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Georgian Ministry of Energy orders use of force against local protesters who fear landslides from hydro construction

14 March, 2014

Last weekend, the Georgian Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources again left no doubt about where its main interests lie: enforcing the massive exploitation of Georgia’s hydropower potential despite and against people’s concerns and if necessary by use of force.

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Guest post: Dr. Kim’s World Bank legacy hinges on Kosovo climate test

12 March, 2014

Environmentalists and public finance watchdogs are taking to twitter today to urge World Bank president Dr. Jim Yong Kim to head his own rhetoric and reject the Kosovo coal power plant.

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NGOs respond to EU aid for Ukraine: watch for the devil in the details

6 March, 2014

Prague — As the European Council on aid to Ukraine concludes today in Brussels NGOs caution that the 11 billion euros put forward by the EU come on terms which will not necessarily foster an independent, self-reliant Ukraine.

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European Development Bank: Backward Step on Rights – Draft Policy Would Weaken Protection

5 March, 2014

(London) – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) new draft Environment and Social Policy would fail to weed out abusive development projects, seven human rights and bank watchdog organizations said today in a joint statement. The bank’s consultation on the draft policy closes on March 5, 2014. It then has an opportunity to revise the policy before sending it to the bank’s board for approval in the coming months.

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Eyes on different prizes – EU funds negotiations enter last lap in Slovakia

5 March, 2014

The Partnership Agreement (the main strategic document underpinning the new Cohesion Policy) is the place to state not only intentions but commitments, yet the latter are missing in Slovakia’s EU funds blueprint for now.

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