Tbilisi’s Discount Rail Bypass
Transitions online | July 26, 2011An internationally backed project will route hazardous cargo out of the city center, but residents in its path say they’re being offered a pittance in exchange for valuable land and a way of life.
Local actors sidelined in decisions about the future of EU pre-accession funds
BlogActiv | July 25, 2011Regardless of the EU’s ups and downs, most people in Eastern Europe are still likely to believe that membership can help improve their lives. For pre-accession countries (Western Balkans, Turkey, Iceland), financial assistance from the EU in the form of IPA (the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance) is considered an important opportunity to promote development.
EU urged not to fund coal mine project in Serbia
EuObserver | July 20, 2011A pending decision by the European Bank for Development and Reconstruction (EBRD) to pay €80 million for the expansion of Serbia’s largest coal mine has caused uproar among environmentalist groups and the local community.
EU verhindert Atomausstieg in der Ukraine Atomstrom für Europa
taz | July 5, 2011Die EU finanziert Hochspannungsleitungen in der Ukraine – und verhindert dort den Ausstieg aus der Atomenergie. Auch gelangt so billiger Atomstrom aus der Ukraine in die EU.
Polish leader raises alarm about ‘new’ euroscepticism
EuObserver | July 1, 2011The financial crisis and Arab Spring migrants have given rise to a “new euroscepticism” inside the union, Polish leader Donald Tusk has warned as Poland takes over the EU presidency.
Coal-friendly Poland: a bad climate leader for the EU
EU Observer | July 1, 2011If anybody in the EU had any illusions about how stern Poland’s resistance to the EU climate policy can get, a reality check came on June 22.
Mixed response to commission call for EU budget increase
The Parliament Magazine | June 30, 2011The commission’s proposals for a five per cent rise in the EU budget have met with a mixed response.
One-fifth of EU budget earmarked for tackling climate change
Environmental Finance | June 30, 2011Environmental policy and climate change action will be “mainstreamed” into all areas of the EU budget from 2014, the European Commission announced late on Wednesday night, with climate-related expenditure making up at least 20% of EU financing.
EU finances scrap reactors
WDR | June 29, 2011http://www.wdr.de/themen/global/webmedia/webtv/getwebtv.phtml?ref=25191
Arab activists criticise conditions attached to western aid
The Guardian | June 27, 2011As Egypt rejects IMF loan, Arab NGO network says liberalisation advocated in aid packages poses threat to economic and social justice demands made during recent uprisings
