Environment
Coal power plants in EU shuttering amid jump in expenses from end-June
25 June 2020 - Exemptions in air pollution limits in the EU are about to be abolished, so owners...
Federation of BiH bans construction of small hydropower plants
24 June 2020 - The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has three months to produce bills...
Circular economy is becoming basic principle for entire world
23 June 2020 - Serbia is the first country in the Western Balkans to produce the Roadmap for Circular...
SO2 emissions in Western Balkans coal plants six times above limit in 2019
23 June 2020 - There was no improvement last year on air pollution from lignite-fired industrial facilities reported to...
Environmental, energy projects worth EUR 960 million to restart Slovenia’s economy
22 June 2020 - The Government of Slovenia has adopted a list of 187 investments to restart the Slovenian...
40 artists back Blue Heart campaign to protect Balkan Rivers on occasion of World Music Day
19 June 2020 - Forty well-known artists from around the Balkan region are seeking to shake people up and...
Rethinking financial sustainability for biodiversity
19 June 2020 - Biodiversity can be in the center of sustainable development, yet it requires systematic solutions and...
Environmentalist groups unite to protest small hydropower, pollution in Serbia
15 June 2020 - More than forty environmentalist organizations participated at the demonstration in front of the building of...
Climate targets warrant closure of all gas, coal power plants soon, study shows
11 June 2020 - If solutions to turn emissions negative aren’t scaled up substantially in the mid-term to cap...
Works on Chinese Linglong’s tire plant complex in Serbia launched last year, but EIA is yet to be published
11 June 2020 - Chinese tire manufacturer Linglong started building the complex of the future tire factory in Zrenjanin...
Greece presents mobile recycling kiosk powered by solar panels
10 June 2020 - Envipco and Texan, which started the production of public devices for returning plastic, glass and...
EPCG signs agreement on TPP Pljevlja environmental overhaul
10 June 2020 - Montenegrin state power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) has signed an agreement worth over EUR...
PPC begins voluntary layoffs at coal mines with program for 890 workers
09 June 2020 - The state-owned company PPC managing lignite open pits and thermal power plants in Greece launched...
Environmental fund to resume grant programs put on hold by COVID-19
08 June 2020 - Croatia’s Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund is resuming grant programs for individuals and businesses...
Serbia issues draft spatial plan for coal-fired thermal power plant Kolubara B
08 June 2020 - A public consultation was launched on the draft spatial plan for the special purpose area...
World Oceans Day 2020: Exploring innovation to protect oceans
08 June 2020 - The United Nations (UN) is celebrating this year’s World Oceans Day focusing on innovative solutions...