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Residents of Warsaw have different opinions on requests to cut down trees, depending on the project type. These insights are supported by the results of a recent opinion poll. For instance, most residents agreed that the construction of flood control systems is a project which justifies tree cutting.

Residents of Warsaw who apply this year for a grant for the disposal of their old furnaces, can have 100% of the costs reimbursed. How can you receive support from the City and have your house heated in an environmentally friendly way? You will have all your questions answered during district meetings.

An invitation to tender for preparing the 2020-2030 and Beyond Cycling Development Programme has been announced. The new programme will serve as a summary of recent achievements in cycling development, and also help us prepare for the new challenges ahead.

In 2019, as many as 9,800 items were brought to the Lost Property Office in Warsaw, while in 2018 there were 9,700 such items. Lost property included mainly documents, cell phones, watches, and electronics.

Warsaw’s Municipal Police’s Green Patrol now has five new cars. These are electric vehicles equipped to support the officers during interventions involving animals.

Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski gives apartment keys to first residents of the public block of flats at Zagłoby St. in the Ursus District

While this summer Sigismund’s Column will most likely undergo restoration, residents and tourists don’t need to worry about that. The monument will still be available for sightseeing as the works will not involve any scaffolding.

The “Nowolipie” Intergenerational Activity Centre (CAM) has launched its Career Centre for Senior Citizens. This is in response to the needs of both companies looking for employees and the elderly themselves, who wish to return to work and bring with them their experience and potential.

Several hundred people took part in public consultations on the proposed expansion of the Unattended Paid Parking Zone in the Praga-Północ and Wola Districts. The idea has received generous support. Warsaw’s Municipal Road Authority (ZDM) representatives have just published a consultation report.

“Grandma, this is not your grandchild. Be careful” is an educational campaign prepared by the City of Warsaw and aimed at older people. It addresses the problem of fraud attempts known as “The Grandchild Scam” or “The Policeperson Scam”, or involving other similar scenarios.

Three thousand new trees in Wawer 3,300 new trees were planted in the Sobieski Forest. Once again the "Partnership for Climate" organisation carried out the plantings together with City of Warsaw officials, diplomats and NGOs. The action was also joined by school pupils.

Warsaw and Berlin will strengthen cooperation in the field of education. On Tuesday, 29 October, a Memorandum was signed on the participation of Warsaw’s schools in the Polish-German cooperation in the area of school education in the years 2019-2021.

On 25 October 2019 Polish MP Wojciech Korfanty's monument was unveiled in Warsaw, marking the 101st anniversary of his Reichstag speech, in which he demanded the unification of all Polish lands in line with point 13 of President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points statement.

Can you put out burning oil with water? Why is it forbidden to play with matches? Can a damaged cable be a source of fire? – these are some of the questions answered at the first showing of the film for children entitled “Mobile Fire Threats Simulator – learn about prevention!”.

The Powązki Cemetery was listed as a heritage site in 1965. Unfortunately, this has not prevented the vandalisation and decay of monuments and chapels. Now their restoration will be easier. The city has completed the inventory of all cemetery objects.

A new subsidy programme for the removal of high-emission stoves, developing renewables, connecting buildings to the sewerage network, and the removal and disposal of asbestos has been launched. The installation of rain and snowmelt water retention systems will also be subsidised under the programme which is a new development.

The number of free of charge places in Warsaw day nurseries is growing rapidly. This can be attributed to the twofold activities of the City - the construction of new day nurseries and the City’s paying for places in non-public facilities. There are still places available for children in seven districts.

Improvement in urban services and the quality of life in smart cities are the main objectives of the ISO 37120 standard. Warsaw was evaluated according to the international criteria and standards. As a result, our capital received the highest – platinum – certificate of compliance with the standard.

Within a month from the opening of new stations in Praga-Północ and Targówek, over 4 million passengers travelled using the second metro line. That's almost a million more than a year ago, when the underground railway only went to Wileński Station.

The Merkury and Tęcza cinemas in the Żoliborz District, the housing estate on Podskarbińska Street, the Różycki Bazaar, Stawy Kellera Park and Brustman’s Ponds - these are only a few of the newest additions to the Municipal Register Of Monuments (GEZ).‏ The City Monument Conservator has added 89 new items to the GEZ.