Will Georgia go green after EU association agreement?
Blog entry | 26 June, 2014On Friday Georgia will sign an association agreement with the European Union, meaning that our country will start cooperating more closely with the EU and even implement more European legislation. This is good news, particularly when it comes to the environment.
Read moreРуководство по Европейскому инструменту соседства и Международным финансовым организациям
Publication | 23 June, 2014В контексте обновленного подхода к Европейской политике соседства (ЕПС), очерченного в совместном коммюнике от 25 мая 2011 года, к 2014 году новый финансовый инструмент, а именно Европейский инструмент соседства (ЕИС), станет ключевым финансовым инструментом для 16 стран-партнеров к востоку и югу от границ ЕС (Алжир, Армения, Азербайджан, Беларусь, Египет, Грузия, Израиль, Иордания, Ливан, Ливия, Молдова, Марокко, Оккупированная Палестинская территория, Сирия, Тунис и Украина). В этом же коммюнике говорится о новом походе к расширенному внешнему мандату ЕИБ для восточных и южных соседей, а также расширении мандата ЕБРР на отдельные страны Средиземноморского региона.
Read moreNo public money for mega-gas pipeline projects – Projects of Common Interest for gas imports will be harmful
Publication | 12 June, 2014Projects aimed at increasing EU gas imports, included in the European Commission’s Projects of Common Interest (PCI) would surpass the five scenarios of the EC’s own Energy Roadmap 2050 which all foresee an overall decrease in gas imports. Additionally, they would support authoritarian regimes which repeatedly violate human rights and limit space for democratic expression.
Read moreNew mega gas pipelines redundant according to EU’s own projections
Press release | 12 June, 2014The EU’s plans for large new gas import pipelines and LNG terminals to Europe, outlined in the European Commission’s October 2013 list of priority energy projects as well as in the May blueprint for energy security to be discussed during tomorrow’s Energy Council, are not only counter to the EU’s long-term climate goals but also unjustified according to the EC’s own demand forecast.
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Transition triumphs and traps – Assessing Poland’s recent economic journey, and where it goes next
Blog entry | 4 June, 2014During last month’s EBRD annual meeting in Warsaw, Bankwatch Mail convened a discussion about the state of the Polish economy between a financial journalist and a sociologist – both residents of the Polish capital – to hear their views on some of the pressing economic issues of the day, as well as the ongoing Polish ‘transition’ process. With the 25th anniversary of the end of communist rule in Poland a few months away now (today in fact marks a quarter of a century since the first Polish elections under communism), what have been the achievements and the lessons to be learned from the last two and half decades?
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Transition triumphs and traps – Assessing Poland’s recent economic journey, and where it goes next
Publication | 4 June, 2014During last month’s EBRD annual meeting in Warsaw, Bankwatch Mail convened a discussion about the state of the Polish economy between a financial journalist and a sociologist – both residents of the Polish capital – to hear their views on some of the pressing economic issues of the day, as well as the ongoing Polish ‘transition’ process. With the 25th anniversary of the end of communist rule in Poland a few months away now (today in fact marks a quarter of a century since the first Polish elections under communism), what have been the achievements and the lessons to be learned from the last two and half decades?
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When water mixes with coal – The impacts of the floods in Serbia on people living next to lignite mines
Blog entry | 30 May, 2014People living next to the Kolubara lignite mine in Serbia have suffered more under the floods due to the vicinity of the mine. Their demands for resettlement and compensation have now become more urgent than ever.
Read moreGuidebook to the European Neighbourhood Instrument and the international financial institutions
Publication | 30 May, 2014The new European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI), will be the key financial instrument for 16 partner countries to the East and South of the EU’s borders (Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Syria, Tunisia and Ukraine). At the same time the new approach includes an increased external mandate for the EIB for both eastern and southern neighbours, as well as the extension of the EBRD mandate to selected southern Mediterranean countries.
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More repression, more money – Financing transition in Egypt
Blog entry | 27 May, 2014New cases of arbitrary repression against civil society happened in the run-up to the presidential elections in Egypt. A look at the loans so far approved by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development suggests that those in power have been more successful in receiving the bank’s support.
Read moreWho is Jan Kulczyk, the man behind Serinus Energy?
Press release | 19 May, 2014In the summer of last year, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) approved a 60 million euro loan to Serinus Energy for financing the development of four oil and gas fields in Tunisia (Sabria, Chouech Essaida, Ech Chouechand Sanrahr) between 2013 and 2017.
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