Nearly 2,500 kilometers of pristine Balkan rivers lost since 2012
The first comparable regional assessment in over a decade documents the deterioration of Europe's last wild rivers
Balkan River Summit 2024 held in Podgorica
The Balkan River Summit held in Podgorica brought together more than a hundred river protection experts, scientists, and activists
Hydropower projects in Federation of BiH failing, KfW exits
Germany's KfW gave up on a project, ten concessions have been annulled, and a public debate on banning small hydropower plants is underway
Kosovo* Supreme Court: Kelag’s three small hydropower plants must be shut down
The facilities are owned by KelKos, a subsidiary of Austria-based Kelag-Kärntner Elektrizitäts and Kelag International.
Legal toolkit produced to help activists protect rivers from hydropower projects
Save the Blue Heart of Europe is promoting a legal toolkit to help activists and civil society organizations protect rivers from hydropower development.
Vjosa Forever film release: Future of Europe’s largest unspoilt river hangs in balance
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”
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
The hydropower plants planned on the Vjosa river’s lower and upper course won’t be built, for now. It could be said that the continuous appeals and protests from the citizens, organizations of civil society all over the world, famous actors, lead to the move. After Albanian President Ilir Meta said he prioritizes the Vjosa National […]