Green dams ‘hit’ West Balkans biodiversity, locals’ water supply

1 May 2018  | Euronews

Lauded 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

1 May 2018  | Euronews

Discovering 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

29 April 2018  | Thomson Reuters Foundation

Critics 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

23 April 2018  | EUObserver

Finnish 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

17 April 2018  | ChinaDialogue

Balkan 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

17 April 2018  | RFI

L’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