Thessaloniki gets ready for its metro launch in November
The underground rapid transit lines have been under construction for almost two decades due to various project delays
Promoting flexible working hours and high-level career opportunities
Stockholm offers flexible working time, almost two years of parental leave for every child and at the same time boasts a happy and efficient workforce. Other cities around the world can learn a lot from its implemented good social practices. The city is actively promoting more family time and a variety of opportunities for maintaining a high-level career, announced the municipality.
The city’s vice mayor for labour, Fredrik Lindstål says that the flexibility offered by the Stockholm’s employers helps the city attract highly educated workers: “The city is actively marketing Stockholm as a destination for starting a family while maintaining a high-level career. They’ve been really good at promoting this as a go-to factor.”
Most companies in the capital of Sweden allow workers to do flexible hours, only requiring them to be in the office between 10-4 pm, or sometimes 9-3 pm. According to Swedish law, employees have the right to take the day off to take care for sick child, with the state reimbursing them for 80% of any salary lost. In Stockholm the rush hour officially starts at 3pm as parents begin to leave work to pick up their children from kindergarten or school. The most important element in the social system is the parental leave, with 480 days of paid leave granted for each child, which can be split between parents however they wish.
The underground rapid transit lines have been under construction for almost two decades due to various project delays
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That’s because the state has to spend money on updating the railway infrastructure rather than subsidizing the cost of the popular pass
Rethinking renewable energy sources for the urban landscape
The examples, compiled by Beyond Fossil Fuels, can inform and inspire communities and entrepreneurs that still feel trepidation at the prospect of energy transition
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The 10th European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns (ESCT) sets the stage for stronger cooperation between the EU, national and local level to fast track Europe's transition to climate neutrality.
At least, that’s the promise made by the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo
The underground rapid transit lines have been under construction for almost two decades due to various project delays
At least, that’s the promise made by the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo
Hostal de Pinós is located in the geographical centre of the autonomous region
Despite its church-y name, the district has long been known as the hangout spot for the artsy crowds
Urban dwellers across the EU are having a say in making their surroundings friendlier to people and the environment.
Forests in the EU can help green the European construction industry and bolster a continent-wide push for architectural improvements.
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An interview with the Mayor of a Polish city that seeks to reinvent itself
An interview with the newly elected ICLEI President and Mayor of Malmö
A conversation with the Mayor of Lisbon about the spirit and dimensions of innovation present in the Portuguese capital