AlbaniaNorth Macedonia January 30, 2020 | Comments: 0Author: Vladimir Spasić
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has published an invitation for expressions of interest for the development of a hydropower monitoring methodology and a monitoring protocol in Albania…
Serbia January 28, 2020 | Comments: 0Author: Vladimir Spasić
The cities of Bor and Užice have decided to ban the construction of small hydropower plants (SHPPs). They joined Kraljevo, Pirot, Paraćin, and Dimitrovgrad, a group of local authorities in…
Serbia January 3, 2020 | Comments: 0Author: Igor Todorović
The Department for Property and Legal Affairs of the Municipality of Paraćin has annulled the decision to approve the building license for small hydropower plant Grza on the river of…
Region/EU November 29, 2019 | Comments: 0Author: Igor Todorović
The Balkans and Turkey are examples of how quickly free-flowing rivers and river stretches “can be degraded by being turned into impoundments,” World Wide Fund for Nature warned after publishing…
North Macedonia November 15, 2019 | Comments: 0Author: Balkan Green Energy News
North Macedonia’s State Commission for Prevention of Corruption closed a case involving deputy prime minister Kocho Angjushev as it found that he has made known his interest in the operations…
AlbaniaSerbia November 7, 2019 | Comments: 1Author: Vladimir Spasić
Though ignored by politicians, the long-standing struggle against the construction of hydropower plants (HPPs) in the region is gaining more and more support from Europe and the world. Two world-known…
Kosovo*Serbia November 1, 2019 | Comments: 0Author: Vladimir Spasić
The inauguration of the largest wind farm in the Western Balkans, the 57-turbine Čibuk 1, was number-one on our English-language Top 3 Most Read list for October. The Top 3…
Bosnia and Herzegovina October 30, 2019 | Comments: 0Author: Balkan Green Energy News
A working group comprising representatives of various institutions and both political entities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with technical support from GIZ, has produced a Draft catalog of criteria for a…
Montenegro October 18, 2019 | Comments: 0Author: Vladimir Spasić
The Government of Montenegro has decided to terminate contracts for the construction of 10 small hydropower plants (SHPPs) on six rivers in the municipalities of Bijelo Polje, Plav, Andrijevica, and…
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…
