City of Belgrade signs contract with IFC for advisory services
International Finance Corporation (IFC) will assist the City of Belgrade in the structuring and implementation of a private–public partnership (PPP) in waste treatment and waste disposal services. Mayor Siniša Mali signed the contract with Emmanuel Nyirinkindi, manager in the PPP Transaction Advisory Services Department of the international creditor, the local government’s portal reported. The city […]
Balkan Rivers Tour leads protests against Vjosa hydro plants
International environmental activists and domestic citizens gathered in Tirana in front of the office of prime minister Edi Rama to raise their voice against hydropower projects in Albania’s free-flowing rivers, particularly the Vjosa. The protest was the final act of the Balkan Rivers Tour: over 35 days, kayakers from various countries were paddling the most […]
Plan for end-of-life vehicles to be complete by year-end
The European Commission rates well the transposition of European Union regulations to Serbia’s legislation, but implementation is at a low level, especially concerning the End-of-Life Vehicles Directive, said Aleksandar Vesić, assistant minister for agriculture and environmental protection. He added there are few licences for treatment of the category of waste, Tanjug agency reported. By the […]
Ebioss asks green light for adding fresh capital
Sofia-based engineering and waste treatment company Ebioss Energy a.d. said it will seek shareholders’ approval for a capital increase of up to BGN 70 million (EUR 35.76 million), SeeNews reported. The annual meeting, scheduled for June 16, should authorise the board to issue capital by December 12, 2017, the company said in a bourse filing late on Monday. The […]
Turkey to return incentives for power plants on coal
The government of Turkey is set to reintroduce incentives and environmental exemptions for coal-fired power plants, Hürriyet Daily News reported. The measures were cancelled by the Constitutional Court over ecological concerns. The draft law will pave the way for all privatized coal-fired power plants to be exempted from environmental regulations until 2020, the portal reported. These power plants […]
Analysis underway for funding wastewater management
A workshop was held in Skopje about the process of reaching a model to finance a station for the treatment of wastewater, Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning said. Among the presented documents were the report on the analysis of public–private partnership (PPP) and recommended options, replies to the comments on the technical report and […]
Court blocks hydropower project Boškov most
A complaint filed by Macedonian environmental organisation Front 21/42 was sustained by the Administrative Court Skopje and declared the licence for the construction of a large hydropower project in Mavrovo National Park devoid of any legal basis. “With this, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is more than overdue to definitively withdraw its […]
Miteco opens recycling centre in Belgrade
Company Miteco Kneževac inaugurated its recycling centre in Rakovica, a district of Serbia’s capital city. The facility consists of a transfer station for industrial and toxic waste, a recycling line and mobile equipment for removing PCB from environment. On the same day the company, leading operator in Serbia and the region in the field of […]
