EU budget debate: Some one trillion euro questions and answers

11 October 2012  | EurActiv

Keti Medarova-Bergstrom and Pawel Swidlicki put their heads together to identify why and where EU budgetary spending has got it wrong in the past and propose how roughly €1 trillion can better serve Europe’s environment, economy and people in the next funding period.

Regional Funds: it’s not the quantity, it’s the quality

10 October 2012  | EurActiv

Western and Eastern European governments fighting over some billions less or more to the EU’s next multi-annual budget (2014-2020) would better focus on how to spend this precious resource.

International development banks remain opaque institutions

2 October 2012  | Public Service Europe

*Despite the establishment of internal bodies to help increase transparency and address complaints – international development banks still offer a very limited right to redress, /PublicServiceEurope.com /reports*

EU budget negotiations: a zero-sum game?

28 September 2012  | Public Service Europe

The seven-year EU budget could unlock investment and jobs, but only if the shadow-boxing around the negotiating table ends now.

Przeciwnicy odkrywek przyjadą do Lubina

21 September 2012  | Ekonomia24.pl, Rzeczpospolita

Polscy przeciwnicy budowy kopalń odkrywkowych węgla brunatnego zyskują nowych sojuszników. Poparcie otrzymali już od podobnych organizacji działających w Niemczech, przedstawiciele kolejnych krajów deklarują pomoc w walce z odkrywkami w Polsce i Europie

EUR 172 billion are needed for energy efficiency in 7 countries of Central and Eastern Europe

18 September 2012  | 3e News

The total investment cost for renewable sources in Bulgaria would be approximately EUR 745 million, according analysis of CEE Bankwatch Network