announced plans to increase the capacity of their 50-year-old Camp Nou ground. The proposed addition of 17,000 seats would make the stadium...
Copenhagen News

New traffic lights for cyclists.

Copenhagen city council has introduced a traffic light system favouring cyclists on one of the capitals busiest thoroughfares. Cyclists commuting in and out of town on the Nrrebrogade now have a green...
Vienna News

German-language Islamic monthly launched.

Al-Muslima, a monthly Islamic newspaper in German, has been launched in Vienna with an initial print run of 20,000. Editor-in-chief Dr Amir Zaidan, who also directs Viennas Islamic Religious Teaching...
Paris News

Renovated Pailleron sports centre reopens.

The historic swimming pool and ice-skating rink complex in Paris 19me has reopened after an extensive refurbishment which has seen the restoration of the 33m pool and its 196 Art Deco changing rooms a...
Oxford News

Headington road-works near completion.

Road-works on Oxfords Headington roundabout on the A40 are now in their final phase and are due to be finished by Christmas. Dubbed the hamburger roundabout because of the road running through the mid...

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