September 11, 2017 | Read more An assessment of livelihoods of people to be affected by the Nenskra hydropower plant in Georgia is rigged with mistakes that will lead to significant losses for locals.
September 6, 2017 | Read more Revelations about the Azerbaijani Laundromat corruption scheme raise serious concerns over the EU’s intensifying relationship with the government in Baku and its readiness to turn a blind eye to the country’s human rights abuses and offer loans of millions of euros to a massive gas infrastructure project that would fill the pockets of the Azerbaijani corrupted elite.
August 30, 2017 | Read more Despite the remote location, the culture festival We Are Svaneti brought together people from three continents and helped young Svans to become aware of their communities’ unique traditions.
August 29, 2017 | Read more A new report assesses the state of play with the involvement of civil society partners in EU funds.
August 17, 2017 | Read more New EU rules entering into force today, to limit pollution from power plants, will also apply in most Western Balkan countries. But the region’s governments are so far acting like they don’t exist.
July 24, 2017 | Read more With new legislation, Bulgaria’s government is trying to limit inconvenient civil engagement in projects it deems strategic.
July 21, 2017 | Read more Public tensions have been rising over a proposed EUR 100 million tram line in the capital Riga that is proposed for EU funding.
July 17, 2017 | Read more As it nears two years of a Bankwatch visit to the copper smelter in Namibia and the uncovering of an unsafe arsenic disposal site, a planned expansion has revealed so far undisclosed environmental information.
July 17, 2017 | Read more While new public finance for the Southern Gas Corridor is lining up, the European Commission’s narrative that the pipeline would relieve Europe’s dependence on Russian gas continues to crumble.
July 12, 2017 | Read more A controversial EU-funded motorway is allegedly already breaking EU nature laws. Its completion through the Kresna Gorge nature reserve would be catastrophic for protected animals and plants in the region. A legal complaint calls on the Commission to investigate breaches of EU law.
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