Hydropower projects in Federation of BiH failing, KfW exits
02 February 2022 - Germany's KfW gave up on a project, ten concessions have been annulled, and a public debate on banning small hydropower plants is underway
Legal toolkit produced to help activists protect rivers from hydropower projects
26 April 2021 - 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
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.
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...
Blue Heart of Europe – hydropower is destroying environment for hardly any energy
29 January 2020 - Rivers are the source of life and also the livelihoods of surrounding communities. Following an...
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...
Petition handed to EBRD calling on IFIs to drop “destructive hydropower in the Balkans”
26 June 2018 - Representatives from the Save the Blue Heart of Europe campaign to save the continent’s last...