Improving safety?
Nuclear Engineering International | July 2, 2012Ukraine is hoping to receive European loans worth EUR 800 million to help finance safety improvements at its NPPs.
Danes make ‘serious opening’ for greener EU budget
EurActiv | June 29, 2012The Danish EU presidency says it has negotiated an EU budget for 2014-2020 that is “seriously open” to investments in climate-friendly technologies at the regional level.
Georgia: Tbilisi Offers Companies Forgiveness for Environmental Sins
eurasia.net | June 28, 2012By creating loopholes in environmental legislation, is President Mikheil Saakashvili’s administration making a deal with the devil?
Poland’s push for fossil fuels
European Voice | June 28, 2012Poland is trying to re-brand dirty fuels.
Kyrgyzstan: Parliament Talks Trouble for Largest Mine
eurasia.net | June 24, 2012Kyrgyzstan’s Kumtor gold mine is responsible for some 12 percent of the country’s GDP. Nevertheless, or perhaps for that reason, politicians can’t seem to keep their hands off it.
EIB in the spotlight, but not the answer to the eurozone’s woes
European Voice | June 14, 2012EIB prepares to take on a greater role.
Overpriced and underwritten – The hidden costs of Public-Private-Partnerships
Tackle Tax Havens blog | June 13, 2012A phenomenon that has become quite fashionable over the last decade or so among governments is the Public-Private-Partnership, or PPP. The UK started to introduce this model in the mid-1990s, and it is also a favoured option in Spain and Hungary. One of the many dangers is that it allows private companies who enter into partnership with government to funnel the profits into tax havens.
Money in the bank? In a new region, EBRD told to enter with care
Egypt Independent | June 7, 2012http://www.egyptindependent.com/weeklyedition/2012/jun/07
Germany is holding Greece to ransom
New Europe | June 4, 2012Bloomberg, not exactly a Bolshevik press agency, recently highlighted why we should have zero sympathy for the bankers of Frankfurt and Berlin. Its editors cited estimates that Germany took more than 284 billion euros from other countries in the single currency bloc between 2009 and the end of last year. Greece has so far received 340 billion euros in loans as a response to the financial crisis; just 15 billion euros of that sum came directly from Germany.
Cutting energy use in Europe’s old building stock: Mission impossible?
EurActiv | June 4, 2012http://www.euractiv.com/energy-efficiency/cutting-energy-use-europes-old-b-linksdossier-512025
