Montenegro October 18, 2019 | Comments: 0Author: Vladimir Spasić
The Government of Montenegro has decided to terminate contracts for the construction of small hydropower plants (SHPPs) on six rivers in the municipalities of Bijelo Polje, Plav, Andrijevica, and Šavnik….
Serbia October 8, 2019 | Comments: 0Author: Vladimir Spasić
Residents of the village of Topli Do on Mt. Stara Planina in Serbia clashed yesterday morning with security and workers accompanying investor Dragan Josić in an attempt to start the…
Region/EU September 25, 2019 | Comments: 0Author: Svetlana Jovanović
The European Commission and the Energy Community need to play a role in ending state financial support for destructive hydropower plants in the Western Balkans by ensuring that the EU’s…
Serbia September 9, 2019 | Comments: 0Author: Vladimir Spasić
The Mt. Stara Planina alliance of local communities has declared a “state of emergency” on that mountain due to violations of the laws and the Constitution of Serbia related to…
Montenegro August 28, 2019 | Comments: 0Author: Vladimir Berbatović
Producers of electricity from renewable energy sources in Montenegro received a total of EUR 8.08 million in state incentives in the first seven months of 2019, an increase of 3%…
Serbia August 13, 2019 | Comments: 0Author: Svetlana Jovanović
Police have arrested six employees at Serbia’s state power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) in Kraljevo on suspicion of office abuse related to the construction of a power facility for the…
Bosnia and Herzegovina August 1, 2019 | Comments: 0Author: Balkan Green Energy News
The Brave Women of Kruščica have won the EuroNatur Award for 2019 for their 500-day action that prevented the construction of two small hydropower plants (HPPs) in the village in…
Albania July 25, 2019 | Comments: 0Author: Vladimir Spasić
Albania’s National Territory Council (NTC) has approved 5 new construction permits for 8 small and medium hydropower plants (HPPs), local media reported. One of the permits refers to HPP Shutri…
Region/EU July 18, 2019 | Comments: 0Author: Svetlana Jovanović
More than two years on, the public and citizens across the Balkans fighting for the right to water and against run-of-river small hydropower plants are not giving up on their…
Serbia July 10, 2019 | Comments: 0Author: Balkan Green Energy News
Author: Igor Vejnović, Hydropower Coordinator, CEE Bankwatch Network Eight civil society organisations last week submitted proposals for a revamp of Serbia’s renewables support scheme to the Ministry of Energy and…
Bosnia and Herzegovina July 4, 2019 | Comments: 0Author: Vladimir Spasić
Republika Srpska plans to introduce auctions for the construction of hydropower and solar power plants, as well as to continue using its power generation resources, including small and large hydropower…
North Macedonia July 3, 2019 | Comments: 0Author: Balkan Green Energy News
Environmental groups Eko-Svest and CEE Bankwatch Network have filed a complaint to the Energy Community (EnC) Secretariat over North Macedonia’s redesigned renewable energy incentives scheme which they say is unfairly…
