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EU urged to use regional funds for sustainability

18 February, 2011

European Ministers meeting on Monday (February 21) are being urged to reform Europe’s spending to ensure it supports a green economy.

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EBRD can’t stay away from Russian motorways – Khimki destruction goes ahead while women and children are being arrested

11 February, 2011

Yesterday, police in Khimki arrested an activist of the Movement for the Defence of Khimki Forest. The activist Alla Chernyshova and her daughters of 3 and 6 had to spend more than five hours in custody where she was questioned as the main suspect for a false bomb threat.

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Hundreds to protest against ArcelorMittal in Bosnia and Herzegovina

10 February, 2011

Hundreds of people are expected to attend a protest against illegal levels of air pollution from the local ArcelorMittal steelmill this Friday afternoon. The action has been organized through social media and is supported by local NGOs Dosta! and Zenica Eko-Forum.

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CEE countries must demand binding targets for energy efficiency, say NGOs

3 February, 2011

Ahead of Friday’s European Council on Energy, CEE Bankwatch Network is urging political will from both the Hungarian EU Presidency and other central and eastern European heads of state to ensure binding targets for improving energy efficiency by 20 percent by the year 2020 if the bloc is to play its part in meeting climate targets under the Europe 2020 strategy.

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Financial intermediaries must not prevent transparency at the EBRD

1 February, 2011

On the occasion of a revision of the EBRD’s public information policy, Bankwatch points out the lack of information when it comes to financial intermediaries.

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