Letter to EBRD directors: Ensure proper investigation into new corruption arrests at Kolubara mine
Publication | 20 September, 2013On Monday, September 9, 2013, Serbian police arrested the former director and the former financial director of the Kolubara Mining Basin, as well as a businessman and several other individuals on the basis of suspected fraud in land expropriation proceedings around the Kolubara mine. This letter asks the EBRD board of directors to ensure that the EBRD thoroughly investigates the issues around these latest arrests.
Read moreA message to EBRD President Suma Chakrabarti
Blog entry | 13 September, 2013In an open letter sent today to the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 54 civil society organisations follow up from last weeks consultations on the bank’s new energy sector strategy and ask the president to ensure that the EBRD addresses the challenges of climate change with the urgency it deserves. We reproduce the letter’s content here.
Read moreCivil society letter to EBRD president: Energy Sector Strategy and consultations
Publication | 13 September, 2013After a week of consultation meetings in Istanbul, Belgrade and Moscow to discuss the EBRD energy sector strategy with EBRD staff, civil society groups turn to the bank’s president Suma Chakrabarti as we believe that some of our concerns deserve his attention.
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New arrests link corruption with land expropriation at Serbian Kolubara mine
Blog entry | 11 September, 2013Land expropriation and corruption have been two recurring themes at the Kolubara mine. This week’s arrests indicate that they are closely connected.
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Of horses and roads – protests in Ukraine highlight lack of safety
Blog entry | 11 September, 2013Demonstrations in Kiev have shown that road safety is not only for cars but also pedestrians and other traffic participants – a lesson that the Ukrainian road company still needs to learn and that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development should be teaching more actively.
Read moreEBRD gives up Kolubara B lignite power plant project in Serbia
Press release | 9 September, 2013Subotica, Serbia — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) confirmed Friday September 6 that it is no longer interested in financing the 750 MW Kolubara B lignite power plant project near Belgrade in Serbia. The project is proposed by Serbian electricity company Elektroprivreda Srbija, with Italy’s Edison as a strategic partner.
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Energy consultations reveal lack of strategic thinking at the EBRD
Blog entry | 6 September, 2013With another public action, colleagues in Moscow are today bringing to a close a week that has seen the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development having to listen to a lot of uncomfortable truths.
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Nordic countries ‘no’ to coal is a glimmer of hope for EBRD energy lending
Blog entry | 5 September, 2013The global campaign to make the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development restrict its coal lending may have found new allies in Nordic countries after their declaration yesterday to seize overseas coal investments.
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Thousands remind the EBRD that coal is not an option
Blog entry | 4 September, 2013The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development received a little surprise visit this week from 16 000 voices against coal.
Read morePressure builds on EBRD to quit coal lending
Press release | 4 September, 2013The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development lags behind other major international financial institutions that are moving away from supporting dirty energy projects.
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