Green dams ‘hit’ West Balkans biodiversity, locals’ water supply
Euronews | May 1, 2018Lauded as green and environmentally friendly, small-scale hydropower dams are dotted around the West Balkans. But local communities say the impact is disastrous. Source: Green dams ‘hit’ West Balkans biodiversity, locals’ water supply
Project funding could be cut as EU battles to balance books
Euronews | May 1, 2018Discovering the Belgian capital by river cruise – many tourists do it each year. A new terminal has been inaugurated at the port of Brussels, designed to handle 35,000 passengers by 2030 and generate an annual turnover of five million euros. Half of th
‘Tsunami’ of hydropower dam building threatens Europe’s last wild rivers – campaigners
Thomson Reuters Foundation | April 29, 2018Critics say hydropower plants threaten animal life and people’s access to water Source: ‘Tsunami’ of hydropower dam building threatens Europe’s last wild rivers – campaigners
Secrecy of VW fraud report ‘unacceptable’, says MEP
EUObserver | April 23, 2018Finnish MEP Heidi Hautala won a trailblazing court case two decades ago for the right of EU citizens to receive ‘partial access’ to documents. Now she says it is “outrageous” the European Investment Bank is refusing to release Volkswagen documents. Sou
Chinese banks move into Bosnian power sector
ChinaDialogue | April 17, 2018Balkan coal projects are expanding under the Belt and Road banner “Miners don’t say good day, we say good luck,” says Hata Muratović Hasanspahić, standing at the door to a concrete elevator shaft that carries her 300 metres below ground each day. Hata
Du gaz azéri pour l’Europe
RFI | April 17, 2018L’indépendance énergétique de l’Europe. Tout un programme, et en ces temps de tension extrême avec Moscou, tout projet qui vise à réduire notre dépendance au gaz russe est plus que bienvenu. C’est le cas du Corridor gazier sud-européen, 3 500 km de tuy
MAJKA SVIH ZAGREBAČKIH AFERA Podignuta optužnica za aferu Pročišćivač – Index.hr
| March 23, 2018USKOK je podigao optužnicu za majku svih afera u Gradu Zagrebu, odnosno za aferu Pročišćivač. Source: MAJKA SVIH ZAGREBAČKIH AFERA Podignuta optužnica za aferu Pročišćivač – Index.hr
BiH’s Ugljevik 3 TPP Under Examination Again
| March 23, 2018The permit for construction of the 600 MW Ugljevik 3 thermal power plant (TPP) in Republika Srpska is now also under examination by the Espoo Convention Implementation Committee due to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) failure to notify neighbouring count
Les banques publiques européennes financent la destruction des rivières des Balkans – Le Courrier des Balkans
| March 21, 2018Les grandes banques publiques internationales participent à la destruction des rivières sauvages des Balkans. Voilà ce que révèle l’étude que vient (…) Source: Les banques publiques européennes financent la destruction des rivières des Balkans – Le C
What’s Up With Water – March 19, 2018 – Circle of Blue
| March 19, 2018Eileen Wray-McCannEileen Wray-McCann is a writer, director and narrator who co-founded Circle of Blue. During her 13 years at Interlochen Public Radio, a National Public Radio affiliate in Northern Michigan, Eileen produced and hosted regional and nati
