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Balkans

North Macedonia: coal exit welcome, but no excuse for ecosystem destruction

December 5, 2019

Two out of three scenarios in the country’s groundbreaking draft Energy Strategy foresee a coal exit by 2025 – excellent news in a country traditionally dominated by coal-fired electricity. But the Strategy’s plans for hydropower are unrealistic, writes Nevena Smilevska.


Nevladine udruge iz BiH upozorile NLB na spornu termocentralu Tuzla 7 u BiH

December 4, 2019

Više nevladinih udruga iz Bosne i Hercegovine upozorilo je upravu Nove Ljubljanske banke (NLB) na kontroverznost odluke da ta banka u konzorciju s bankom Intesa Sanpaolo i ruskom Sberbankom sa 75 milijuna eura kreditira gradnju sedmog bloka termoelektrane u Tuzli za koju smatraju da je ekološki i ekonomski sporna, piše mariborski list “Večer”.


New analysis: Belgrade incinerator public-private partnership a textbook case of corporate capture

December 4, 2019

The Belgrade solid waste public-private partnership (PPP) has been plagued by legal irregularities and circumvented binding decision-making processes, finds a new analysis published today by CEE Bankwatch Network, Counter Balance and Zero Waste Europe.


European banks must not support a “new Šoštanj 6” in Bosnia-Herzegovina, warn NGOs

December 2, 2019

Slovene bank NLB’s offer of a loan for the construction of the controversial Tuzla 7 coal power plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina poses serious risks to the bank and its shareholders due to a slew of legal and economic issues around the project, warned a group of non-governmental organisations in a letter to the bank today (1). 


Salini-Impregilo, no al mega-progetto idroelettrico in Svanezia

November 25, 2019

La più grande compagnia di costruzioni italiana – 6,1 miliardi di euro di fatturato consolidato nel 2017 – ha abbandonato il mega-progetto di Nenskra, in Georgia, che dovrebbe generare 280 megawatt di energia. Tuttavia, fin dalla sua genesi, l’opera è


Hidroenergija na zapadnom Balkanu – ko plaća, a ko profitira?

November 21, 2019

O tome kako su i zašto beneficije za obnovljive izvore energije uglavnom korištene za gradnju malih hidroelektrana, razgovaramo sa Igorom Vejnovićem iz Mreže za monitoring javnih banaka i finansija u centralnoj i istočnoj Evropi (CEE Bankwatch Network).


Red het wilde water

November 18, 2019

De Europese Unie eist van haar aspirant-leden dat zij het gebruik van duurzame energie opschroeven. Reden voor verschillende Balkanstaten om grootscheeps dammen aan te leggen. Corruptiegevoelig, en niet goed voor het milieu. Het protest zwelt aan. Red het wilde water.


A walk on the wild side

November 18, 2019

The EBRD-financed Green Boulevard project in Belgrade, Serbia, has long attracted criticism from groups like Streets for Cyclists, who have pointed out that it will include no cycling lanes, and will slow down public transport by letting cars drive on the tram tracks. But now it is under construction, a whole new slew of problems have come up.


Small hydropower plants threaten Montenegro’s last free-flowing rivers in a bid for cleaner energy

November 14, 2019

In a tiny wooden lodge, in a misty valley in Montenegro, six locals puff away on homemade cigarettes and sip the country’s traditional plum brandy at 11:15 a.m. Small hydropower plants threaten Montenegro’s last free-flowing rivers in a bid for cleaner energy.


EIB pulls out of incinerator project after recycling warning

November 5, 2019

The EU’s bank has pulled out of funding a controversial waste incinerator in Belgrade, Serbia, after the European Commission warned it could threaten environmental targets.


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