Notes
Written by the people who run the association
Short pieces on European cities, local media and our own method — each one from a named editor, each claim with the source next to it.
- Smart City Expo World Congress 2026: what to know before BarcelonaTwo weeks before Smart City Expo opens, here is what the organisers have confirmed for 2026, and what is worth following from a European city's point of view.Robert Eduard Antal
- Cluj-Napoca's AI autumn 2026: IEEE ICCP, AI Forum and a new instituteThree events in five weeks and a research building that may or may not open on schedule: what is actually happening in Cluj-Napoca's AI calendar this autumn.Robert Eduard Antal
- Apply AI Summit 2026: what the EU's AI push means for citiesOn-site places for the Apply AI Summit are gone, but the parts that matter most to a city hall can be followed online, and the policy behind them is already in motion.Robert Eduard Antal
- Europe's city titles in 2027: Liepāja, Évora, Heilbronn and moreThree EU programmes name Europe's showcase cities each year; for 2027 two lists are settled, the 2028 green winners are known, and the innovation prize is decided in December.Robert Eduard Antal
- Cities' calendar: November 2026Barcelona hosts the busiest week of the year for city governments; Cluj-Napoca has an AI forum with its technical university.Robert Eduard Antal
- Annual POLIS Conference 2026: Brussels, 2–3 DecemberEurope's network of transport cities and regions meets in Brussels in December, and the draft programme shows which city departments will be presenting their own results.Robert Eduard Antal
- Europe cannot say where its local news has goneYou cannot report on a city whose newsroom nobody is counting.Loredana Vale
- Europe's offices are not empty. They are unevenly full.The vacancy headline and the leasing desk have been telling different stories for three years.Debrețeni Raynhold-Hunor
- The cheapest urban intervention in Europe is a closed street at 8amI run outdoor workshops for children in Cluj. The hardest part is never the workshop — it is getting them there.Meda Andreea Căpîlna
- We lost BestCluj.com, and rebuilt it from the Internet ArchiveA cultural platform is only as permanent as its least-backed-up page.Robert Eduard Antal
- Why 84 of our city profiles named the wrong mayorA city profile written once and left alone has a shelf life. Ours was two years.Robert Eduard Antal