Environment
World Environment Day 2025: Beat Plastic Pollution
04 June 2025 - World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5, and this year's focus is on combating plastic pollution
Photovoltaics recycling gains traction in Greece with new facilities
04 June 2025 - Two recycling facilities for solar panels are complete in Greece, while another one is expected to follow soon
Wind farm project in Cyprus rejected to protect birds, habitats
17 May 2025 - The Department of Environment of Cyprus scrapped a proposal for a wind power plant partly within or near protected areas
Citizens, activists in Bulgaria oppose wind farm project that would destroy forest
13 May 2025 - In the Avren municipality of Bulgaria, citizens and activists are preparing a protest against a planned wind farm that would result in the felling of 30 hectares of forest.
Everything is ready for Belgrade Energy Forum 2025 – welcome!
11 May 2025 - On May 14 and 15, Belgrade Energy Forum 2025 will gather four hundred participants from more then 30 countries from the region, Europe, and beyond
Belgrade Energy Forum 2025 – top delegations coming from EU, Southeast European countries
07 May 2025 - Belgrade Energy Forum 2025 features eight panel discussions and more than 50 speakers: distinguished energy experts and representatives of energy companies
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