air pollution
KEK to get EUR 76 million grant to cut pollution from Kosovo B power plant
04 November 2019 - Kosovo* will receive a EUR 76 million grant from the EU’s Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance...
PM10 concentration in Serbia 10 times above limit, as region fills most polluted cities lists
25 October 2019 - Over the past few days, Serbian citizens in Belgrade, Niš, Valjevo, as well as other...
Fresh protest held in Serbia’s Bor over excessive air pollution
15 October 2019 - A third protest this year has been held in Bor in eastern Serbia over excessive...
North Macedonia’s ESM to subsidize purchase of inverter air conditioners with EUR 10 million
11 October 2019 - North Macedonia’s state-owned power company Elektrani na Severna Makedonija (ESM) has set aside EUR 10...
Siemens signs deal to introduce adaptive traffic control system in Belgrade
30 September 2019 - German technology company Siemens and the City of Belgrade have signed an agreement on the...
Ban on imports of used cars with Euro 4 engines slashes polluting vehicles’ sale in BiH
17 September 2019 - Bosnia and Herzegovina’s decision to ban imports of used cars fitted with a Euro 4...
Plovdiv, Vidin municipalities sign projects to reduce air pollution from heating
22 August 2019 - Contracts have been signed on projects for Bulgaria’s municipalities of Plovdiv and Vidin to improve...
Government issues two public calls for funding to help reduce air pollution
19 August 2019 - The government of North Macedonia has issued two public calls for funding under its program...
North Macedonia to introduce eco stickers for cars, launch vehicle replacement scheme
14 August 2019 - The parliament of North Macedonia has passed changes to the law on motor vehicles, introducing...
EU refers Bulgaria to court for high values of SO2 caused by coal-fired power plants
31 July 2019 - The European Commission has decided to refer Bulgaria and Spain to the Court of Justice...
Independent report: Air pollution caused 136 premature deaths in Tuzla in 2018
25 June 2019 - Air pollution in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, was twice the legal limit on two thirds...
21 Romanian cities to purchase 596 electric buses
21 June 2019 - Romania’s Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration (MDRAP) has launched tendering for the procurement...
World Environment Day: Air pollution causes nearly 5,000 premature deaths in 19 Western Balkan cities
05 June 2019 - Air pollution is directly responsible for up to one in five premature deaths in 19...
EU Overshoot Day: 7% of world’s population uses nearly 20% of Earth’s biocapacity
16 May 2019 - If everybody in the world lived like EU residents, the world would have exhausted the...
Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Slovenia fail to submit air pollution reduction plans to EC
08 May 2019 - Half of the European Union’s 28 member states, including Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Romania, and Slovenia,...
Toyota Corolla 1.8 Hybrid named ECO Car 2019 in Serbia
27 March 2019 - Toyota Corolla 1.8 Hybrid scooped the ECO Car 2019 (EKO Auto 2019) award at the...