Belgrade’s Obilićev Venac garage wins European Parking Association’s award
The Obilićev Venac garage has won the European Parking Award in the category of Renovated Parking Structures for 2019, Parking Servis, the public company managing the parking system in Belgrade, Serbia, said in a press release following the European Parking Association’s (EPA) award ceremony in Malaga, Spain. Parking Servis took part in the competition with […]
Belgrade joins global climate strike with second Fridays for Future protest
The Fridays for Future global climate strike is taking place around the world today, inspired by 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, who protested outside the parliament in 2018, demanding climate action in line with the Paris Agreement and who later resumed her “school strike for climate” on Fridays. Millions of people are estimated to […]
Children starting school in Belgrade to plant their own tree
A unique tree-planting action is taking place in Belgrade, Serbia, with children being the main protagonists. All first-graders will plant their own tree and monitor its growth until they complete elementary school. The Class Tree is the possible translation of the name of the City of Belgrade’s project to involve all elementary schools and all […]
Serbia’s largest wind farm unveiled – 104.5 MW Kovačica officially starts operations
The largest wind farm in Serbia to date has officially started its operations today near Kovačica, a small town in the north of the country. The 104.5 MW wind farm is the sixth fully operation built in Serbia and now the country has 171.6 MW of wind farms, while about 370 MW more are under […]
World Cleanup Day – Come to largest Trash Challenge Serbia action on Saturday at Košutnjak
A cleanup action at Pionirski Grad in Belgrade’s Košutnjak forest, the central event of World Cleanup Day, will be organized on September 21, Ekostar Pak, one of the organizers, said in a press release. Ekostar Pak invites all environmentalists and philanthropists, and all people of good will, to join the cleanup action and to bring […]
SrbGBC organizing World Green Building Week in Serbia
Buildings and construction are responsible for 39% of global energy-related carbon emissions. World Green Building Week, taking place from September 23 to 29, this year aims to raise awareness of the carbon emissions from all stages of a building’s lifecycle. The Serbia Green Building Council (SrbGBC) is organizing the campaign for the ninth year running […]
Grundfos unveils BioBooster wastewater treatment facility in Serbia
Denmark-based pump manufacturer Grundfos has unveiled the BioBooster wastewater treatment facility under a EUR 2 million investment at its plant in Inđija, Serbia, the first location outside Scandinavia to boast the state-of-the-art facility, the company said. The facility in Indjija is working towards a closed-loop scenario, where the Grundfos BioBooster system is a key part […]
Alliance of local communities declares “state of emergency” on Mt. Stara Planina over SHPPs
The Mt. Stara Planina alliance of local communities has declared a “state of emergency” on that mountain due to violations of the laws and the Constitution of Serbia related to the construction of small hydropower plants (SHPPs). The public is already aware of the situation in the village of Rakita, where the state has not […]