Water

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.

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

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.

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.

13 July 2021 - RERI, backed by 36 organizations, calls for the proposed changes to the Water Law to be scrapped due to the exclusion of the public, claiming it legalizes corruption

03 July 2021 - Participants of the workshop said an increasing number of women from different spheres are becoming active in efforts to protect the environment and that they have the enthusiasm and energy to combine their strengths to create models for sustainable development with a particular focus on gender issues.

28 June 2021 - Croatian divers have pulled out nearly 15 tons of waste in an underwater clean-up operation on the Adriatic island of Vis.

10 June 2021 - The workshop “Gender dimensions in the sustainable management of natural resources through a Nexus approach in the Drina River Basin” is to take place on June 23. Read more and register.

08 June 2021 - Activists in Slovenia managed to get enough signatures to hold a referendum in an attempt to discard the recent amendments to the Waters Act.

28 May 2021 - Integrated management of water, energy, and land resources, while protecting ecosystems, remains a substantial challenge in the Western Balkans.

14 May 2021 - Organizers of the annual Bled Water Festival in Slovenia expanded their activities by establishing the European Water Sommelier Association or EWSA

06 May 2021 - Slovenia’s Bled Water Festival has announced a call for awards for innovative and sustainable solutions that preserve the water environment.

19 March 2021 - The United Nations is marking World Water Day 2021 with a global, public conversation about how people value water for all its uses

03 March 2021 - Ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections, citizens are demanding political support for the establishment of Europe’s first wild river national park.

08 February 2021 - CRBC agreed to design and build dozens of wastewater treatment and network systems and rehabilitate or build six regional landfills in Serbia.

04 January 2021 - Floating waste is devastating the Drina and its tributaries in Serbia, BiH and Montenegro and piling up at hydropower dams