With EU funds in Romania, where there is a will, there is a way
June 18, 2018
This story represents one of the few successful examples in Romania but should serve as an inspiration for all the mayors and representatives of the Romanian authorities. Nobody says it’s going to be a smooth sailing when dealing with accessing European funds, but it is important to have well-prepared personnel, a vision for sustainable development and last, but not least, a desire to make positive changes in your community.
At 60, EU public bank needs fundamental reform – civil society groups
June 18, 2018
The European Investment Bank (EIB) needs to end its investment in fossil fuels and boost support for sustainable energy, reinforce its public accountability, and prioritise human rights, a group of 21 European NGOs write in a letter to EU finance ministers.
Hydropower threatens Balkan rivers, campaigners say
June 17, 2018
Over the next few years, 3,000 hydropower plants could be built in the Balkan region. Environmentalists say the plans threaten rivers from Slovenia to Albania, considered to be some of the last wild rivers in Europe. Source: Hydropower threatens Balkan
The ‘deconstruction’ of the most ambitious project of the EU, the ‘Southern Gas Corridor’
June 12, 2018
There is nothing that will change except from the supplier country since instead of Russia Europe will now Source: The ‘deconstruction’ of the most ambitious project of the EU, the ‘Southern Gas Corridor’
Gasdotto Tap, cosa cambierà, o non cambierà, con il nuovo governo
June 7, 2018
Il neoministro dell’Ambiente, Sergio Costa, ha bollato come “inutile” il corridoio Sud, che dovrebbe trasportare 10 miliardi di metri cubi di nuovo gas in Italia, sposando la tesi contraria a quella del precedente governo, che invece riteneva quest’ope
Charges brought against development banks over half a billion euros for Ukraine’s largest agribusiness firm
June 5, 2018
Prague, Kyiv, San Francisco – Three communities in the central Ukraine region of Vinnytsia have filed formal grievances at the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, alleging that the industrial poultry giant Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP) has failed to ensure basic transparency regarding the environmental and health impacts at its ‘largest poultry farm in Europe’. [1]
Complaints to IFC and EBRD regarding their investments in MHP
June 5, 2018
The complaint alleges that since the start of MHP operations in Vinnytsia in 2010, continuous odor and dust from a significant and growing number of facilities and the application of manure on nearby fields has made local life untenable. MHP activities
Balkan rivers are crying for help
June 4, 2018
Protests that take the form of a whistle-blowing complaint are “choking” the Balkans in an attempt to save the water resources of the countries in the region. Source: Balkan rivers are crying for help
Threatening wilderness, dams fuel protests in the Balkans
June 4, 2018
KRUSCICA, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – For almost a year, a clutch of Bosnian women has kept watch over a wooden bridge to disrupt the march of hydropower – part of a Balkan-wide protest against the damming of Europe’s wild riv
Nenskra complaint to the European Investment Bank
June 1, 2018
In our opinion, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has failed to comply with the Standard 7 by not respecting the status of Svans as indigenous peoples. The Bank did not fulfill its environmental and social standards: it ignored the project’s significa