Environment
Green for Growth Fund helps kids from Serbia compete in Canada
31 July 2019 - After Balkan Green Energy News appealed in early April for financial assistance to help kids...
EU refers Bulgaria to court for high values of SO2 caused by coal-fired power plants
31 July 2019 - The European Commission has decided to refer Bulgaria and Spain to the Court of Justice...
Public consultation on Belgrade waste incinerator, landfill confirms public mistrust over dearth of information
24 July 2019 - A public consultation on two environmental impact studies conducted for the Belgrade waste management project...
Pig farm’s wastewater treatment plant protecting Zasavica special nature reserve
23 July 2019 - An algae-based biological wastewater treatment plant has been commissioned at the Milovan Ivanković pig farm...
Run-of-river hydropower: Two years on, the struggle continues
18 July 2019 - More than two years on, the public and citizens across the Balkans fighting for the...
The climate bus
16 July 2019 - Author: Professor Vladimir Đurđević, PhD, the Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade Increasingly frequent floods,...
Serbia invests EUR 598 million in environmental protection since 2001, backed by EUR 402 million in EU donations
15 July 2019 - Since 2001, EUR 598 million has been invested in environmental protection in Serbia, of which...
TENDERING: Eco-reconstruction of Montenegro’s TPP Pljevlja
11 July 2019 - Montenegro’s power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) has launched tendering for the environmental reconstruction of...
Serbia needs to hike electricity prices, but not before reforming EPS – Fiscal Council
10 July 2019 - Serbia’s state power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) must step up investments in order to boost...
Cypriot, Greek, Romanian, Serbian, Turkish airports commit to net-zero emissions by 2050
10 July 2019 - Cypriot, Greek, Romanian, Serbian and Turkish airports are among 194, operated by 40 airport operators...
Let the sunshine in, say civil society groups
10 July 2019 - Author: Igor Vejnović, Hydropower Coordinator, CEE Bankwatch Network Eight civil society organisations last week submitted...
Call issued for climate change projects to be funded by Green Climate Fund
09 July 2019 - Serbia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, in cooperation with the United Nations Environment...
Turkish circular economy-based solid waste PPP secures EUR 9 million loan
05 July 2019 - A joint venture between France’s Suez Groupe and Turkish waste management firm Altas has secured...
Applications invited from instructors for Circular Economy Academy for SMEs
04 July 2019 - The Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) in cooperation with CirEkon, and with the support of...
Off-roading in protected areas devastating nature in BiH
02 July 2019 - The Center for Environment and the Society for Research and Protection of Biodiversity have appealed...
GGF Impact Report: 2.75 TWh of energy saved annually, CO2 emissions cut by 692,183 metric tons
01 July 2019 - By the end of 2018, the Green for Growth Fund (GGF) had financed nearly EUR...