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“The garden of democracy must be tended constantly”0
Together with partners, Budapest’s city government organised the first international “Budapest Forum” in September. The forum focused on the role of cities and local initiatives in building sustainable democracies with a good quality of life. In addition to a meeting of the “Pact of Free Cities” network – whose declaration was signed by the initiating
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Lots of ideas from the Danube: Young people turn out to be power plants for the future0
What is on the minds of young people from the 14 countries along the Danube? What does Europe mean to them? How do they deal with climate change? Do they want to stay at home or go abroad? What are their concerns and visions? These are all questions that students from Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova,
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Two paths. One future. You decide!0
The Baden-Württemberg Foundation’s interactive graphic novel sends its heroine Anna on a journey through time to the year 2050. How can mobility be shaped in the long term? The Baden-Württemberg Foundation wants to motivate citizens to act sustainably. In order to address the question of sustainable mobility, the Foundation, together with the German environmental association
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The Danube region: a habitat with a future0
Projects for sustainability in the Baden-Württemberg Foundation’s programme “Perspective Danube”: The Danube is the most important lifeline in South-Eastern Europe. Due to industrialisation, intensive agriculture and pollution, it is heavily contaminated and its biological diversity is endangered. With the programme “Perspective Danube: Education, Culture and Civil Society”, the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung supports educational and exchange projects,
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The Balkans – Home to Europe’s last living rivers0
It is quiet. You can hear nothing but the murmur of the river and the chirping of the birds. Although it is cloudy, every now and then a ray of sunlight will hit the surface of the water and make the water’s true colour shine. It shimmers in rich emerald green, and every few hundred
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“It matters to me that I meet people where they are”0
He is citizen of Germany and mayor of a city in Romania: Dominic Fritz (37), originally from Lörrach in the Black Forest, has been at the helm of Timișoara City Hall since September 2020. Fritz used to be head of cabinet of former German President Horst Köhler and grew fond of the western Romanian city
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