Water
EU allocates EUR 339 million for clean energy, environment projects in Western Balkans
28 February 2022 - The European Commission has unveiled a EUR 3.2 billion investment package to support 21 transport, digital, climate and energy projects
Montenegro declares 13 energy projects as infrastructure priorities
20 January 2022 - The government's list of priority infrastructure includes 81 projects in the environmental protection sector
Many small hydropower plants are illegal, auditors in North Macedonia find
24 December 2021 - The State Audit Office of Northern Macedonia identified serious omissions in the concessions for small hydropower plants
Kurti: Kosovo* to build two dams to boost water reserves
21 December 2021 - Prime Minister Albin Kurti said two dams would be built for water supply and noted that water resources can't be used without concession
EUR 80 million loan for Tirana to secure stable water supply
09 December 2021 - It is the largest loan in the history of Tirana’s water supply and the construction works are expected to begin within 2-3 years
Bulgarian water and sewerage utilities face bankruptcy due to high electricity prices
08 December 2021 - The government and regulatory authorities are trying to find the solution, but for now they have different views on the issue
No buyers in the tender for the water factory in Zrenjanin
04 December 2021 - The people of Zrenjanin in Serbia have been waiting for over 17 years to achieve their constitutional right to clean drinking water
Sofia wastewater plant expands biogas production unit
07 November 2021 - The new digester at Sofiyska voda's wastewater treatment plant, worth EUR 3.1 million, increased its biogas production capacity by 25%
Jaroslav Černi Water Institute must get strategic interest status, not be sold
02 November 2021 - Environmentalists are campaigning against the sale of the Jaroslav Černi Water Institute due to risks for the availability of drinking water
Wastewater treatment plant in Kruševac makes energy out of sludge
01 November 2021 - A newly built wastewater treatment facility in the Serbian city of Kruševac is making biogas out of sludge dried in the Sun
Serbia to sell Jaroslav Černi Water Institute
07 October 2021 - The Ministry of Economy has invited bids for the sale of the Jaroslav Černi Water Institute, the leading scientific research organization in the sector of water.
Role of women in sustainable management of natural resources in Drin river basin – register for workshop
01 October 2021 - GWP-Med will hold an online workshop on the gender equality factor in the Drin river basin through the prism of the water-energy-food-ecosystems nexus
Thousand cows, horses almost perish on Mt. Suva Planina as sole water spring dries up
21 September 2021 - Some 800 cows and 200 horses almost died of thirst earlier this month on Mt. Suva Planina after their sole source of drinking water dried up.
Zrenjanin in Serbia determined to radicalize protests after 17 years of thirst
20 August 2021 - Zrenjanin is thirsty and its inhabitants are holding regular protest drives and demanding that all people in the city's territory get potable water from the waterworks
RERI to start collecting signatures for referendum on waters
15 July 2021 - The Serbian parliament has approved controversial changes to the Water Law, introducing no-bid agreements for the lease of public waterside land despite opposition from non-governmental organizations.
Slovenians win battle for drinking water in referendum
13 July 2021 - In the referendum on drinking water, 86.6 percent of citizens voted against the changes of the water act adopted by the parliament.