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EU’s massive loan for Split: showdown between tourist paradise and residents’ needs

29 November, 2023

This summer was hot in the Croatian city of Split. Adding to the rising temperatures and usual tourist buzz was a heated political debate over a EUR 150 million framework loan approved by the European Investment Bank (EIB), the biggest loan to date for Split.

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Amidst the climate crisis, European Commission green-lights new fossil gas projects in Poland and Croatia

22 November, 2023

Poland and Croatia are set to receive EUR 1.2 billion in EU recovery funds to expand liquefied gas (LNG) terminals and build new pipelines.

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Western Balkans decarbonisation is urgent: but the EU enlargement package is still sending mixed signals

10 November, 2023

The European Commission’s annual reports on the Western Balkan countries’ EU accession progress vary considerably on decarbonisation, sending mixed messages on coal and especially gas. The EU needs to take a more consistent approach if the region is to achieve decarbonisation by 2050 at the latest.

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To keep homes warm in the Western Balkans, look beneath the surface

26 October, 2023

Geothermal energy as a sustainable source for district heating is gathering steam around the world. Many municipalities in the Western Balkans urgently need to break free from dirty and expensive fossil fuel-based heating. One little-known way of doing so is to tap the region’s geothermal potential lying right below their feet.

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Montenegrin NGOs counter Varhelyi pledge on LNG terminal

24 October, 2023

27 civil society organisations have sent a joint letter to the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, (1) questioning a recent statement by Enlargement Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi that the EU would help Montenegro to build a liquified gas (LNG) terminal at the port of Bar (2), and calling on the EU not to support the project.

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