Four cities in region are among 12 European Mobility Week finalists
Rethymno and Karditsa from Greece, Kruševac in Serbia and Turkey’s Ordu are on the list in three out of four categories. The main idea of last year’s action was safe walking and cycling. Kruševac, Rethymno and Wrocław were declared leading big municipalities in European mobility. Four urban areas in Balkan countries entered the selection of […]
TMD Group to produce components for Mitsubishi Motors electric cars
TMD Group will produce components in Bosnia and Herzegovina for electric cars manufactured by Japanese automotive giant Mitsubishi Motors. According to local media, TMD has recently started the construction of a new facility, an investment estimated at BAM 20 million (EUR 10.2 million). Test production at the company’s existing facilities in Gradačac has already begun […]
Master’s students can apply for ESED scholarship of up to USD 21,000 by March 6
In the region tracked by Balkan Green Energy News, excellent students from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, North Macedonia, Turkey and Kosovo* are eligible for the scholarship program. There is one week left for exceptional students from developing countries to apply for the 2020-2021 Education for Sustainable Energy Development (ESED) program. Global Sustainable Electricity […]
Bulgaria to continue to use coal power plants at least until 2030
Bulgaria will continue to use its coal power plants in the following decade and further on, according to the national plan with a 2050 horizon, Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said after meeting with representatives of two trade unions, local media reported. They discussed the European Green Deal. The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria […]
Candidates in clim@ green competition come from 60 countries
Grand finalists will present their entries at the GGF Sustainable Future Forum in Frankfurt on June 3. Finance in Motion is responsible for the clim@ contest on behalf of the fund. The European Commission and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development are its sponsors. More than half of applications came from the target […]
Rallies for clean air to be held on Friday in nine Balkan cities
Organizers invited people to gatherings for clean air that are scheduled for 18:00 in Skopje, Belgrade, Prishtina, Prizren, Podujevo, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Zenica and Podgorica. Activists from several countries in former Yugoslavia said demonstrations and other public actions are planned to demand measures for clean air. The gatherings are set for 18:00 on Friday, February […]
EU conditions EUR 251 million state aid to coal, power utility CE Oltenia
The European Commission has approved Romania’s plans to grant a EUR 251 million loan to second-biggest power producer Complexul Energetic Oltenia (CE Oltenia) but with strict conditions. The Romanian government has defined a plan to help Complexul Energetic Oltenia (CE Oltenia), coal-based utility trapped in a financial squeeze for years. A public loan warrants approval […]
Investment Group Balkan eyes solar park in Sokolac municipality in BiH
Investment Group Balkan has expressed its interest in building a solar power plant on 100 hectares in Sokolac municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Representatives of the company, whose founders are from Russia, China and Lithuania, accompanied by Gordan Milinić, director of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of BiH (FIPA), discussed the investment with Milovan Bjelica, […]
