EUR 19 million for environmental projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Germany will provide EUR 19 million for environmental projects in the field of energy and water treatment in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The agreement which enables this support was signed on August 3 in Sarajevo. The agreement between the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Government of Germany was signed by the Minister […]
Bosnia and Herzegovina submits its third national report on climate change
Bosnia and Herzegovina has experienced several significant extreme climate episodes in the last five years and the temperature increase, while the energy sector is the most significant source of CO2 emissions, the country’s reports on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions show. Bosnia and Herzegovina has recently finished the adoption procedure of the Third National […]
Radioactive waste storage creates problems in Croatia-BiH relations
The European Commission has warned Croatia that it has two months to fully implement the directive on radioactive waste management or it will be taken to the Court of Justice. The Croatian authorities decided earlier that the only possible site for a storage facility for radioactive waste is on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina […]
Chinese CWE presents offer for construction of HPP Dabar to Republic of Srpska Government
China International Water & Electric Corporation (CWE) has presented an offer for the construction of the hydro power Dabar (HPP Dabar) in the Republic of Srpska (RS), which contains financial proposal for covering 85 percent of costs. The representatives of the Republic of Srpska and CWE signed in December 2015 the Memorandum of understanding for the […]
Participants of 13th Regional Summer School on Sustainable Development and Low Emission Planning selected
Participants of the Regional Summer School on Sustainable Development and Low Emission Planning, which will be held in Fojnica from 20 to 26 August, 2017 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, have officially been selected. Full fellowships will be awarded to the selected applicants. Students and young professionals from nine countries of South-East Europe (Bosnia and Herzegovina […]
EU funds for Bosnian energy sector still pending in absence of energy strategy
Though announced for the end of June, energy strategy of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the period until 2035 has not yet been adopted. This means that the country is to remain in the same status of not being eligible for EU pre-accession IPA funds for the energy sector as well as for the energy infrastructure […]
Austrian Strabag withdraws from HPP Vranduk project in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austrian Strabag AG has decided to withdraw from the project of construction of the hydropower plant Vranduk in Bosnia and Herzegovina, local and regional media reported. Member of the consortium which won the international tender for the construction of the HPP Vranduk, Croatian Končar – KET confirmed that Strabag has requested to increase the agreed price […]
Memorandum of cooperation on construction of HPP Buk Bijela signed
The Government of the Republic of Srpska (RS) and the China National Aero-Technology International Engineering Corporation (AVIC-ENG) have signed the Memorandum of cooperation on the construction of hydropower plant (HPP) Buk Bijela on the river Drina, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Memorandum of cooperation was signed on July 6, by the Bosnian Serb entity’s Minister of […]