Environment
Minister to seek changes to nature protection law over small hydropower plants
13 July 2018 - Serbian Minister of Environmental Protection Goran Trivan has announced an initiative to change the country’s...
Serbia sees waste from commercial activities rise 3.3% in 2017
13 July 2018 - Waste generated from commercial activities in Serbia in 2017 increased 3.3% compared to the previous...
Returns on green investments are down, but so are costs
11 July 2018 - On the sidelines of the Green for Growth Fund’s (GGF) recently held Sustainable Future Forum...
China’s Belt and Road in Balkan coal dead end & why the EU should care
11 July 2018 - Author: Igor Kalaba, Energy Policy Coordinator for South East Europe, CAN Europe Governments in the...
HSE shuts down another obsolete unit of coal-fired Šoštanj power plant
11 July 2018 - Slovenian state energy company Holding Slovenske Elektrarne (HSE) has shut down another environmentally and technologically...
Green Action sues ministry for giving green light for HES Kosinj hydropower complex
10 July 2018 - Croatia’s civil society organization Green Action has filed a lawsuit with the Administrative Court in...
Postal operator Pošta Slovenije forges e-mobility partnership with energy trader GEN-I, seeks to fully electrify fleet
05 July 2018 - Slovenian state postal company Pošta Slovenije has signed an agreement on business cooperation in the...
Recyclers, reusable plastic bag producers invited to apply for 2018 subsidies amid calls to boost funding
05 July 2018 - The Ministry of Environmental Protection has invited recyclers and reusable plastic bag producers to apply...
Zubax Robotix wins PowerUp! 2018
04 July 2018 - Zubax Robotix from Estonia is the winner of this year’s edition of the international PowerUp!...
Montenegro starts phasing out inefficient incandescent light bulbs
04 July 2018 - Montenegro has launched a phase-out of traditional filament incandescent light bulbs starting with the highest...
Roundtable on green building certification: Energy passports to be checked
03 July 2018 - The drafting of new energy efficiency rulebooks is under way to introduce checks of mandatory...
Kosovo* fails to implement emission limit values for coal-fired power plants
03 July 2018 - The Energy Community Secretariat has initiated a preliminary dispute settlement procedure against Kosovo* for the...
Gender Based Review of Key National Biodiversity Related Strategies, Reports in South-East Europe
03 July 2018 - ORF Biodiversity (ORF-BD) is presenting its new publication, the Gender Based Review of the Key...
Erste Bank gets EUR 5 million loan from EBRD to on-lend for home energy efficiency
02 July 2018 - Erste Bank has become the first Serbian bank to receive financing from the European Bank...
GGF Sustainable Future Forum calls for sustainable, innovative solutions, announces clim@ winners
29 June 2018 - The Green for Growth Fund (GGF) held its first Sustainable Future Forum in Frankfurt, Germany...
Promises for coal jobs in southeastern Europe greatly exaggerated – study
29 June 2018 - Proponents of coal have overall claimed that 10,030 jobs would be maintained and 17,600 new...