155 European cities join Bloomberg ideas contest
February 19, 2014 08:57 GMT
Unemployment, energy efficiency and obesity are the top concerns targeted by some 155 European cities competing to out-innovate each other in a lucrative contest launched by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
His foundation gave an update Wednesday on its first-time European contest. The application deadline was Jan. 31.
Bloomberg Philanthropies says the cities span 28 countries and include 19 capitals, from Dublin, Ireland, to Ankara (AHN'-kuh-ruh), Turkey. There also are plenty of smaller cities: Nearly half the applicants are home to 250,000 or fewer people.
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