Vjosa Forever film release: Future of Europe’s largest unspoilt river hangs in balance
03 March 2021 - Ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections, citizens are demanding political support for the establishment of Europe’s first wild river national park.
Cartoonists against devastation of rivers: “Mini Hydropower Plants – Maximum Destruction”
15 January 2021 - The contest organized by SharaWatch and the Union of Cartoonist of Serbia has attracted some 350 works from 40 countries.
No hydropower plants to be built on Vjosa river
01 October 2020 - The hydropower plants planned on the Vjosa river’s lower and upper course won’t be built,...
Leonardo DiCaprio backs campaign to protect Bosnian rivers
23 September 2020 - Conservationist groups from the region and the world urged the Federation of BiH to pass...
40 artists back Blue Heart campaign to protect Balkan Rivers on occasion of World Music Day
19 June 2020 - Forty well-known artists from around the Balkan region are seeking to shake people up and...
Investors taking advantage of corona crisis to build five small HPPs in BiH
23 April 2020 - Despite the lockdowns in the region caused by the coronavirus, the construction of five small...
Damage from small hydropower is much larger than gains, study finds
29 November 2019 - The Balkans and Turkey are examples of how quickly free-flowing rivers and river stretches “can...
Run-of-river hydropower: Two years on, the struggle continues
18 July 2019 - More than two years on, the public and citizens across the Balkans fighting for the...
Protests against hydropower planned across Balkans from July 6-16
02 July 2019 - Environmental activists and civil society organizations (CSOs) from across the Balkans are organizing protests under...
NGOs call for designation of no-go zones for construction of hydropower plants
27 March 2019 - Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government representatives, experts, hydropower developers, and the local community gathered at an...
Energy Community receives complaint against Albania over Kalivac, Pocem hydropower plants
27 February 2019 - EcoAlbania, Riverwatch and EuroNatur have sent a complaint to the Energy Community (EnC) against the...
Small is not (always) beautiful: small hydro development in the Western Balkans
22 February 2017 - By Igor Vejnović, Hydropower Policy Officer, CEE Bankwatch Network It has long been recognized that...