Environment
President Rumen Radev vetoes higher taxes for older cars sought over air pollution
16 November 2018 - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has vetoed changes to the corporate income tax law introducing higher...
International Energy Agency hiring Head of the Energy Environment Division
16 November 2018 - The International Energy Agency (IEA), an autonomous body within the framework of the Organisation for...
UNDP financing Sarajevo – Smart City Initiative to help improve environmental public services
16 November 2018 - The City of Sarajevo and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)...
EP approves 2030 target of 32% for renewables, 32.5% for energy efficiency, 35% for CO2 emissions cuts for trucks
15 November 2018 - The European Parliament (EP) has approved a binding 2030 target for renewables of 32% and...
Lack of public participation reason to challenge any permit granted for small HPP – Energy Community
14 November 2018 - Public participation is an essential part of environmental assessment procedures, which must be implemented by...
Ride-hailing service CarGo adds 20 hybrid cars to fleet
14 November 2018 - Serbian ride-hailing service CarGo has expanded its fleet with 20 new Toyota hybrid cars, which...
Serbia, Croatia, BiH, Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus among countries to improve green transition scores – EBRD
13 November 2018 - Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Bulgaria, Romania, and Cyprus are among countries that improved...
Pipistrel’s electric aircraft as solution for vertical mobility and greener aviation
09 November 2018 - Aviation is responsible for more than 2% of global CO2 emissions, which ranks it in...
Croatian, Greek, Irish islands selected for EU energy transition pilot project
08 November 2018 - Croatia’s Cres-Lošinj archipelago, including the Cres, Lošinj, Susak, and Ilovik islands, as well as the...
Single-use is Collins Dictionary’s word of the year
08 November 2018 - ‘Single-use’, a term that describes items whose unchecked proliferation are blamed for damaging the environment...
Use of biomass toward low-carbon industry – challenges and prospects
07 November 2018 - Serbia’s cement industry is ready to increase the use of biomass as fuel, which would...
Albania bans imports of cars over 10 years old, not meeting Euro 5 emission standard from 2019
05 November 2018 - The Albanian government has adopted a decision banning imports of cars older than 10 years...
Japan funds construction of Macedonia’s first EU-standard landfill
05 November 2018 - Macedonia has completed the construction of its first EU-standard sanitary landfill, in a USD 1...
Green Climate Fund supports EBRD’s Green Cities Facility with EUR 87 million
05 November 2018 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has received a EUR 87 million contribution...
Green Economy Congress: Green and sustainable development in Serbia is possible
02 November 2018 - The second international Green Economy Congress titled Shaping Synergies into a Circular Society brought together leaders...
World Bank approves USD 32 million in additional financing for BiH Energy Efficiency Project
02 November 2018 - The World Bank has approved USD 32 million in additional financing for the Bosnia and...