Belgrade Court Orders Investigation into Kolubara Case
Balkan Insight | October 6, 2011Belgrade’s Special Court has ordered an investigation into the former director of Serbia’s strip mining complex and 16 others on suspicion that they incurred financial damages to the company worth over €10 million.
Serbia: cleaning up like the neighbours
Financial Times | October 4, 2011The arrest of a former mining boss on the Macedonia-Greece border might seem far from the corridors of Brussels, but the desire for EU membership takes many forms.
Conference highlights green corridors’ benefits
ENDS Europe | September 26, 2011Green corridors have an important role to play in delivering new transport policy goals in the European Commission’s March white paper, the Polish EU presidency said at a conference held in Szczecin, Poland, last week.
The EU’s free CO2 allowances: A gift to the rich
EurActiv | September 22, 2011The Czech Republic’s intention to hand out free CO2 allowances to CEZ, an already profitable energy company, would turn it into a dominant actor on the EU energy market and paradoxically threaten competition, writes Barbora Hanzlova, from the Centre for Transport and Energy, a Prague-based non-profit group.
Kohäsionspolitik – Weg zu nachhaltigem Investitionswerkzeug
Deutscher Naturschutzring | September 22, 2011Im Rahmen des Europäischen NGO-Forums zur Kohäsionspolitik-Reform 2014–2020 im September in Wandlitz haben die TeilnehmerInnen aus 15 Europäischen Ländern ein Statement verabschiedet, das jetzt online veröffentlicht wurde.
Kontrowersje wokół budowy elektrowni węglowej w Rajkowach
Portal Pomorze | September 22, 2011PELPLIN. Nie odbyła się zaplanowana na 20 września debata o elektrowni węglowej w Rajkowach z udziałem niezależnych ekspertów, przedstawicieli inwestora oraz samych mieszkańców. Zdaniem władz gminy zabrakło czasu na jej organizację. Trwają negocjacje nad nowym terminem.
Can the EU import energy and promote democracy?
European Voice | September 15, 2011New approach to energy deals could cause some problems.
New states’ love affair with roads must stop
ENDS Europe | September 9, 2011The bulk of European funds allocated to transport in central and eastern European countries is used to build roads, which reduces the attractiveness of rail and helps justify even more investment in roads. The EU must help break this pattern.
Mechanism for international cooperation: Necessary or unfeasible?
Europolitics | September 8, 2011The European Commission’s communication on security of energy supply and international cooperation (1)(see Europolitics4259), published on 7 September, was welcomed by the European People’s Party (EPP), but was labelled as one-sided, unfeasible and potentially problematic by British Conservatives, Greens and industry representatives.
UNIFE presses for more support for rail
Europolitics | September 6, 2011UNIFE, the European association that is the voice of manufacturers of rail material and equipment (Bombardier, Alstom, ArcelorMittal, etc), wishes to see investments under European Structural Funds geared more to rail transport.
