Environment
European Commission launches call for investment in green transition, critical raw materials in Western Balkans
28 April 2025 - Private businesses from the EU, the EEA, and the Western Balkans are invited to express interest in investing in the region
Turkey aims to become major lithium producer with its geothermal wells
21 April 2025 - Existing geothermal wells alone can enable Turkey to become one of the world's major producers of lithium, JESDER's chief Ufuk Şentürk said
Sarajevo rolls out fully digital system to track air-polluting emissions
18 April 2025 - The capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina has developed a register of air-polluting emissions and an information system to track pollutants.
Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Đedović Handanović gets third mandate; Sara Pavkov takes over environment
16 April 2025 - Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Đedović Handanović started her third term while new Minister of Environmental Protection Sara Pavkov is the cabinet's youngest member
Serbia adopts first ever rulebook on standards for wood pellets
15 April 2025 - Serbia has adopted the rulebook on solid fuels from wood biomass, which for the first time regulates the quality of pellets and briquettes
Belgrade Energy Forum 2025 – 50 speakers at eight panels to track pace of SEE energy transition
13 April 2025 - Conference participants will hear in-depth analyses of the current situation, but also projections for the future.
Case of Struga illegal landfill in North Macedonia goes to Strasbourg court
11 April 2025 - The only hope for the Macedonian Association of Young Lawyers regarding an illegal landfill near Struga is now outside North Macedonia
EU lawmakers urge for rule of law in Jadar lithium project in Serbia
11 April 2025 - A group of MEPs demands that Serbia complies with the law as regards Rio Tinto's disputed Jadar lithium mining project
Activists in northeastern BiH to obstruct Majevica lithium mining project
09 April 2025 - Arcore and Rock Tech Lithium are planning to excavate and process lithium, boron and magnesium in Majevica in northeastern BiH
Croatia among EU’s top three emitters of methane from oil, gas industry
08 April 2025 - The first large independent analysis in Croatia of methane emissions from the oil and gas infrastructure was carried out, according to Greenpeace Croatia
Court annuls environmental permits for EPBiH’s hydro projects Janjići, Vranduk
07 April 2025 - Hydropower projects Janjići and Vranduk are being developed by state-owned power company Elektroprivreda BiH
PPC plans EUR 5.8 billion makeover of Western Macedonia coal region, including data centers
03 April 2025 - PPC presented a EUR 5.8 billion investment plan for the coal region of Western Macedonia in northern Greece