Single-use packaging, plastics banned in state institutions of North Macedonia
The Government of North Macedonia has approved the initiative of the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning to ban single-use packaging and plastics. Minister Naser Nuredini said that the ban would come into force on January 1, 2020. It means that in the next public procurement of the Government of North Macedonia, plastic bottles will […]
Sofia upgrading air pollution response system, may restrict traffic
The center of Bulgaria’s capital city has good air quality for the first time since the beginning of December, according to data from Air Visual. After spiking to as much as 170 points on a daily scale, the US AQI measure finally fell slightly below 50 by noon, though the second half of the day […]
PPC may detail lignite phaseout, Greek grid stake sale in late January
The presentation of the integrated five-year business plan outlining the Public Power Corporation’s overhaul and development strategy has been postponed to January 30 as the media in Greece learned the provisions are still essentially unchanged. The path forward especially depends on the European Commission’s stance after the upcoming negotiations about the closure of the lignite […]
Biodiversity Task Force of South East Europe’s role amid changing context of nature conservation
Alongside many activities within the regional projects in the field of environment, biodiversity and climate change Germany’s development cooperation fosters the collaboration in a new format in the Western Balkan. Under the auspices of the Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) Working Group on Environment, the Biodiversity Task Force of South East Europe (BDTF SEE) was established […]
Rimac Automobili to develop Hyper E-Car Lab in Slovenia
Croatia’s Rimac Automobili and Slovenia’s Lastinski Inženjering have agreed to establish Hyper E-Car Lab, an electric vehicle testing center in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. The unit will be used by the Croatian technology and electric sports car company to test its own batteries and drivetrains. According to media reports, other companies will be able to use […]
Greece preparing to sell 39% in project to connect Crete with Attica
The call for expressions of interest for the entry of one or more strategic investors in Ariadne Interconnection is expected to be announced “in the first months of 2020,” according to the media in Greece. Independent Power Transmission Operator SA, also known as IPTO or Admie, is said to be preparing to sell up to […]
Citizens of Serbia breathe polluted air – particle pollution several times higher than allowed
Concentrations of particulate matter PM10 and PM2.5 are again reaching enormous levels in Serbian cities, up to seven times higher than the allowed 50 micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m3). With that in mind, findings of the latest WHO study on premature deaths caused by air pollution in Serbia don’t come as a surprise. The question, […]
Special Nature Reserve Zasavica – hidden biodiversity gem
In times when up to 100,000 species become extinct each year due to human activity, it’s a real miracle to rediscover plants and animals believed to have disappeared from an area. One such miracle has happened in the vicinity of the Serbian city of Sremska Mitrovica: in the Zasavica river, conservationists have discovered the waterwheel […]