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Leeds strengthens French connection as it renews twin city link with Lille
Leeds City Council has put pen to paper on an agreement that reaffirms its special relationship with the French community of Lille. Leeds...
Mar 31, 20223 min read

Leeds launches new international forum
This month Leeds City Council launched a new international forum as part of the city’s efforts to work with international partners to...
Mar 29, 20221 min read

New community-led Dortmund Leeds partnership website goes online
Over 50 years ago Leeds and Dortmund signed an official twinning partnership sealing the bond of friendship between the two cities. Since...
Feb 7, 20222 min read

Siegener Women’s Run returns for a second year
Leeds’ partner city of Siegen is inviting women from across Leeds to get their running shoes on and support the twinning partnership, as...
Aug 10, 20211 min read

Exciting opportunity to access German market and develop collaborations with companies from Dortmund
Calling all start-ups! Leeds’ partner city Dortmund has launched an exciting opportunity for start-ups to access the German market and...
Jun 24, 20211 min read

Sharing best practice with European cities on the vaccination rollout
Representatives from Leeds were part of an exchange of best practice with cities from across Europe today, as part of a discussion...
Feb 17, 20212 min read

Leeds strengthens ties with Dortmund
Leeds and Dortmund are committing to strengthening relations with the re-signing of their Memorandum of Understanding today, following...
Feb 12, 20213 min read

Take part in the Siegen Women’s Run
Are you a keen runner? Are you interested in supporting our 54 year old partnership with the German town of Siegen? Then why not take...
Aug 27, 20202 min read

50 Years Dortmund Leeds. What Connects Us – An online exhibition
Last October we celebrated 50 years of twinning with our German partner city of Dortmund with a host of activities that took place here...
Apr 29, 20202 min read

Face masks from Sister City Hangzhou arrive in Leeds
Leeds’ partner city of Hangzhou has been offering its support during the Covid-19 emergency by sending a donation of face masks to Leeds...
Apr 22, 20201 min read

Leeds brings in the Chinese New Year in style
Leeds celebrated the Chinese New Year in style this week with a special business networking event that highlighted the strong...
Jan 23, 20202 min read


Leeds business community welcomes Chinese Consul General
Today members of Leeds’ civic, business, education and cultural sectors welcomed the Chinese Consul General to Leeds and introduced him...
Jan 22, 20202 min read


Leeds announced as chair of new EUROCITIES working group on children
With the Child Friendly Leeds initiative high on the top of the list of priorities for Leeds City Council, we have joined other cities...
Nov 19, 20191 min read


Chinese health experts discovering health technology in Leeds
In early November we hosted a group of health experts from Leeds’ partner city of Hangzhou who were looking at how our city has built a...
Nov 18, 20192 min read

Celebrating our partnership with Dortmund through beer and art
As you will probably know by now, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of twinning between Leeds and Dortmund. There’s been lots of exciting...
Nov 4, 20193 min read

Czech Community celebrates opening of Cultural Centre
Last week, the Czech community living in Leeds celebrated the opening of the Bohemia Bistro Community Café and the Czech Cultural Centre,...
Oct 30, 20192 min read

Mayor of Dortmund visits Leeds to celebrate 50 years of partnership
Throughout the month of October, we’ve been celebrating the 50th anniversary of twinning between Leeds and our German partner city of...
Oct 15, 20192 min read

Leeds Dortmund 50 writing & music festival announces full schedule
The LD50 (Leeds/Dortmund 50) literature festival has announced an exciting schedule of music and literature events as part of Leeds’ 50th...
Sep 20, 20192 min read

Calling all young people – work experience opportunity in Lille
Do you want the chance to improve your French? Are you excited about the possibility of working abroad? Our partner city Lille is giving...
Aug 27, 20191 min read

Celebrating 50 years of partnership with Dortmund
2019 marks the 50th anniversary of twinning between Leeds and the German city of Dortmund. And to celebrate we’ve got an exciting...
Aug 21, 20193 min read
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