Cross-border protocol to finally reduce air pollution in Slavonski Brod
Croatia and Republika Srpska signed a protocol on cooperation under which Bosanski Brod refinery will be connected to Croatian gas system. The agreement should reduce cross-border air-pollution that has been at the center of a dispute between the two countries for a long time. The cooperation agreement was signed the last day of October, Croatian […]
UNDP is looking for Negotiating Chapter 27 consultant in Podgorica
United Nations Development Programme is looking for a consultant in Podgorica, Montenegro, for Negotiating Chapter 27 (Environment). The deadline for application is November 5, and the starting date December 4, 2017. Expected duration of the assignment is 22 months. The main objective of this assignment is to strengthen administrative capacities of the Ministry of European […]
New Energy Community sanctions for Bosnia and Herzegovina?
The Ministerial Conference of the Energy Community will discuss in December a possibility of introducing additional sanctions against Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) because the country keeps failing to meet obligations under the terms of the Treaty of the Energy Community, in the gas sector at the state level in particular. Mirko Šarović, BiH Minister of […]
Serbia and Romania power interconnector near completion
The Resita-Pančevo transmission line construction between Romania and Serbia is getting closer to the end. The role of the interconnection between two countries is of strengthening national electricity systems as well as the South-East European one. Romania’s national electricity transmission company, Transelectrica announced that it completed the crossing of the border to Serbia with the […]
Tirana tests electric buses following introduction of electric taxis
The city authorities in the Albanian capital Tirana have started testing electric buses as part of efforts to lower the level of pollution in the city. The first bus that has being tested is a Polish Solaris Urbino 12 electric, which the Tirana Times newspaper said was given the Bus of the Year 2017 award. […]
Ljubljana ranked in top 100 sustainable world destination
Ljubljana is ranked again in top 100 sustainable world destination. This is the third time that the capital of Slovenia found itself in a prestigious “green” company whose membership is acquired through a competition organized by Green Destinations in cooperation with 20 other international organizations for sustainable development. The first time Ljubljana was included in […]
EBRD to loan EUR 75 million to Turkey for renewables investment
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide EUR 75 million in financing to Turkey Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi (TSKB), a Turkey-based investment and development bank, for renewable investment. The financing, under Turkey Mid-Size Sustainable Energy Financing Facility III (MidSEFF III) is for on-lending to private sector borrowers for renewable energy and resource efficiency […]
Kosovo* power production to remain heavily dependent on coal
Kosovo* has been facing its most serious energy crisis to date since the summer of 2017 because the government has failed to reach an agreement with residents of the village of Šipitule to buy land to dig coal. Kosovo* has coal reserves estimated at 14 billion tons, the fifth largest in the world but the […]