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07.01.2009
Cameroon’s ‘Paris Dream’ leaves thousands homeless
More than 7,000 people have been left homeless in Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde, since city officials began tearing down slums to make space for development projects. The city is also cleaning up areas prone to flooding and landslides. The initiative h...read more

06.01.2009
Call for Participation: Europe's Creative Regions and Cities
In the context of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009, the Committee of the Regions and the European Commission are jointly organising a two-day forum, on 20 and 21 April 2009. The Forum will showcase the creativity of Europe’s region...read more

06.01.2009
Rotterdam to get city ferry
From March 2010 onwards, the Rotterdam region will see the operation of a new means of public transport: the city ferry, with fifteen stops on the Nieuwe Maas between Krimpen aan den IJssel, Rotterdam and Vlaardingen. Later, the service is likely to ...read more

23.12.2008
UK house prices won't recover for a decade
UK house prices will not recover their 2007 peak for at least a decade, Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has warned.read more

22.12.2008
Slovakia joins the euro
The European Commission will closely monitor the changeover to the euro in Slovakia starting on 1 January 2009. News updates on the latest developments, based on surveys conducted by the Commission and the national authorities, will be available dail...read more

22.12.2008
Will Naples' garbage plague never end?
The trash has been removed from the streets of Naples since Silvio Berlusconi's return to office, but the greater garbage problem persists. Public distrust of the government is so great that any effort to deal with the trash problem inevitably sparks...read more

18.12.2008
JRC and World Bank publish global urbanisation and accessibility map
A new global map released today by the Joint Research Centre and published in the World Bank’s World Development Report 2009 measures urbanisation in the new perspective of Travel Time to 8,500 Major Cities. The map fills an important gap in our unde...read more

17.12.2008
EU subsidy for tramline between Maastricht and Hasselt
The European Union has made 1.35 million euros available for the extension of the tramline to Maastricht on Dutch soil. It is expected that approximately 4000 passengers each day will use the new tramline.read more

15.12.2008
European Commission adopts proposal to promote energy efficiency and renewable energies in housing sector
The European Commission adopted a proposal on December 3rd which will, for the first time, enable all Member States and regions in the European Union to invest in energy-efficiency and renewable energy measures in housing, with the support of Europea...read more

11.12.2008
“The lack of community engagement in European cities is amazing”
Cities all over the world are struggling and many of the large, upscale projects that have been so prevalent during the past 20 years are suffering from financial difficulties. However, according to Fred Kent, president of the US-based ‘Project for P...read more

08.12.2008
Committee of the Regions president Luc van den Brande: Europe needs a new Masterplan
Delivering a keynote speech at the 9th Conference of Presidents of Regions with Legislative Powers (REGLEG) in Brussels, Committee of the Regions (CoR) President Luc Van den Brande called for a new global vision for Europe. For the post-Lisbon Strate...read more

05.12.2008
Easy, low-carbon living in chic Stockholm suburb
A chic, high-tech suburb of Stockholm could hold part of the answer to reducing daily energy and waste consumption as part of the global battle to fight climate change.read more

05.12.2008
Almere to become the home of the worlds third largest Solar Energy Installation
Almere, 25 kilometers east of Amsterdam, is to be home to the world's third-largest solar energy installation.read more

03.12.2008
Fifty percent of cars banned in Budapest city centre on smog days
In an attempt to tackle the problem of fog and filthy air in the Hungarian capital, the Budapest City Council voted --on November 27th-- to ban half of all cars from the centre of Budapest in the event of a smog alert.read more

03.12.2008
RegioStars Awards 2009: 25 finalists announced
On 24 October the RegioStars 2009 Jury held their first meeting under the chairmanship of Mr Job Cohen, Mayor of Amsterdam. As a result of this meeting the jury decided on the 25 finalists of the RegioStars Awards. The actual winners will be announce...read more

02.12.2008
2012 Olympics will give little economic benefit, experts warned before bid
Experts warned there would be no economic benefit to the UK of hosting the 2012 Olympic Games three years before Britain's successful bid, it has been disclosed.read more

01.12.2008
Fill out an EUKN Questionnaire and win an international strategic master class!
The European Urban Knowledge Network (EUKN) continously strives towards improving the network and optimising the services provided. We therefore would like to ask the end users of EUKN to give us feedback as well as suggestions for improvement. In re...read more

27.11.2008
East German capital makes way for Prussian palace
The halting pace of the building project at the center of Berlin will move ahead this week by two full steps: a Communist building will be gone and designs for a Prussian building will be unveiled. None of which means the arguments around the project...read more

26.11.2008
Results of the informal meeting by EU ministers for urban development
The urban development ministers met in Marseille on November 25th, 2008 to discuss the "sustainable and inclusive city" and adopted a final communiqué.read more

26.11.2008
Disappointed regions and local authorities: substantial reform of the Lisbon Strategy
Regions and local authorities (LRAs) are not satisfied with the results of the Lisbon strategy for growth and jobs, which was re-launched in 2005. The Committee of the Regions (CoR) believes that the strategy lacks coordination and in its eighth year...read more