Minister Trivan: cooperation with CSOs and media very important for reaching environmental goals
Serbia can make a big leap both in practice and political aspect in the field of environment, Minister of Environmental Protection of Serbia Goran Trivan said stressing the importance of civil society and the media in this process. He announced that the newly established Ministry of Environmental Protection will be more open to the civil […]
Republic of Srpska waiting for waste management strategy
The draft Strategy on waste management has been submitted to the Republika of Srpska Parliament for adoption and has won unanimous support among MPs, RS Spatial Planning, Civil Engineering and Ecology Srebrenka Golić said in a meeting with Swedish Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina Anders Hagelberg. The ambassador said the Republic of Srpska has taken positive steps […]
New state secretaries appointed at Croatian Ministry of Environment and Energy
The Government of Croatia has appointed Ivo Milatić and Mile Horvat as state secretaries at the Croatian Ministry of Environment and Energy. Milatić is former Assistant Minister of Economy who has served two terms as Director of Commodity Reserves Directorate. From 2012 to 2014, he was the Chairman of the Croatian Compulsory Oil Stocks Agency’s […]
Slovenian government imposes biofuels component as mandatory in fossil fuels
The Slovenian government has issued a Decree ordering fuel retailers to include biofuel components in fossil fuels as of July 1 aiming to further promote green energy consumption and sustaining development. The new obligation is for diesel fuel and 95 octane gasoline and is introduced under changes to the Decree on renewable energy sources in traffic […]
First smart parking lot in Belgrade launched, chargers for electric vehicles part of infrastructure
Sustainable energy supply and mobility features accompany the basic upgrade of the major public smart parking lot in downtown Belgrade. The results of 14 months of works in the makeover project, which added two floors or four levels with 217 spots just for local residents, were presented to the public by the Serbian capital’s mayor […]
Campaign against plastic waste on Cyprus’ beaches launched
Two initiatives for waste collection and recycling in the tourist sector have been recently announced in Cyprus, amid tourist season. Campaign to fight plastic waste in the country was launched in Paphos, coastal town in the southwest of Cyprus, while the beginning of recycling of waste generated in Paphos hotels was announced for early 2018. […]
Serbia gets separate Ministry of environmental protection after almost 10 years
Serbia’s new government will have a separate Ministry of Environmental Protection which will be headed by former Belgrade city official Goran Trivan. Prime Minister Ana Brnabić, whose cabinet was sworn in on June 29, said environmental protection would be the responsibility of a separate ministry. Environmental protection has been taken out of the Ministry of […]
Wetlands in northern Serbia on UNESCO’s biosphere reserves list
The International Coordination Council of the UNESCO Man and Biosphere program has included Bačko Podunavlje biosphere reserve, in northwestern part of Serbia, into the World List of Biosphere Reserves. The decision was taken at the session held in Paris on July 14, 2017, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Serbia announced. Bačko Podunavlje […]