Lignite plant – major cause of massive air pollution in Tuzla
The air pollution in the industrial town of Tuzla, has been above legally allowed limits on 12 out of 20 consecutive days, according to joint measurements performed by CEE Bankwatch Network and the Tuzla-based environmental group Center for Ecology and Energy (Centar za ekologiju i energiju). The town in the north-eastern part of Bosnia and […]
Importance of local communities in the climate-smart development
Helping local communities in fighting against the adverse effects of the climate change is the main aim of a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) project announced at a conference in Belgrade on October 26. The “Climate Smart Development at Local Level in the Republic of Serbia” conference was co-organised by the Serbian Ministry of Agriculture […]
Sweden donates EUR 2.8 million to Serbia to prepare for negotiations on Chapter 27
Serbia is to receive the support from the Kingdom of Sweden in the amount of EUR 2.8 million for the realization of the Phase 3 of the Environmental Accession Programme (ENVAP) which has been presented in Belgrade. The cooperation agreement on this program was signed between the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection and the […]
REC hosted multi-stakeholder workshop on PRTRs in Belgrade
The Serbian Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) and the Regional Environmental Center (REC) jointly organized multi-stakeholder workshop “Building an Operational Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR)” in Belgrade on October 26. The event was held in the framework of the project “Support Establishment and Advancement of Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs) in Western Balkan Countries […]
Montenegro can have 17,500 new jobs in green economy by 2020
According to UNEP/UNDP report, Montenegro could open 17,500 new jobs in the next few years by investing in green economy, primarily in the tourism and related sectors. Total of 95 percent of new green jobs can be opened as a result of energy efficiency measures in construction and transportation. Green economy concept is already integrated […]
Umag is City of Future 2016
Umag, a coastal city in Istria, Croatia, won the City of Future 2016 Award at the the Smart Cities – Cities of the Future 2016 conference held by the Poslovni dnevnik and Vecernji list. From a total of five categories, the city of Umag won the award in the “Smarter Environment” category for its ten-year […]
Vranje to get wastewater collection facility
An investment agreement worth EUR 1.2 million was signed for a new wastewater collection system by representatives the Serbian local authority’s water supply company JP Vodovod and construction firm MPP Jedinstvo a.d., based in Užice-Sevojno, as the best bidder. According to the administration of the City of Vranje, the new systems are to prevent wastewater overflow […]
First Serbo-Albanian industrial waste management company to be launched
Ezo grupa, Belgrade company specialized in ecology and environmental protection, and Aleksandar Biberaj, its partner from Albania, signed the Memorandum for Serbo-Albanian joint-venture company for industrial and hazardous waste management and oil sludge recycling in Albania, Serbian media reported. According to document signed in south-east Serbia town of Niš, Serbian company will transfer technology and […]