Water
Let the sunshine in, say civil society groups
10 July 2019 - Author: Igor Vejnović, Hydropower Coordinator, CEE Bankwatch Network Eight civil society organisations last week submitted...
Protests against hydropower planned across Balkans from July 6-16
02 July 2019 - Environmental activists and civil society organizations (CSOs) from across the Balkans are organizing protests under...
Greece launching new renewables, sustainable infrastructure investment scheme
19 June 2019 - Fresh investment in renewables, energy efficiency, and urban development projects across Greece will be supported...
EU to provide technical assistance for Kraljevo wastewater treatment plant, remediation of Grand Bačka Canal
06 June 2019 - The European Union has secured technical assistance for the preparation of technical and tendering documentation...
Countries with Europe’s best quality bathing water revealed
06 June 2019 - Just ahead of summer vacations, the European Commission has released a report on the quality...
European Commission: Albania should urgently diversify away from hydropower, properly conduct environmental assessments
03 June 2019 - Albania is moderately prepared in the area of energy, according to the European Commission’s latest...
EBRD tightens environmental, disclosure standards for all hydropower projects
22 May 2019 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has unveiled its new good governance policies...
New Rulebook on drinking water quality increases maximum allowed ammonia, boron, chloride, sodium levels
13 May 2019 - The Ministry of Health has amended the Rulebook on drinking water quality to allow higher...
Macedonian activist wins Goldman Environmental Prize
30 April 2019 - The Goldman Environmental Foundation has announced six recipients of the 2019 Goldman Environmental Prize, the...
There is no life without water, and small hydropower plants would extinguish it on Stara Planina
25 April 2019 - Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta has been fighting against the construction of run-of-river small hydropower plants (SHPPs)...
Dimitrovgrad municipality proposes ban on SHPPs on its territory
24 April 2019 - The Municipal Council of Dimitrovgrad in eastern Serbia has adopted a decision to propose the...
Only 13 out of 250 Serbian MPs support initiative to protect water under Constitution
12 April 2019 - Thirteen out of 250 members of the parliament (MPs) of the Republic of Serbia have...
Albanian Development Fund launches EU-funded project to secure water supply for 83 villages
08 April 2019 - The Albanian Development Fund (ADF) has started the implementation of the EUR 39.3 million Rural...
Initiative to protect drinking water under the Constitution launched in Serbian parliament
28 March 2019 - The Green Party has launched an initiative in the parliament of the Republic of Serbia...
World Water Day: From coffee to coal, many products have alternatives – water does not
22 March 2019 - Of 7.2 billion people in the world, 2.1 billion live without safe water at home,...
Work ahead to finalize negotiating position for chapter 27, official submission to EC planned in late 2019
18 March 2019 - The European Commission has sent comments to the second draft negotiating position for chapter 27...