Bicycle
Disabled official pedals his bike to raise awareness in southeast Turkey
In southeastern Turkey, a top city official for disabled affairs is blind, but still makes his way down the streets in an official vehicle using pedal power - not a car, but a bicycle.
Amsterdam Bans Beer Bikes Amid Complaints
Amsterdam has banned beer bikes amid complaints about rowdy tourists being drunk and disorderly, reported BBC.
A court ruling on Tuesday allowed officials to prohibit their use in the centre of the Dutch city, calling the contraptions a "public order problem".
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Burgas Municipality Introduces Electrical Bicycles
The citizens and visitors of Burgas will have the opportunity to loan electrical bicycles now. Reports Darik.
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Athens by Bike | Athens | May 28
Cities for Cycling is a citizens' group that campaigns for measures that will help make the country's cities more bicycle-friendly. It is organizing a free tour of the center of Athens on Sunday, May 28. All you need to do to join the tour is show up, on your bike, at Kotzia Square in front of City Hall on Athinas Street, at 11 a.m.
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Turkish governor replaces official cars with bicycles for 'healthier public workers'
Some 233 bicycles have been distributed to kindergarten students and the managers of public institutions by the Public Health Directorate in the southern province of Burdur in order to promote "healthier living."
The first bicycle-friendly hotel in Athens
The first hotel in Athens certified with the “Bike Friendly Hotel” sign is “Fresh Hotel”.
A hotel that wants to be certified as such must fulfill the following 6 specific criteria:
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Bicycles distributed by Turkey's Health Ministry put up for sale on internet
Bicycles which were distributed by Turkey's Health Ministry to encourage healthy living have been put up for sale on the internet, daily Hürriyet has reported.
The free bicycles had been distributed as part of a campaign that was conducted to promote physical activity by the Education and Health Ministries.
Boys come of age in and find solidarity in 'Blue Bicycle'
Children have been peering through the screen for the last couple of years in some of the finer examples of Turkish cinema. They are trying to make sense of the adult world, most often appropriating the problems of the adult world to the miniature worlds of their own.
Public Bicycles System To Be Launched in Sofia
The commission for the selection of a concessionaire for the construction and management of public bicycles in Sofia has opened the documents of four participants: Metropolis Group AD offering annual concession payment of EUR 63,920.87 for a 9-year concession, SOBike DZZD with annual concession payment of EUR 80,000 for a 10-year concession, Velo Archer Sofia DZZD offering EUR 111,111.11 for a
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