Environment
Energy Community launches infringement procedures against BiH, Kosovo*, North Macedonia, Serbia
17 March 2021 - Large combustion plants in four contracting parties surpassed air pollution limits, prompting an enforcement process within the Energy Community
Valjevo, Čačak already exceeded legal air pollution limits for 2021
15 March 2021 - Čačak in Serbia reached the legal limit of 35 days with excessive PM10 pollution on March 3 while Valjevo passed the mark in the first half of February
Serbia rejects Zijin’s request to separate environmental assessments in copper smelter project
15 March 2021 - The Government of Serbia ordered Zijin to produce an environmental impact study for the whole copper smelter in Bor and prevented so-called salami slicing
Let’s support young artists, environmental activists in making their movie
12 March 2021 - A creative group called Pointless Films wants to produce Sun Never Again, a short film about ore exploitation in Serbia.
European Parliament calls for introduction of cross-border CO2 tax
12 March 2021 - The European Parliament supported plans for the introduction of a CO2 tax on certain foreign products to prevent carbon leakage
Kopač: Serbia taking big steps in energy; power prices must be raised
10 March 2021 - Energy Community Secretariat Director Janez Kopač praised the reforms in Serbia but also stressed the prices of power for households must be increased
Activists announce protest to protect people, environment on April 10 in Belgrade
08 March 2021 - Defend the Rivers of Mt. Stara Planina movement has announced a protest called Ecological Pressure.
Hungary to phase out coal by 2025, five years earlier than planned
08 March 2021 - Hungary will close 884 MW coal-fired power plant Matra, its last remaining coal plant, in 2025 - five years earlier than previously planned.
Rio Tinto disregards residents’ discontent, announces mine construction in 2022
05 March 2021 - Rio Tinto plans to start building a mine in western Serbia in 2022 and complete it in 2026 despite residents' discontent.
Women in green business need financial stimulus to show their real strength
04 March 2021 - The state and financial institutions don't see the potential of the women in green business in Serbia, who mostly lean on own persistence and creativity
Vjosa Forever film release: Future of Europe’s largest unspoilt river hangs in balance
03 March 2021 - Ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections, citizens are demanding political support for the establishment of Europe’s first wild river national park.
Environmental organizations urge Croatia to stop burning coal, sue ministry over TPP Plomin 1
02 March 2021 - At a time when many EU countries are working on coal phase-out, Croatia is planning to overhaul coal-fired TPP Plomin 1.
Belgrade earmarks EUR 5.2 billion for green development by 2030
02 March 2021 - The draft Green City Action Plan and Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan of Belgrade include investments of EUR 5.2 billion until 2030
Activists preparing for protest if permit for small hydropower plant in Rakita isn’t scrapped
01 March 2021 - The ORSP movement will hold a protest if the Government of Serbia doesn't annul the license for the SHPP in Rakita village by March 7
Leading canton in number of SHPPs in BiH plans another 38
01 March 2021 - The Srednjobosanski Canton has prepared a draft of changes to the spatial plan, which envisages the construction of another 38 SHPPs.
Extreme air pollution registered in Belgrade, entire Serbia
26 February 2021 - While measures to cut emissions of pollutants are delayed, meteorological conditions are underpinning air pollution levels in Belgrade and Serbia