Region/EU
Regional project Renewable Energy Policy Consensus – REPCONS kicks off
25 June 2019 - The regional project Renewable Energy Policy Consensus REPCONS has been officially launched in a meeting...
Energy Community, GIZ ORF-EE cooperation produces guidance on consolidation of climate and energy planning
25 June 2019 - The Energy Community Secretariat has published the paper “Consolidation of climate planning processes in the...
EU NECPs: Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Cyprus, others need to step up renewables ambition
21 June 2019 - The European Commission has released an assessment of the EU member states’ first-ever draft integrated...
BiH, Kosovo*, Serbia pay EUR 444 million in coal subsidies, EUR 147 million for renewables – report
21 June 2019 - The three most coal-intensive Energy Community (EnC) Contracting Parties – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, and...
Germany’s DBU offering environmental protection, nature conservation fellowships
20 June 2019 - The German Federal Environmental Foundation (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, DBU) is offering fellowships for university graduates...
IRENA: SEE region yet to realise full potential of energy transition
17 June 2019 - Energy transition in South-East Europe is slowly but steadily gaining momentum as costs of investment...
GIZ ORF-EE helps create regional expert pool to support development of SUMPs
11 June 2019 - A SUMP Boot Camp was organized in Podgorica, Montenegro in late May to create a...
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...
World Environment Day: Air pollution causes nearly 5,000 premature deaths in 19 Western Balkan cities
05 June 2019 - Air pollution is directly responsible for up to one in five premature deaths in 19...
Ministers on region’s energy transition: Countries have right to choose their own energy mix
04 June 2019 - Energy, economy, and foreign ministers of Bulgaria, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Republika Srpska (an entity of...
Applications invited for 15th Regional Summer School to focus on energy and climate planning
03 June 2019 - The 15th Regional Summer School on Energy and Climate Planning will be held in the...
Greens land historic result in European elections in clear call for climate action
27 May 2019 - The Greens claimed their best ever result in the European Parliament (EP) elections held over...
Smart city concept: digitalization, e-mobility, renewables, smart grids
24 May 2019 - Urban sprawl requires and is driving a smart city transformation, according to the main messages...
Energy Community contracting parties must speed up reforms to meet market coupling deadlines – report
24 May 2019 - The pace of reforms in the WB6 region overall must be accelerated if market coupling...
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...
International Day for Biological Diversity: Our Biodiversity, Our Food, Our Health
22 May 2019 - Eagles and falcons face extinction in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while endangered species in the country...