Ukrainian civil society resists efforts to be co-opted by big agro
Blog entry | 20 September, 2017The controversial Ukrainian agribusiness giant Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP) tries to handle community relations by putting publicity spin on the outcomes of a long overdue discussion with civil society.
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Georgia’s highlanders against hydropower
Blog entry | 20 September, 2017As the Georgian government moves ahead with its plans for increasing the country’s hydropower capacity, local communities are being sidelined in the process of compensation payments.
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[Campaign update] EBRD confirms negative impacts of Albanian hydropower plants on people and the environment
Blog entry | 20 September, 2017Recent hydropower projects in Albania exemplify the need for more climate-resilient energy sources than water. After a summer marked by drought, also the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development found flaws in the projects in helped finance.
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Systematic shortcomings will deprive people affected by Georgian dam of compensation
Blog entry | 11 September, 2017An assessment of livelihoods of people to be affected by the Nenskra hydropower plant in Georgia is rigged with mistakes that will lead to significant losses for locals.
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Failing local communities – the Land Assessment and Livelihoods Restoration Plan for the Nenskra dam
Publication | 11 September, 2017The Land Assessment and Livelihoods Restoration Plan for people to be affected by the Nenskra hydropower plant in Georgia is rigged with mistakes that will lead to significant losses for locals.
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Azerbaijan’s Laundromat scandal raises concerns over the EU’s growing business ties with the authoritarian regime
Press release | 6 September, 2017Revelations about the Azerbaijani Laundromat corruption scheme raise serious concerns over the EU’s intensifying relationship with the government in Baku and its readiness to turn a blind eye to the country’s human rights abuses and offer loans of millions of euros to a massive gas infrastructure project that would fill the pockets of the Azerbaijani corrupted elite.
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The true colours of Svaneti – A festival in the stunning Georgian mountains
Blog entry | 30 August, 2017Despite the remote location, the culture festival We Are Svaneti brought together people from three continents and helped young Svans to become aware of their communities’ unique traditions.
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Namibian smelter expansion risks deepening environmental and health problems
Blog entry | 17 July, 2017As it nears two years of a Bankwatch visit to the copper smelter in Namibia and the uncovering of an unsafe arsenic disposal site, a planned expansion has revealed so far undisclosed environmental information.
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Southern Gas Corridor update: Russian involvement increasingly evident
Blog entry | 17 July, 2017While new public finance for the Southern Gas Corridor is lining up, the European Commission’s narrative that the pipeline would relieve Europe’s dependence on Russian gas continues to crumble.
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Nuclear safety in Europe: decision-making behind closed doors?
Blog entry | 4 July, 2017European citizens don’t want to be left out of decision-making over nuclear power. But a recent meeting of the Espoo Convention reveals how concerns over reactor life-time extensions are being sidelined.
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