Journalist
Vladimir Spasić
Albania freezes new hydropower projects on environmental concerns
05 February 2019 - Albanian Energy and Infrastructure Minister Belinda Balluku has said she will freeze work on new...
Draft Law on Energy unveiled, energy cooperatives to be introduced
05 February 2019 - The Ministry of Infrastructure has published a Draft Law on Energy to change some provisions...
EU said to be considering carbon tax for Western Balkans
04 February 2019 - The EU is said to be considering the introduction of a carbon tax for the countries...
Hrvatske Šume terminates contracts for wood chips delivery for cogeneration facilities
01 February 2019 - Public forest management utility Hrvatske Šume has terminated contracts with 20 companies on the sale...
Electrica appoints Georgeta Corina Popescu as new CEO
31 January 2019 - The Board of Directors of Romanian power distribution and supply company Electrica has decided to...
KESH gets new CEO as sacking continues in Albanian state-owned power sector
30 January 2019 - Former chief of the Albanian Development Fund (ADF) Benet Beci has been appointed as new...
Federation of BiH to establish energy efficiency agency
30 January 2019 - The Government of the Federation of BiH (FBiH) will establish an energy efficiency agency after...
Blockchain brings disruption to energy sector
29 January 2019 - The use of blockchain in the energy sector of Serbia, as well as other countries,...
Thousands of protesters demand halt of SHPP construction from government, Serbian President
29 January 2019 - A few thousand citizens from all over Serbia gathered at Belgrade’s Faculty of Philosophy square...
PPC secures EUR 255 million loan to upgrade electricity distribution network
25 January 2019 - Greece’s Public Power Corporation has secured EUR 255 million to upgrade the electricity distribution network...
EC refers Slovenia to court for failure to transpose EPBD, warns Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece on Energy Efficiency Directive
25 January 2019 - The European Commission (EC) has decided to refer Slovenia to the Court of Justice of...
Hidroelectrica, Nuclearelectrica to be forced to sell more electricity on regulated market
24 January 2019 - Public power utilities Hidroelectrica and Nuclearelectrica will have the obligation to deliver up to 65%...
Slovenia, Bulgaria receive EUR 76 million in EU financing for cross-border power lines
24 January 2019 - EU Member States have approved EUR 48.2 million in aid under the Connecting Europe Facility...
New energy minister assumes office, OST general manager resigns
23 January 2019 - Belinda Balluku, niece of a former high-level communist politician, is the new minister of infrastructure and...
Applications open for fourth Energy Community Summer School
22 January 2019 - The Energy Community Secretariat has launched the call for applications for the fourth Energy Community...
Protest against small hydropower plants to be held in Belgrade on Sunday
21 January 2019 - The initiative Defend the Rivers of Mt. Stara Planina will hold a rally to protest...