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Home > Archives for Protecting rivers and communities > Protecting rivers and communities in southeast Europe

Protecting rivers and communities in southeast Europe

Montenegro’s stop-start spatial plan set to greenlight harmful hydro projects

June 24, 2025

Montenegro is touted as the lead EU accession candidate these days, but it’s unfortunately far from ready. The country’s hotly debated new national spatial plan is a case in point, plagued by delays, legal breaches, opacity and all-round low quality.


Activists say Bosnian dam threatens river life and rafters

June 26, 2024

KONJIC, Bosnia, June 25 (Reuters) – Environmental activist Lejla Kusturica stood on the banks of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Neretva river, …


The Upper Horizons complex, Bosnia and Herzegovina

December 18, 2023

The Upper Horizons hydropower complex has been planned since the mid-20th century, and is planned to consist of three plants — Dabar, Nevesinje and Bileća — linked by a series of tunnels and channels. If completed, it would have a devastating impact on the karst ecosystems of eastern Herzegovina and beyond.  


​​​​​​​​​​​​​Skavica mega dam: Albanian court to scrutinise special law for U.S. contractor Bechtel

September 21, 2023

Nature conservation and human rights organisations have secured an important first milestone in the fight against the planned 210 MW Skavica hydropower plant in the Albanian municipalities of Kukës and Dibër.


Bosnia and Herzegovina’s draft NECP: The good, the bad and the ugly

July 20, 2023

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s draft NECP finally looks to the future, plans no new fossil fuel power plants and significantly scales back unrealistic hydropower plans. But existing coal plants are to keep operating illegally and the draft is furtive about coal-to-biomass plans.


Upper Horizons hydropower scheme, Bosnia and Herzegovina

June 14, 2023

A series of dams, diversion tunnels, hydropower plants and channels will completely change the natural hydrology of eastern Herzegovina and have unpredictable impacts on wetlands, rivers and underground karst.


Ulog and Upper Neretva hydropower plants, Bosnia and Herzegovina

June 14, 2023

A 35 MW hydropower plant is currently under construction on a pristine section of the Neretva river at Ulog. Seven more plants are also planned further upstream.


Skavica hydropower plant, Albania

April 28, 2023

Instead of increasing its energy security, Albania is pushing the construction of yet more hydropower. The Skavica project may flood several villages, displace thousands of people and bring the Balkan lynx to extinction


EU’s house bank breached environmental standards on Serbia hydropower project

April 14, 2023

The European Investment Bank (EIB) breached its environmental standards during the approval of the Komalj small hydropower plant in Serbia, the Bank’s Complaint Mechanism has concluded, in a report published today. (1)


New report: Southeast Europe hydropower investment risks are high and rising

July 27, 2022

Greenfield large hydropower investments across southeast Europe (1) face major risks and low realisation rates, according to a new report by CEE Bankwatch, EuroNatur, Riverwatch and WWF Adria published today, which also highlights nine high-risk project cases (2).


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