air pollution
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...
BiH, North Macedonia most polluted countries in Europe – report
06 March 2019 - People in the Western Balkans breathe the most polluted air in Europe, with as many...
Top 3 in February – environmental impact of renewables, polluting coal plants, air pollution
01 March 2019 - In February, our readers in English decided our most interesting read was an interview with...
Romania’s 1st independent air quality monitoring network registers excessive PM pollution
25 February 2019 - Romania’s first independent air quality monitoring network, deployed by Philips Romania on October 1, 2018,...
EU project expected to mobilize EUR 1.4 billion to tackle polluting household heating in Bulgaria
20 February 2019 - The European Commission has approved a EUR 16.7 million project to improve air quality in...
Western Balkan coal power plants are health, economic liability for entire Europe – environmental organizations
19 February 2019 - Sixteen outdated coal power plants in the Western Balkans are a public health and economic...
Air quality in Serbia unsatisfactory, implementation of measures goes hand in hand with economic recovery
13 February 2019 - Author: Filip Radović, Director, the Serbian Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) In winter months, we are...