Another own goal for Ukraine at the Euro 2012
Blog entry | 27 June, 2012A Euro 2012 related road rehabilitation in Ukraine has left locals with a high speed road but no safety in their front yards.
Read moreEurope’s unequal partnerships – a sad tale about energy
Blog entry | 25 June, 2012A too strong focus on energy security is steering Europe’s engagement with neighbouring states in a troublesome direction for the partnering countries.
Read more3:1 against Ombla, Croatia must stop gung-ho investment
Blog entry | 20 June, 20123 out of 4 experts gave a negative opinion on the environmental study of the Ombla hydropower plant. Now the Croatian government must heed their warnings and stop the project.
Read moreBetween the headlines: EBRD expansion demands policy-driven approach
Blog entry | 14 June, 2012With the European Parliament’s ratification of the expansion of EBRD operations to north Africa the question arises again: Is the bank fit for this purpose? The Parliament’s answer sounds like a resounding ‘maybe’.
Read moreThe revolution should not be privatised
Blog entry | 12 June, 2012Pushing for public-private partnerships will not support democratisation in the Arab Spring countries but risks increasing their public debt. Our new website brings together the PPP lessons that Europe should have learned.
Read moreThe EU’s electricity imports from neighbouring countries: at what cost?
Press release | 8 June, 2012Kiev — Despite being the place of one of the most terrifying nuclear accidents in the world, Ukraine is currently working on expanding the lifespan of 13 of its old Soviet-style reactors, with electricity exports to the European Union in mind. In a study published today, CEE Bankwatch Network is revealing how the EU and its financing institutions are promoting electricity imports to the EU which are likely to have highly damaging consequences for the exporting countries.
Read moreHydro power plants endanger the Balkan lynx in Macedonia
Blog entry | 5 June, 2012A fact-finding mission to Macedonia has confirmed our concerns that two planned hydro power plants are set to destroy important natural habitats in the Mavrovo National Park.
Read moreHunger strike begins in protest of cemetery removal at EBRD coal mine in Serbia
Press release | 30 May, 2012Belgrade – An official from the southern Serbian town of Vreoci has begun a hunger strike on Monday to protest against what he considers the unlawful exhumation of a local cemetery to make way for coal extraction at the nearby Kolubara mine. Last year the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development approved a loan of 80 million euros to support the expansion of lignite mining at Kolubara.
Read moreThe EBRD should listen (better) to civil society in Arab Spring countries
Blog entry | 22 May, 2012In preparation to its extended lending to Arab Spring countries, the EBRD is conducting consultations with civil society. Yet the bank doesn’t seem to make an appropriate effort.
Read moreEBRD energy lending report: conflicting investments end up contradicting climate science
Press release | 17 May, 2012London – Almost half of the 6.7 billion euros lent by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) between 2006-2011 goes to support for fossil fuels, according to a report issued today by CEE Bankwatch Network. Support for coal, oil and gas must be discontinued altogether, argues Bankwatch, if the bank’s commendable efforts on increasing financing for renewables and energy efficiency are to have a positive impact in the global fight against climate change.
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