Green infrastructure may increase Serbia’s GDP by 1%
Serbia could increase its GDP by 1% with more investments into green infrastructure, according to Siniša Mitrović, Adviser to the President in the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PKS). Speaking today at a conference in Belgrade organized by Danas Conference Center, he stated the PKS has initiated the creation of a strategy for circular […]
Waste is a major international emergency
A strong government, working in the community interest, will have companies and the people paying their fair share to keep their environment clean, says David Newman, the outgoing president of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA). „If the government cannot resist the pressure of big companies, then they don’t pay. Someone else does,“ he told […]
Issuing body in Federation of BiH seeks projects with NGOs
Operator za OIEiEK, authority for renewable energy sources and efficient cogeneration, said last week it aims to participate in projects with non-governmental organisations and foreign partners such as the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in raising public awareness about the […]
Fund to start paying debts for agreed projects
The Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (FZOEU) said on August 31 that it would start paying citizens and companies overdue compensations according to the order of received invoices. It got a green light from the Croatian government for overdrafts of up to HRK 100 million (EUR 13.4 million) for liquidity. “The former fund management irresponsibly and unsustainably contracted energy renewal projects for residential buildings, burdening the fund’s budget […]
Ademe closing applications for awards
The first edition of the Mediterranean Climate Change Adaptation Awards will close on September 16. The awards ceremony in the project of the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (Ademe) will occur during the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP22) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Morocco in November. The Mediterranean region is […]
Serbia fails to comply with provisions on heavy fuel oil
Serbia failed to comply with the provisions of the Directive 1999/32/EC on the maximum sulphur content of heavy fuel oil, the Energy Community Secretariat said in a statement after assessment with the requirements for the participation of the Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia (AERS) in working groups of the Agency for the Cooperation […]
EBRD boss supports Serbia’s EU path
Serbia has been on a right road to the European Union, but further reforms in economy are needed to secure the country’s leadership in business environment, president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Suma Chakrabarti said in Belgrade on Thursday. He added the EBRD managed to increase investment to around EUR 500 million […]
Wastewater facility construction underway near Kučičino
Near the village of Kučičino in the Municipality of Češinovo Obleševo in the eastern part of Macedonia, ground works started for facilities for wastewater treatment. Very close to the settlement, heavy machinery was leveling the ground and preparing the terrain, news agency MIA reported. The contractor of the project is company Ecoina d.o.o. from Croatia, […]
