Only 13 out of 250 Serbian MPs support initiative to protect water under Constitution
Thirteen out of 250 members of the parliament (MPs) of the Republic of Serbia have signed the Green Party’s initiative to protect drinking water as one of the most important resources under the Constitution. The Green Party has announced that it will soon start a campaign to collect 150,000 signatures in order to bring the […]
Serbia’s first Fridays for Future climate protest held in Belgrade
Serbia’s first Fridays for Future climate change protest was held in Belgrade on April 5. The global Fridays for Future protests were inspired by the now 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, who in 2018 held what she called a school strike for climate for three weeks outside the Swedish parliament, demanding CO2 emission cuts in accordance with […]
Vojvodina adopts Declaration on Environmental Protection, recommends ban on plastic bags
The Government of the province of Vojvodina has adopted the Declaration on Environmental Protection, which envisages the end of coal and heating oil used for heating in public buildings, a wider introduction of environmentally friendly vehicles for public transport, and the prohibition of plastic bags by the end of 2020. In order to enter into […]
EEX to introduce Bulgarian, Slovenian, Serbia power futures on June 3
On June 3, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) will expand its product range on the derivatives market with new power futures for the Bulgaria, Slovenia and Serbia market areas, EEX said on its website. Clearing and settlement of the new products will be carried out by European Commodity Clearing (ECC). The listing of the new […]
Schoolchildren need your help to travel to Vancouver for award ceremony, debates
Nine elementary and high school students from Belgrade, mainly the Drinka Pavlović elementary school, and their mentor, professor Marina Drndarski, have achieved remarkable success in a global essay competition on achieving UN Sustainable Development Goal #15 – Life on Land. They now need financial assistance to travel to Vancouver for the award ceremony and debates […]
Serbia’s first Fridays for Future climate protest scheduled for April 5
Serbia will this week join the Fridays for Future global climate protests, inspired by now 16-year-old Greta Thunberg from Sweden. The protest will begin at 4 pm this Friday, April 5, at Belgrade’s Pionirski Park, the organizers have announced. The Fridays for Future protest is planned to be attended by elementary and secondary schoolchildren from […]
Boris Granovsky named CEO of project company to develop Plandište wind farm
Boris Granovsky (42) has been appointed as CEO of a project company to develop the 102 MW Plandište wind farm in the Serbian municipality of Plandiste, according to a press release from Serbia-based oil company NIS, majority owned by Russia’s Gazprom. NIS is developing the wind farm together with MET Renewables. The goal is to […]
Expert views (part four): What would the ideal allocation from the Green Fund look like?
In the fourth and last in a series of interviews on waste management with representatives of state institutions, the business community, academia, and civil society in Serbia, we asked what the ideal allocation under the Green Fund, which has yet to be formed, would look like. The answers were provided by all six respondents featured […]
