Legal challenges mount for Armenia gold mine as complaint filed to EU development lender
Press release | 15 June, 2020Yerevan – The beleaguered Amulsar gold mine in Armenia broke rules attached to two loans totalling EUR 11 million it received in 2017 and 2009 from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, alleges a new complaint from 23 people living near the project and Armenian and international civil society groups including CEE Bankwatch Network.
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Cities for citizens
Blog entry | 15 June, 2020To modernise and green our cities, we need good governance first.
Read moreEBRD Fossil Fuel Investments Undermine Progress on the Green Economy Transition
Publication | 3 June, 2020This briefing analyses the EBRD’s energy investments from 2010-2019.
Read moreCEE Bankwatch Network comments on the EBRD’s draft GET 2.0
Publication | 3 June, 2020CEE Bankwatch Network comments on the EBRD’s draft of the Green Economy Transition 2.0
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The EBRD and EIB’s Sustainable Municipal Infrastructure Investments in the Western Balkans and Eastern Neighbourhood
Publication | 26 May, 2020From October to December 2019, Bankwatch conducted research on CSOs’ perceptions of the impact of EBRD and EIB investments in municipal infrastructure on local communities in the Western Balkans and Eastern Neighbourhood.
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Slovene prosecutors file charges over coal plant corruption
Blog entry | 25 May, 2020The long-running saga of Slovenia’s overpriced Šoštanj 6 coal power plant took a dramatic turn last week when Slovene prosecutors filed charges including money laundering against 12 people and two companies. Meanwhile, in 2018, the Šoštanj power plant as a whole generated a net loss of EUR 58.5 million. Why are nearby Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina – both countries that are planning new coal plants – not learning any lessons?
Read moreEBRD’s potential support for electricity utilities in the Western Balkans as part of its COVID-19 response
Publication | 7 May, 2020CEE Bankwatch Network’s letter to the EBRD for its potential support for electricity utilities in the Western Balkans as part of its COVID-19 response.
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A herd of white elephants is approaching the EU’s neighbours
Blog entry | 30 April, 2020Over three quarters of the energy projects proposed by the EU’s neighbours for priority status, including privileged access to public funds, are fossil fuels projects.
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From the Caucasus to Russia: Why this road?
Blog entry | 27 April, 2020To “better connect the Caucasus to Russia,” a new road project, Kvesheti-Kobi, is planned to be realized in Georgia. This road section will be part of a north-south corridor that passes the Caucasus and serves to connect the region to Russia.
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Change for good: why we need fair, just supply chains
Blog entry | 27 April, 2020Uncertainty and crisis are not uncommon to global supply chains. The present disruption sheds light on the unsustainability of production and logistics and is an opportunity for economic players like the international financial institutions to rethink the way supply chains benefit those at every stage.
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