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Home > Archives for Romania and Bulgaria

Romania and Bulgaria

European Parliament fails to halt disastrous hydropower project jeopardising local livelihoods and endangered species

September 27, 2024

WWF and CEE Bankwatch Network question the EU Commission’s reasons for putting this decades-old project on the Danube river on its priority investment list.


Turnu Măgurele – Nikopol Hydraulic Structures Assembly on the Danube river, Romania and Bulgaria

September 20, 2024

The project, if built, would not only devastate critical habitats, leading to the potential extinction of species such as the Danube sturgeons, but also displace local communities, disrupt existing investments, and violate several EU environmental directives.


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