Belgrade sees EUR 6.5 billion in investments lowering pollution
Deputy mayor Goran Vesić has laid out a five-year plan to combat pollution in Serbia’s capital. Together with investments by the country’s government and other partners, spending in Belgrade comes in at EUR 6.5 billion. The sum for combating pollution includes EUR 3.86 billion projected for the first two lines of the city train, which […]
Serbian government adopts Chapter 27 negotiating position
The Government of Serbia has adopted the negotiating position for Chapter 27 – environment and climate change and sent it to the European Commission in Brussels. It is an opportunity to open another chapter in 2020 as part of the EU accession process, according to the Ministry of Environmental Protection. The negotiating position for Chapter […]
New thermal power plant feasibility studies understated TPP costs – report
Members of parliaments of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia have been deceived with “false information” when they adopted guarantees for two coal-burning blocks financed by China, according to documents seen by Unearthed. In feasibility studies for new thermal power plant projects Tuzla 7 and Kostolac B3, respectively, expenses for greenhouse gas emissions are strongly belittled […]
China’s CMEC to make main Belgrade wastewater treatment unit, sewage
Serbia’s capital city signed a cooperation agreement with China Machinery Engineering Corp. for the intended financing of research and design of a system for the collection and treatment of wastewater. A separate deal is authorizing CMEC to start the preparatory activity for the project, estimated at up to EUR 771 million in total. The first […]
Serbia gets the Cadastre of Mining Waste with EU help
Serbia got its Cadastre of Mining Waste in an eponymous project implemented by the Ministry of Mining and Energy with the European Union’s financial support. The project worth EUR 2.1 million, which lasted from February 2017 to January 2020, has contributed to the further development and improvement of the system for responsible and sustainable mining […]
Government of Serbia to form workgroup to address air pollution
Following ombudsman Zoran Pašalić’s decision to start the review of the work of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Serbia and six municipal authorities due to air pollution, the Government of Serbia held an emergency meeting. It pointed to individual heating furnaces, effectively citizens, as the main factor in the issue, and announced it would […]
Serbia denies EnC’s claim big plants don’t follow emission reduction plan
The Ministry of Mining and Energy in Belgrade has said dominant power producer Elektroprivreda Srbije and other energy companies are complying with the measures envisaged in the national emission reduction plan – NERP. The document was approved by the Energy Community in 2016, but Serbia never formally adopted it. The statement is an answer to […]
Ombudsman initiates control of Ministry of Environmental Protection, six local authorities on air pollution
Serbian ombudsman Zoran Pašalić has initiated the process of controlling the work of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and six municipal authorities: the cities of Belgrade, Pančevo, Niš, Kragujevac and Užice, and the Municipality of Kosjerić, due to air pollution. He has asked the ministry and local municipalities to provide information within 15 days on […]