Barcelona News
Face lift for Plaa de les Glries.
The Barcelona city council has announced a major redevelopment project to transform the Plaa de les Glries into a 19-hectare park. The central lanes of the Gran Via, which currently rings the Plaa, ar...
London News
Nelsons Column to be restored.
Nelsons Column is to get a major overhaul for only the third time since being erected in Trafalgar Square in 1843 to celebrate Britains naval victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. The last major renovat...
Dublin News
Rising crime overstretches Gardai.
Increasing levels of social disorder and violent crime in Dublin have not been matched by a rise in Garda numbers, according to figures obtained by the Fine Gael representatives in response to written...
Amsterdam News
Further delays to Rijksmuseum.
The re-opening of the renovated Rijksmuseum, scheduled for mid-2008, has been set back to the end of 2009. The delay is due to extra security requirements against theft and burglary following recent a...
Berlin News
Police recruit ethnic minorities.
Berlin police department wants to include at least 20 ethnic minority recruits in its annual intake of 200 officers this year. Members of the Turkish, Arab, Polish, Serbo-Croat and Russian communities...
Madrid News
Sporting village for south of city.
Gymnasiums, changing rooms, lecture rooms, conference halls and a medical centre with rehabilitation facilities are to be built on municipal land ceded by the Madrid city council in the El Ensanche de...
Vienna News
World famous jewellers Tiffany and Co are to open a store in the Kohlmarkt, in the historical centre of Vienna. The elegant 19th century building which is to house the proposed two-level store is curr...
Copenhagen News
Copenhagen city councillors are examining a proposal to build a top-class camping ground in response to the growing number of illegally parked caravans on the streets of the Danish capital. The new ca...
Amsterdam News
Plan to pedestrianize Leidseplein.
Leidseplein Square, Amsterdams cultural and nightlife hub, is to become a pedestrian precinct if plans presented by the local council are approved. Currently a chaotic traffic intersection, the new-lo...
Barcelona News
New rent rules in Cuidad Vella.
Apartment owners renting out their property in the Cuidad Vella on a nightly basis are now required to obtain a licence under new rules aimed at reducing overcrowding in the old town. The council has...
London News
Historic swimming baths saved.
The Forest Hill Pools on Dartmouth Road are to be given a 4 million revamp as the result of a decision by Lewisham Council following a public consultation with residents. The pools, which serve the Fo...
Madrid News
Green light for El Caaveral development.
The Madrid city council has approved the 277 million urban development project for the El Caaveral district in Viclvaro near the suburb of Coslada in north-east Madrid. Plans include the construction...
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...
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...
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...
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...
