Citypress - The similarities between Beijing and Berlin are evident before you even land. As you fly into the city, the first thing you'll notice are the cranes towering over construction sites as far as the eye can see, albeit surrounded with a lot more open space than you'd find in the Chinese capital.
Citypress - The road-clogged capital is expected to extend controversial restrictions on car use as traffic jams continue to be one of the city's most serious headaches.
Citypress- Scandinavian cities occupy the top three places in a European environmental index. Copenhagen leads the index overall, coming marginally ahead of Stockholm, while third placed Oslo rounds off the trio of Scandinavian cities.
Citypress - Take a close look at what you see: Toronto’s not too bad, all things considered, if only ... oh, come on; we are far better than that little line of hedges.
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
Citypress - Rising global temperatures may increase the severity of storms to hit Europe, warns Peter Hoeppe, who heads Munich Re’s Geo Risks Research Department. Sunday, 07 March 2010
Citypress - All eyes are on İstanbul this year; everybody is looking forward to the things that have started and are still to come in its year as a capital of culture, which means great responsibility and high international visibility. Sunday, 28 February 2010
Citypress - The announcement that Rock of Ages will premiere in Melbourne ahead of Sydney has again stirred up debate over which city is the theatre capital of Australia. Monday, 22 February 2010
Citypress - What’s the capital of Australia? If you answered Sydney, you’re wrong but in good company, with travel website VirtualTourist.com coming up with a list of the 10 most surprising non-capital cities in the world. Sunday, 21 February 2010
Citypress - European Cities Marketing (ECM), the leading network of City Tourist Offices and Convention Bureaux, represents more than 100 major cities in 33 countries. Thursday, 11 March 2010
Citypress - The London 2012 Summer Olympics will see an influx of one million people visit the capital for the 16-day sporting extravaganza, Games chief Sebastian Coe said on Saturday. Sunday, 28 February 2010
Citypress - The road-clogged capital is expected to extend controversial restrictions on car use as traffic jams continue to be one of the city's most serious headaches. Monday, 15 March 2010
Citypress - Munich has Europe's best public transport, according to a new study published Tuesday that finds commuters and visitors in 22 other cities face a range of quality in public information, travel times and charges. Thursday, 11 March 2010
Citypress - Beijing and Hebei will strengthen coordination in transport infrastructure construction, and establish a "one-hour metropolitan area" by extend Beijing's subway lines to surrounding cities of Hebei Province, said Zhang Gong, director of Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission March 7. Tuesday, 09 March 2010
Citypress - Seoul City plans to form a group of some 20 foreigners in June, who will check whether buses running in the capital are foreigner-friendly, officials said yesterday.
Sunday, 07 March 2010
Citypress - London has been placed far down a league table of major European cities in a survey that examined public transport. Monday, 22 February 2010
Citypress - Beyond entertaining, beyond educating, the Red Wing Sister Cities Cultural Film Festival Feb. 26-28 has a higher goal: helping people better understand and appreciate other countries and other cultures. Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Citypress - Istanbul was designated as European capital of culture 2010, together with Pecs in Hungary and Essen in Germany. Euromonitor International’s Angelo Rossini investigates its potential. Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Citypress - SIOUX CITY - Eight years after going to the dogs, Sioux City will be tied together in another community art project. Paintings of quilt art will be displayed throughout Sioux City this summer.
Saturday, 20 February 2010
Citypress - An increasing number of travelers choose to visit a city because they have read about it in a book, or vice versa, discovering the literature of a country after having a city they found fascinating. Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Citypress - The Italian province of Florence will actively participate in activities to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of Hanoi – the capital of Vietnam, says its president Andrea Balducci. Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Citypress - Council chiefs from around the country believe the London mayor should be responsible for paying any fines that Britain incurs for breaking EU air quality rules, it has been reported. Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Citypress - I have been living in Shanghai since early 2005. I wanted to live and experience contemporary China; I lived in Taiwan (Taipei) during 1981-99. Sunday, 21 February 2010
Citypress - The newly inaugurated Education Council has been said to design education for schools with international classes. Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Citypress - The city's downtown Eastside area is home to some of the worst poverty in Canada. Advocates fear the homeless will be swept away as the Olympics begin.
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Citypress - There's been a stench coming from the second floor of City Hall -- and it has nothing to do with the steady stream of Chicago aldermen convicted on corruption charges.
Sunday, 07 February 2010
Citypress - FRANKLIN—Franklin officials want to make the city more attractive and inviting to new businesses and industry, so they want to beautify the city’s “gateways.”
Sunday, 07 February 2010
Citypress - Eight major property developers in Greater Jakarta are hoping to obtain green building certification for newly built properties, a member of Green Building Council Indonesia (GBCI) says. Monday, 01 February 2010
Citypress - With a limited number of public parks in Jakarta, 25-year-old Shahnon Sabrina said she was already running out of ideas of where to take her nieces and nephews on the weekends. Monday, 01 February 2010
Citypress - To prevent the falling trees, South Jakarta Sub-dept. of City Park kept pruning the vulnerable falling trees. At present, around 100 trees along Jl Antasari, South Jakarta have been pruned today, Monday (2/1).
Monday, 01 February 2010
Citypress - Stories of rapidly inflating property prices, loose credit and off-plan speculation sound only too familiar to veterans of the Dubai real estate crash, and yet this is what we hear from Shanghai these days. How long before the Chinese property bubble bursts?
