The climate bus
Author: Professor Vladimir Đurđević, PhD, the Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade Increasingly frequent floods, droughts, wildfires, and weather disasters that are no longer happening only “out there” come as no surprise to climatologists. All this was forecast decades ago, in reports whose clear conclusion is that the only way to steer a different course […]
Serbia invests EUR 598 million in environmental protection since 2001, backed by EUR 402 million in EU donations
Since 2001, EUR 598 million has been invested in environmental protection in Serbia, of which EUR 402 million was donated by the European Union and the rest by the Republic of Serbia. The EU grants were used for the construction of wastewater treatment plants, the reduction of pollution from the thermal power plants (TPPs) owned […]
Public debate on Belgrade’s waste incinerator, new landfill to be held on July 23
A public debate on two environmental impact assessments (EIA) for a project to build a waste-to-energy facility and a new landfill at the Belgrade suburb of Vinča, prepared by Beo Čista Energija, will be held on July 23 on the premises of the municipal administration of Grocka. The Ministry of Environmental Protection has announced that […]
Eight EU countries donate EUR 10 million for water supply in Serbia
An agreement on eight EU member states’ EUR 10 million donation for a EUR 80 million project to improve water supply and sewers systems in 25 municipalities in Serbia has been signed in Belgrade today. The donation is being channeled through the European Investment Bank (EIB). The agreement on the EU countries’ donation for the […]
TENDERING: Eco-reconstruction of Montenegro’s TPP Pljevlja
Montenegro’s power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) has launched tendering for the environmental reconstruction of the Pljevlja thermal power plant (TPP). The deadline to file offers expires on September 9 and EPCG expects the contract with the selected bidder for TPP Pljevlja’s environmental reconstruction could be signed by the end of the year. The estimated […]
Serbia needs to hike electricity prices, but not before reforming EPS – Fiscal Council
Serbia’s state power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) must step up investments in order to boost production capacities and meet environmental protection standards, which requires first implementing the company’s long-delayed reform and reducing power distribution losses, slashing or aborting the channeling of EPS’ profits into the state budget, and only then increasing electricity prices, according to […]
Cypriot, Greek, Romanian, Serbian, Turkish airports commit to net-zero emissions by 2050
Cypriot, Greek, Romanian, Serbian and Turkish airports are among 194, operated by 40 airport operators across 24 countries, that have signed a landmark commitment to become net zero for their carbon emissions by 2050. The signatories include Hermes Airports (Larnaka and Pafos Airports), Athens International Airport, Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport, TAV Airports (Izmir-Adnan Menderes […]
Let the sunshine in, say civil society groups
Author: Igor Vejnović, Hydropower Coordinator, CEE Bankwatch Network Eight civil society organisations last week submitted proposals for a revamp of Serbia’s renewables support scheme to the Ministry of Energy and Mining. All across Europe, renewables incentive schemes have been transformed in recent years to take account of the growing costs of feed-in tariffs for end […]
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