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Kolubara mining waste causes landslide, wrecks homes in Serbia

6 June, 2013

Belgrade — A landslide caused by mining operations at Kolubara lignite mines in Serbia is advancing towards the village Junkovac in the Serbian Lazarevac municipality, threatening to engulf parts of it; two houses and a road have been destroyed already, and tens of other homes are at risk.

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[Campaign update] The reality of resettlement in Kolubara: Out of the frying pan into the fire

4 June, 2013

A quick visit to the Kolubara mining basin reveals that the resettlement there looks nothing like the presentation from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

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Face the future: Members of European Parliament discuss energy lending of European public banks

3 June, 2013

A roundtable discussion on European public banks and energy lending brought together Members of the European Parliament and non-governmental organisations, while the public banks themselves chose to stay away.

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Victory for civil society as EBRD cancels loan for controversial Croatian dam

28 May, 2013

Today we’re relieved in Zagreb as one energy project that could have had a destructive impact on Croatia’s future has lost its financing and thus its chances of going ahead are drastically reduced: I’m speaking about the infamous Ombla dam, a project for an underground hydropower plant that would have practically destroyed a protected area close to Dubrovnik.

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Victory for civil society as EBRD cancels loan for controversial Croatian dam

28 May, 2013

Zagreb, May 28 – Croatian electricity company HEP and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have cancelled a EUR 123 million loan contract for the controversial Ombla underground hydropower plant near Dubrovnik, HEP has announced yesterday. The EBRD financing would have covered the biggest bulk of the EUR 152.4 million estimated to be needed for construction.

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