Published from Cluj-Napoca
European cities, reported from Cluj
What cities are building, where they meet, and what changes for them. Every fact sourced.
Today in European cities
Cities · 20 OctEU LIFE programme awards over €390 million to 135 climate and environment projectsThe Commission has granted more than €390 million to 135 LIFE projects, including heating plans for Bucharest and Budapest, Romanian nature projects in the Carpathians, and a City Facility whose next call for municipalities opens on 26 October.- Rome· Rome opens first smog-absorbing school street in Municipio XI
- Madrid· Madrid's EMT board approves draft 2027 budget including 65 electric buses
- Nantes· Nantes builds six solar canopies over the Beaujoire stadium car park
- Rome· Rome approves €2.2 million renovation of Ostia's Casa della Cultura
- Rotterdam· Rotterdam opens charging hub for 24 electric refuse lorries at once
- Tampere· Tampere approves Tampere For All programme for community spaces and equality
- Vienna· Vienna opens around 1,000 extra winter places for homeless people until April 2027
- Vienna· Vienna starts works on its first low-traffic neighbourhood in Meidling
- Cities· European Commission presents Climate Resilience Framework and proposed Climate Resilience Law
- AI policy· European Commission publishes first harmonised standard supporting the AI Act in Official Journal
Events
Coming up for cities
Dates checked against the organisers.
- November 2026
- Climate and energy Ongoing Climate KIC events · Paris, France
- Mobility Ongoing EIT Urban Mobility events · Barcelona, Spain
- Climate and energy Tomorrow Eurocities thematic forums · Guimarães, Portugal
- Digital government Tomorrow Smart City Expo World Congress · Barcelona, Spain
- Talent and innovation In 8 days European Research and Innovation Days · Brussels, Belgium
- AI and technology In 9 days IT Days · Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- AI and technology Apply AI Summit · Brussels, Belgium
- AI and technology AI Technologies & Research Forum · Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- December 2026
- Digital government Smart Cities International Conference · Bucharest, Romania
- January 2027
- Digital government OASC Conference · Aarhus, Denmark
- March 2027
- Regeneration and housing MIPIM · Cannes, France
- April 2027
- Climate and energy Urban Future · Istanbul, Türkiye
City pages
Projects, EU programmes and news from 51 cities, checked daily.
BarcelonaSpain · event 2 NovBarcelona initially approves rules for 400-euro electric bicycle purchase subsidies
ParisFrance · event 2 NovParis opens a Campus de la Résilience to prepare residents for crises
Cluj-NapocaRomania · event 11 NovCluj-Napoca gives 15 schools 25,000 lei each for pupil-chosen projects
BucharestRomania · event 9 DecBucharest opens its draft cultural strategy to feedback from cultural organisations
AarhusDenmark · event 26 JanAarhus 2027 budget funds dementia care and cushions health reform costs
BerlinGermany · event 5 OctBerlin reports 69,000 solar installations as its solar obligation law is evaluated
Explore by topic
Climate and energy · 17 event series
See the topic →AI and technology · 14 event series
See the topic →Digital government · 13 event series
See the topic →Mobility · 11 event series
See the topic →Civic participation · 10 event series
See the topic →Talent and innovation · 9 event series
See the topic →Regeneration and housing · 7 event series
See the topic →
The city we report from
Cluj-Napoca
- Population286,598
- Projects tracked5
- Events coming4
On the record
Mayors, city officers and organisers, interviewed by Loredana Vale.
How we work
- 1 Source Each item links the official page it comes from.
- 2 Check Every fact is matched against the source text before it is published; editors read and correct afterwards.
- 3 Correct When we get it wrong, we say so on the page.
The newsrooms we point to
Truth Tellers →And the local half
BestCluj.com ↗Written by Robert Eduard Antal , Loredana Vale , Debrețeni Raynhold-Hunor and Meda Andreea Căpîlna — four people in Cluj-Napoca, as a registered association.