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 […]
Republic of Srpska waiting for waste management strategy
The draft Strategy on waste management has been submitted to the Republika of Srpska Parliament for adoption and has won unanimous support among MPs, RS Spatial Planning, Civil Engineering and Ecology Srebrenka Golić said in a meeting with Swedish Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina Anders Hagelberg. The ambassador said the Republic of Srpska has taken positive steps […]
GIZ facilitates agreement on use of ENMA Soft energy management system in Kosovo* and Albania
The GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE), in collaboration with GIZ bilateral projects Promotion of Energy Efficiency in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Kosovo Energy Efficiency Project, hosted in the period of June 21-23 a knowledge exchange study visit in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The visit included participation of representatives of […]