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International banks fuelling a hydropower tsunami that’s decimating pristine Balkan rivers – study

Bankwatch Balkans hydropower financed by banks - study

March 16, 2018 | Read more

Radolfzell, Vienna, Prague – Multilateral development banks have supported no fewer than 82 hydropower projects across southeast Europe, including in protected areas, according to a study by CEE Bankwatch Network released today.

Controversial Turkish-Azerbaijani gas pipeline gets major EU loan

EIB finances Controversial Turkish-Azerbaijani gas pipeline

March 15, 2018 | Read more

Today the board of directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) green-lighted a EUR 932 million loan to the Trans Anatolian gas pipeline (TANAP), the Turkish section of the Southern Gas Corridor, a month after handing out the largest ever fossil fuels loan to the western section of the same project.

Way off track in Riga, as controversial EU-funded tram project plows ahead

Riga's controversial tram line to Skanste

March 7, 2018 | Read more

Business interests continue to overshadow public concerns with regards to the dubious €100-million tram project in Riga.

The Baganuur women affected by coal burning

Baganuur women in Mongolia suffer from coal mining industry

March 6, 2018 | Read more

The coal industry continues to negatively impact the local population and environment soothing the public with a false promise for reliable and affordable energy. The damaging influence is especially prominent for the women of Baganuur.

Indigenous Svan communities unite to block hydro development in Svaneti

Nenskra dam in Svaneti - protests against hydro in Georgia

March 5, 2018 | Read more

Protesters meet in Mestia to issue a petition that would block harmful infrastructural developments in Svaneti.

European Parliament calls for future EU budget to support the energy transformation in regions that need it most

February 22, 2018 | Read more

Prague, Brussels – Today NGOs across central and eastern Europe welcome a report from Members of the European Parliament’s BUDGET Committee [1], laying out the priorities for the next EU budget after 2020 – the ‘Multiannual Financial Framework’ (MFF).

Cohesion at crossroads: What we need from the next EU budget

February 20, 2018 | Read more

A reform of finance of the EU’s cohesion policy is needed and timely, but rather than merely shrinking, it is high time to make it a real catalyst of an ambitious, sustainable and democratic transformation that works for European citizens.

Protests spread in Western Balkans along with air pollution

February 19, 2018 | Read more

Community organisations across the region are fed up with worsening air quality and are taking their grievances to the streets

Bulgaria’s EU presidency off to rocky start, as protests highlight EU funds for nature destruction

February 19, 2018 | Read more

Unwanted limelight shines on Bulgaria as country plows ahead with Cohesion funds for the destruction of the Pirin National Park

Leaving Paris, the European Investment Bank steps on the gas

Black pipes for the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline are lying in a fenced area.

February 12, 2018 | Read more

Distancing itself from the EU’s climate commitments enshrined in the Paris Agreement, the European Investment Bank has effectively taken a U-turn in its energy lending last week when it approved a record loan for the Trans Adriatic Pipeline.

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