Environment
Republika Srpska government adopts packaging, waste packaging management decree
20 June 2018 - The Republika Srpska government has adopted a decree on packaging and waste packaging management. The...
Albania to ban lightweight plastic bags on July 4
19 June 2018 - Albania is introducing a ban on lightweight plastic bags on July 4, in what will...
Energy Community finds distortions of state aid rules regarding Kosova e Re power plant
18 June 2018 - The Energy Community Secretariat believes that several elements of the power purchase agreement signed between...
Global Wind Day: The local impact of wind energy in the spotlight
15 June 2018 - Today is Global Wind Day, a time to take stock of the global success story...
Maribor to get automated mixed municipal waste sorting facility in late June
15 June 2018 - Waste management company Snaga’s project to sort mixed municipal waste for recycling at a facility...
Macedonia’s ELEM to shut down Oslomej coal-fired power plant
14 June 2018 - The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s state-owned electricity producer ELEM has decided to shut down its...
SEE parliamentarians visit Berlin, Germany’s administrative and smart development center
13 June 2018 - Germany is the world’s unofficial champion of energy transition, which is called Energiewende in German....
200,000 more electric vehicle charging stations planned in next 4 years
13 June 2018 - Romania intends to install 200,000 electric vehicle charging stations in the next four years, as...
Vranje inks KfW-financed deals to build wastewater treatment facility, collector
13 June 2018 - Public water supply utility Vodovod Vranje has signed two agreements worth EUR 14.2 million with...
GIZ and Partners mark World Environment Day in Sarajevo, Subotica and Belgrade
13 June 2018 - The German development organization GIZ, marked the World Environment Day on June 05 with parallel...
EU ETS implications for Serbia – price of electricity made from coal to go up
12 June 2018 - Carbon pricing – forcing electrical generators to pay for the right to emit carbon –...
Cyprus preparing plan to cut GHG emissions, plastic waste – minister
12 June 2018 - Cyprus will complete a new national plan for climate and energy within the year to...
FBiH government proposes bill to strengthen polluter pays principle
12 June 2018 - The government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) has proposed a bill seeking...
Zsuzsanna Hargitai starts as new EBRD director for Western Balkans
11 June 2018 - Zsuzsanna Hargitai has taken over as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) new...
Energy Community’s Secretariat sends draft climate change law to ministry
11 June 2018 - The Energy Community’s Secretariat has submitted to the Kosovo* ministry of environment a draft new...
Sofia launches work on Green City Action Plan – EBRD
11 June 2018 - Sofia has started working on its Green City Action Plan (GCAP) to identify environmental challenges...