Prishtina mayor announces measures to cut air pollution by 95%
Prishtina's Mayor Përparim Rama said air pollution would be cut by 95% with subsidies for heating devices, transportation infrastructure upgrades and electric vehicles
Bulgarian municipalities win EEA funds for geothermal heating, cooling
Six local authorities in Bulgaria are getting EEA grants of almost EUR 1.7 million for the use of geothermal energy in heating and cooling
Activists in Romania protest against high energy bills, demand more renewables
More than 46.000 people in Romania signed a petition with a demand to cut energy bills through green investments
North Macedonia delays coal exit deadline to 2030
Minister of Environment and Physical Planning Naser Nuredini said North Macedonia would close its two coal plants by 2030
Rizvanolli: Energy crisis in Kosovo* worsens amid coal plant outage
Prishtina was left without district heating as a coal plant broke down and Kosovo* is forced to import large quantities of electricity
Bitola in North Macedonia to get district heating from coal power plant
The construction of a district heating pipeline from REK Bitola has begun, almost forty years after the thermal power plant was built
RES Foundation conference: More subsidies for poor households needed to get to net zero heating
Vulnerable households in the Western Balkans often can't afford renovation or to replace old heating stoves and boilers even with a 50% subsidy
Germany’s new ruling coalition aims to phase out coal in nine years
The cabinet led by Olaf Scholz will phase out coal "ideally" by 2030, compared to the current 2038 deadline, the coalition deal reveals
