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Jaroslav Černi Water Institute must get strategic interest status, not be sold
02 November 2021 - Environmentalists are campaigning against the sale of the Jaroslav Černi Water Institute due to risks for the availability of drinking water
Role of women in sustainable management of natural resources in Drin river basin – register for workshop
01 October 2021 - GWP-Med will hold an online workshop on the gender equality factor in the Drin river basin through the prism of the water-energy-food-ecosystems nexus
Thousand cows, horses almost perish on Mt. Suva Planina as sole water spring dries up
21 September 2021 - Some 800 cows and 200 horses almost died of thirst earlier this month on Mt. Suva Planina after their sole source of drinking water dried up.
Zrenjanin in Serbia determined to radicalize protests after 17 years of thirst
20 August 2021 - Zrenjanin is thirsty and its inhabitants are holding regular protest drives and demanding that all people in the city's territory get potable water from the waterworks
Government pulls controversial changes to Water Law
26 July 2021 - The Government has withdrawn controversial changes to the Water Law that would have introduced no-bid agreements for the lease of public waterside land.
RERI to start collecting signatures for referendum on waters
15 July 2021 - The Serbian parliament has approved controversial changes to the Water Law, introducing no-bid agreements for the lease of public waterside land despite opposition from non-governmental organizations.
Serbia’s Water Law amendments in urgent procedure; NGOs demand withdrawal
13 July 2021 - RERI, backed by 36 organizations, calls for the proposed changes to the Water Law to be scrapped due to the exclusion of the public, claiming it legalizes corruption
Bled Water Festival establishes first European Water Sommelier Association
14 May 2021 - Organizers of the annual Bled Water Festival in Slovenia expanded their activities by establishing the European Water Sommelier Association or EWSA
Bled Water Festival announces call for Responsible Towards Water Awards
06 May 2021 - Slovenia’s Bled Water Festival has announced a call for awards for innovative and sustainable solutions that preserve the water environment.
World Water Day 2021: How do you value water?
19 March 2021 - The United Nations is marking World Water Day 2021 with a global, public conversation about how people value water for all its uses
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.
Floating waste covers rivers in Serbia, BiH, Montenegro
04 January 2021 - Floating waste is devastating the Drina and its tributaries in Serbia, BiH and Montenegro and piling up at hydropower dams
Kraljevo, Goč, Golija and SHPPs – Gambling with nature has no winners
25 December 2020 - The Right to Water initiative has organized a discussion on the nature protection, with an assessment of the harmful impact of run-of-river small hydropower plants.
City of Subotica has new waterworks system, wastewater treatment unit
18 December 2020 - Subotica and its surrounding area expanded the sewerage network in a EUR 27 million project and added a sludge-to-energy unit and a water plant
India launches 30 GW hybrid solar, wind power project
17 December 2020 - India inaugurated a future 30 GW hybrid solar and wind electricity complex, the world's biggest power production project
World’s first water futures contracts enter US financial markets
10 December 2020 - The world's first water futures were launched in the US and possible price spikes may spill over to expenses for ordinary people worldwide