Brussels News
Brussels to get summer clean-up.
Sixteen zones in the centre of Brussels are to be cleaned more thoroughly over summer as part of the regional government
Barcelona News
From Coca-Cola factory to residential flats.
The Barcelona city council has given the go-ahead to the first stage in the redevelopment of Verneda Industrial, in the Sant Mart
Paris News
Paris prepares to celebrate the French Fte National on 14 July, the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille fortress and the overthrow of the monarchy, which marked the beginning of the French rev...
Oxford News
Oxford hospital grounds for redevelopment.
The Oxford Mental Health Trust is seeking planning permission to build homes for key workers and research facilities on the land adjacent to the Warneford and Park Hospitals in Headington. The Trust,...
Copenhagen News
IT companies locate to Copenhagen university.
Innovative IT and creative high-tech companies are to move in to premises belonging to the University of Copenhagen at the Amager (KUA) Campus as of the beginning of July. In response to the chronic s...
Madrid News
On 3 June Madrids municipal outdoor swimming pools open for 3 months from 11.00 to 21.00 every day. As part of an updated health and safety programme, the water of the pools will be analysed four time...
London News
The London Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) has invited Londoners to take part online in consultations to decide community policing priorities for 2007/8. Phase 1 of the online consultation process...
Vienna News
After renovations lasting several years the new-look Karlsplatz square has been ceremoniously rededicated by city officials. Improvements to the busy traffic and transport hub in central Vienna includ...
Barcelona News
Catalan government redraws the school map.
The Barcelona city council is to cede land to the Catalan government for the construction of 16 primary schools and 13 secondary schools in the capital. Around 150 million is to be invested in the 200...
Paris News
Council properties up for auction.
On 16 May the Ville de Paris is putting several of its residential properties up for public auction. The majority of the apartments are in the 16th arrondissement, with starting prices ranging from 39...
Madrid News
Arts centre for the post office.
Madrids famous Palacio de Comunicaciones on the Plaza de Cibeles is to be renovated, giving 60 percent of its floor space over to museums, a music room, conference halls, information centres and tempo...
Oxford News
A multi-million pound project to redevelop Oxfords West End area, from St Aldates to the railway station and from the Thames to Hythe Bridge Street, is to be put up for public consultation in July thi...
Amsterdam News
The "Amsterdam Weekly", the Dutch capitals free English-language newspaper, has celebrated its 100th edition with a special comics issue, featuring some of the citys top cartoonists, and a party at th...
Copenhagen News
75,000 sqm of vacant land in the restad urban development district, which stretches from just south of Copenhagen city centre to the airport, is to have world famous architect Daniel Libeskind as desi...
Dublin News
The price of burial plots in Dublins four main cemeteries has almost doubled since last year. Pre-booked plots now cost 3,000 it was 1,800 in 2005 as cemetery space is running out and demand for gra...
Madrid News
Madrid city council has announced the launch of its own local digital television channel, TDT (televisione digitale terrestre). Broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the new channel will pro...
Berlin News
Demolition for East German hotel.
Yet another reminder of East Germanys communist past, the Soviet-style Hotel Unter den Linden is to be demolished to make way for an eight-storey block of shops, offices and apartments. The hotel on t...
Dublin News
The Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) plan for Hansfield in West Dublin, which was initially rejected in 2003 by An Bord Pleanla the planning appeals board has now been approved. Covering an area of...
London News
The mayor of Londons council tax increase of 33.80 per year, a 13.3 per cent increase in his share of the unpopular tax, has been approved by the London Assembly. For a Band D household this will mean...
Amsterdam News
Construction of the Westermoskee in the predominantly Turkish and Moroccan district of de Baarsjes in West Amsterdam will begin on 28 February, after 12 years of decision reversals, delays and controv...
