30 July 2024 - Greece's Public Power Corporation (PPC) has introduced a new schedule for the phaseout of its lignite-fired power plants

29 May 2024 - Renewables surpassed fossil fuels in Greece's power production for the first time, reducing emissions to the lowest level so far

05 February 2024 - Closing lignite power plants in the coal regions of Western Macedonia and Megalopolis in Greece implies a big change in their economic model

29 June 2023 - Villagers say they are certain that around 90,000 tons of coal from Bistrica would not help overcome the energy crisis

15 June 2023 - The document is available on the website of the Ministry of Mining and Energy and public consultation is open from June 13 to July 28

08 June 2023 - Electricity supplier HERON and Meton Energy have signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) for three solar power projects in Greece

20 January 2023 - The eviction of the village residents and the coal mine expansion are a result of the German government's compromise with RWE

16 January 2023 - More than 100 hectares of forests in Romania's Gorj region could be cut down to expand a lignite mine.

10 January 2023 - Environmentalists have been opposing RWE and the local authority's plan for months to demolish the village of Lützerath to boost coal output

16 December 2022 - PPC’s lignite plants are to continue operation beyond 2023, in a reversal of the government’s decarbonization policy

25 October 2022 - A wind farm in Germany is being taken down to expand the Garzweiler lignite mine and maintain the security of electricity supply.

22 August 2022 - Republic of Srpska plans a new unit at thermal power plant Gacko, as firm in Serbia eyes an underwater coal mining project