Fears revive in the villages of Shuakhevi as one of Georgia’s biggest hydropower plants starts operation
Blog entry | 17 April, 2020Georgia’s Shuakhevi hydropower plant (HPP), which once promised to bring energy independence to the country but collapsed soon after becoming operational in 2017, has come back to life. But its return has not been welcome.
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Status update on the Nenskra hydropower plant project
Blog entry | 9 April, 2020New comprehensive assessments of project alternatives, climate risks, and environmental and social impacts are necessary if the project will ever restart.
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Ukrainian activists taken to court by longstanding EBRD client after sounding the alarm on impacts of planned wood processing factory
Blog entry | 7 April, 2020Activists from the environmental NGO Ecoclub from Rivne, Ukraine are facing defamation charges after they raised warnings about a planned wood processing facility near the city. The group alerted the public to a host of potential negative environmental impacts the facility might have, which has started construction in the village of Horodok, in the Rivne region, in Ukraine’s northwest.
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Armenia breaks international agreement on biodiversity over gold mine funding, alleges complaint
Press release | 30 March, 2020Yerevan – The Armenian government has jeopardised three natural sites slated for protection for their unique biodiversity by moving ahead with plans for the USD 426 million Amulsar gold mine, finds a new complaint filed at the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, known as the ‘Bern Convention.’
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New analysis: Belgrade incinerator public-private partnership a textbook case of corporate capture
Press release | 4 December, 2019The Belgrade solid waste public-private partnership (PPP) has been plagued by legal irregularities and circumvented binding decision-making processes, finds a new analysis published today by CEE Bankwatch Network, Counter Balance and Zero Waste Europe.
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Dirty palms: European Development Banks need better due diligence and accountability to prevent human rights abuses
Blog entry | 29 November, 2019Long considered the standard-setters in the world of development finance, Multilateral Development Banks are now at an important junction. Europe’s development financiers must step up their accountability and commitment to protection of people and nature.
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EU bank drops Belgrade incinerator, citing impact on recycling: EBRD and other banks press on
Press release | 28 October, 2019Prague, Belgrade – The European Investment Bank (EIB) has refrained from financing the planned Vinča municipal waste incinerator in Belgrade, Serbia, according to a letter sent to the Ne Davimo Beograd initiative that campaigns against the project.
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Major gas projects in Romania enabled by regulatory acrobatics – report
Press release | 17 October, 2019At a time when public calls for tackling the causes of the climate crisis are growing, Romania’s gas industry has been expanding, courtesy of the Parliament and international financial institutions.
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State Capture: A case study about natural gas exploitation and transportation in Romania
Publication | 17 October, 2019At a time when public calls for tackling the causes of the climate crisis are growing, Romania’s gas industry has been expanding, courtesy of the Parliament and international financial institutions. This report, by Bankwatch Romania, finds that much of
Read moreAmulsar Update
Publication | 23 August, 2019Bankwatch has supported Armenian civil society in monitoring the investments of IFIs in Amulsar gold mine project since 2011. Following the 2018 revolution and government change, Bankwatch commissioned two expert studies by independent sociologists and biodiversity specialists. Learn more on our briefing.
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