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
Citypress - EDINBURGH must shed its traditional reliance on the financial sector for its economic growth if it is to prosper over the next five years, council leaders will tell a major conference next week. Saturday, 20 February 2010
Citypress - Torontonians can now find out how much more the city is going to charge them for hundreds of city services and programs in 2010. Saturday, 20 February 2010
Citypress - Milwaukee City Employes' Retirement System received a combined $60 million in contributions from the city and other participating employers, said Bernard J. “Jerry” Allen, executive director. Saturday, 20 February 2010
Citypress - Climate change is predicted to pose some low probability but highly risky scenarios for New York City when the water rises. Thursday, 11 March 2010
Citypress - Sheboygan Mayor Bob Ryan’s proposal to overhaul top city management was narrowly rejected Monday night by the Common Council. Tuesday, 02 March 2010
Citypress - Fort Collins officials are gearing up for a major revision of the city's comprehensive plans for land use and transportation. Sunday, 28 February 2010
Citypress - Some libraries offer a lot more than just books. The city of Portland is planning to open one in which architects from small and independent firms can check out fabric that turns to concrete or wood flooring with resistance to fungus. Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Citytpress - Detroit --Mayor Dave Bing and a majority of City Council members are on board with the concept of downsizing the city to save it and may soon move closer to choosing which neighborhoods to target for help at the expense of others. Sunday, 21 February 2010
Citypress - The most obvious health effect is directly from the heat itself. With an increase in heat waves, there will be more people who will suffer from heatstroke, heart attacks and other ailments aggravated by the heat. Saturday, 20 February 2010
Citypress - SERIES of new public parks would be created, underused cemeteries would opened up for the public to enjoy, and up to a dozen new all-weather football pitches would be built under a new city council blueprint revealed today. Saturday, 20 February 2010
Citypress - Los Angeles residents living near freeways experience a hardening of the arteries that leads to heart disease and strokes at twice the rate of those who live farther away, a study has found. Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Citypress - Seine is not among the world's greatest or mightiest rivers -- by comparison with the Amazon, the Mississippi or the Nile, it is a stream -- but it certainly is among the most treasured and celebrated. Tuesday, 02 February 2010
Citypress - “Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Finest, Darkest Hour” by Lynne Olson; Random House; 496 pages; $28. Monday, 01 February 2010
Citypress - VENICE - Venice City Council members and local residents celebrated the publication of a new Venice history book at the Triangle Inn on Thursday evening. Sunday, 31 January 2010
Citypress - VENICE - From a small second floor office in the city's historic Triangle Inn, James Hagler puts finishing touches on a pictorial history book of South Sarasota County. Saturday, 02 January 2010
Citypress - If 2009 was a tough year for the book industry many fine books nevertheless were published. Authors produced a wealth of diverse memoirs, definitive biographies and memorable novels. Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Citypress - Seattle is supposedly the nation's most wired city--but that's cold comfort to the many families in the Central District and Beacon Hill who are paying too much for unreliable cable Internet service, or who can't even get basic DSL. Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Citypress - Electric cars, solar-powered neighbourhoods, and home appliances controlled via mobile phone could be coming to Frankston, if Victoria wins its bid to trial of new, advanced power technologies.
Tuesday, 02 February 2010
Citypress - The failure in Copenhagen to agree on either fixed targets for greenhouse gas emissions or a rigorous system for monitoring was a setback in the global warming battle. Sunday, 31 January 2010
Citypress - Jason Holdaway, Patrick Fraser, Casey Allen and Bryan Tweedy are South Dakota School of Mines & Technology engineering graduates who are working on cutting-edge technology for the defense industry. Monday, 25 January 2010
Citypress - A few years ago, the world crossed a threshold. For the first time, more than half the human race is living in cities. By 2050 the figure will rise to 70 percent. We are adding the equivalent of seven New Yorks to the planet every year.
Saturday, 16 January 2010
Citypress - The similarities between Beijing and Berlin are evident before you even land. As you fly into the city, the first thing you'll notice are the cranes towering over construction sites as far as the eye can see, albeit surrounded with a lot more open space than you'd find in the Chinese capital. Monday, 15 March 2010
Citypress - The road-clogged capital is expected to extend controversial restrictions on car use as traffic jams continue to be one of the city's most serious headaches. Monday, 15 March 2010
Citypress - Climate change is predicted to pose some low probability but highly risky scenarios for New York City when the water rises. Thursday, 11 March 2010
Citypress- Scandinavian cities occupy the top three places in a European environmental index. Copenhagen leads the index overall, coming marginally ahead of Stockholm, while third placed Oslo rounds off the trio of Scandinavian cities. Thursday, 11 March 2010
Citypress - Seoul City yesterday received the Habitat Scroll of Honor Special Citation, the most prestigious award in the field of human settlements development presented by U.N. HABITAT, for its three major achievements in the field. Thursday, 11 March 2010
Citypress - The upcoming Seoul mayoral election on June 2 will likely be a contest between a younger candidate of the governing party and an older nominee from the opposition camp. Thursday, 11 March 2010
Citypress - Seoul hasn’t rested on its laurels since winning the crown of World Design Capital 2010. This month it proved the scope of its architectural ambitions once again by launching the foundation for the world’s first artificial floating island on Hangang River. Thursday, 11 March 2010
Citypress - It's with reason that Kunming is called the "city of eternal spring". With the temperature hovering at about 15 C throughout the year, people in this capital city of Yunnan province never have to worry about scorching-hot summers or biting-cold winters.
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Citypress - Munich has Europe's best public transport, according to a new study published Tuesday that finds commuters and visitors in 22 other cities face a range of quality in public information, travel times and charges. Thursday, 11 March 2010
Citypress - Turkey’s economic powerhouse İstanbul holds the top spot on PricewaterhouseCoopers’ ranking of European cities in terms of real estate development prospects, while falling to seventh for existing property performance and fifth for new property acquisitions. Thursday, 11 March 2010
