SLAPPd: the Armenian activists fighting a mining multinational’s lawsuits
Blog entry | 22 June, 2020Strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP) are a form of often frivolous litigation used by corporations to intimidate and punish critics and silence their right to free speech. Lydian international, the tax haven-listed mining company, has repeatedly deployed the tactic against journalists and civil society as it presses forward with the Amulsar gold mine in Armenia, whilst the EBRD has stood by silently.
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EBRD’s Green Economy Transition must not be a fig leaf for fossil fuels investments
Blog entry | 16 June, 2020Like many other financial institutions, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has responded to the call to join the global effort to tackle the climate crisis. And yet, over the past decade, while growing its support for renewable energy, the bank has continued to hand out public money to the fossil fuels industry.
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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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