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 […]
Energy Community opens case as Serbia still has no emission reduction plan
The Energy Community Secretariat has opened a dispute settlement procedure against Serbia because nine large combustion plants do not comply with the European Union’s Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD) regarding emission limit values for SO2, NOx, and dust. The secretariat has sent an opening letter to Serbia to address the incomplete implementation of the directive, […]
Low carbon development strategy aims to boost Serbia’s competitiveness
Serbia presented its proposition for the strategy of low carbon development with an action plan as well as the draft report on the strategic assessment of the proposition’s impact on the environment. Public consultations last almost until the end of the month. The current platform reveals pursuing the most ambitious targets would cost EUR 110 […]
Serbia’s budget lowered by EUR 57 million on poor collection of industrial waste fees
Serbia’s state budget revenues came in RSD 6.7 billion or EUR 57 million lower from 2014 to 2018 due to unpaid fees on imported vehicles, products that enter specific waste streams after use, according to the report on industrial waste management produced by the State Audit Institution. The report by the agency known for its […]
