With EU funds in Romania, where there is a will, there is a way
Blog entry | 18 June, 2018This story represents one of the few successful examples in Romania but should serve as an inspiration for all the mayors and representatives of the Romanian authorities. Nobody says it’s going to be a smooth sailing when dealing with accessing European funds, but it is important to have well-prepared personnel, a vision for sustainable development and last, but not least, a desire to make positive changes in your community.
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Way off track in Riga, as controversial EU-funded tram project plows ahead
Blog entry | 7 March, 2018Business interests continue to overshadow public concerns with regards to the dubious €100-million tram project in Riga.
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The renovation will be televised: Latvia’s energy efficiency programme for multi-apartment buildings
Blog entry | 23 January, 2018A pressing challenge in post-Soviet cities and towns is the conversion of modernist planning into a contemporary and sustainable built environment.
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Pyromaniacs in Budapest want to burn EU funds in new waste incinerator
Blog entry | 22 December, 2017With its plans to build a new waste incinerator in Budapest with EU funding support, Hungary’s government not only ignores the opportunity to make it’s cities cleaner and healthier, but also piles up costs its citizens will have to pay in the future.
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An experiment with EU funded sustainable transport
Blog entry | 5 December, 2017A train ride offers time for reflecting on how the EU budget can be put to use for the common good.
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Europe’s energy citizens are on the rise – if we let them
Blog entry | 6 November, 2017Small-scale renewable energy sources are being built all over Europe. Examples from the Czech Republic show that their success depends on adjusting them to the local environment and making sources for financing, such as EU funding, more accessible.
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European Commission complicit in EU nature law violations in Bulgaria’s Kresna gorge
Blog entry | 18 October, 2017The government is heading downhill in the Kresna Gorge with an EU funded motorway project. The European Commission watches the tragedy unfold and overlooks persisting procedural and legal flaws.
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Bulgaria to carve motorway through nature haven
Press release | 13 October, 2017The Bulgarian government has yesterday evening announced it will construct an international motorway partially through EU protected wildlife haven Kresna Gorge, threatening tragedy for one of Europe’s most biodiverse nature sites.
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Bulgaria’s Struma motorway becomes test case for European Commission’s commitment to EU nature protection law
Blog entry | 14 September, 2017With crude manipulations, the Bulgarian government is trying to push through a contended motorway route that would damage the country’s biodiversity hotspot in breach of EU law and international conventions. It expects that the European Commission will sit, watch and pay for it.
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EU funds in central and eastern Europe: ‘partnership principle’ still not translating to ‘partnership in practice’
Blog entry | 29 August, 2017A new report assesses the state of play with the involvement of civil society partners in EU funds.
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