Danube polluted with faeces in Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria
The River Danube is polluted with faeces along its course in Serbia, Romania, and Bulgaria, with the situation particularly alarming in large Serbian cities such as Novi Sad and Belgrade, where concentrations of Escherichia coli are very high, according to a microbiological survey carried out by a group of Austrian scientists. The “critical” faecal pollution […]
“International” forest growing in Serbia to produce air “for all of us”
Stefan Drljača, 32, is a videographer in Belgrade, Serbia who spends his free time on his land near the town of Čačak, where he is planting a forest for himself, his descendants – and for all of us. Forests renew our air supply, as they produce oxygen and absorb CO2, while they also prevent mudslides […]
Serbia to change waste management model under new strategy
Serbia’s new waste management strategy for 2019-2024 will mark a shift from the concept of regional sanitary landfills to the model of regional waste management centers to include waste sorting, separation, and recycling, as well as non-recyclable waste treatment, Filip Abramović, assistant environmental protection minister for waste and wastewater management, says in an interview with […]
Leskovac starts building collector for wastewater treatment system
The construction of a city collector has been launched in Leskovac as one of three parts of a wastewater management system in the south Serbian town. Serbia treats only 10% of wastewater, while only three towns – Subotica, Šabac, and Vrbas – have wastewater treatment facilities. The value of works to build the wastewater collector […]
TENDERING: Environmental impact study for Belgrade’s two planned metro lines
Beogradski Metro i Voz, a company set up to operate Belgrade’s future metro, has launched fresh tendering to produce an environmental impact study for the Serbian capital’s two planned metro lines. The original tendering to produce the study was launched almost a year ago, at the beginning of September 2018, but was suspended in January […]
EIB to ditch fossil fuel projects from 2021
The European Investment Bank intends to stop funding fossil fuel projects from 2021, according to the draft of the EU bank’s new energy lending policy. In the document, titled EIB energy lending policy – Supporting the energy transformation, the bank said that its activities would shift away from fossil fuel projects and focus on four […]
Brave Women of Kruščica win EuroNatur Award for averting construction of 2 SHPPs
The Brave Women of Kruščica have won the EuroNatur Award for 2019 for their 500-day action that prevented the construction of two small hydropower plants (HPPs) in the village in Bosnia and Herzegovina. For more than 500 days and nights, a group of women from the village of Kruščica blocked a bridge crossing the river […]
Romania, Slovenia among five countries eyeing new European Commission’s energy portfolio
Five EU member states, including Estonia, Latvia, Romania, Poland, and Slovenia, are interested in getting the energy portfolio in the next European Commission, HotNews.ro reported. The candidates for European energy commissioner are Kadri Simson from Estonia, Virginijus Sinkevicius, Linas Linkevicius or Saulius Skvernelis from Latvia, Luminita Odobescu from Romania, Krzysztof Szczerski from Poland, and Janez […]
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