Letter to the European Commission regarding the shift of Kresna Gorge motorway’s financing to past 2013
July 23, 2009
EU financing of the motorway corridor through Kresna Gorge, the most controversial and difficult section of the Struma motorway, has been shifted to the next financial period 2014-2020. While an agreement between NGOs and the Bulgarian government states that the route will be implemented via tunnel(s) in order to preserve the area’s great biodiversity, environmentalists now fear that once other parts of the motorway are completed, the tunnel route might be scrapped by the Bulgarian authorities.
Intergovernmental agreement for Nabucco project
July 14, 2009
The full text is available from the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.
Joint Declaration of the States Parties to the Agreement on the Nabucco Project
July 14, 2009
The full text is available from the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.
Letter to DG Environment regarding the Nabucco pipeline project
July 8, 2009
The letter to European Commission, DG Environment raises political and environmental concerns related to the Nabucco pipeline, among others the human rights situation in Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan. On September 8, 2009 we received a response from DG Environment. Download it a pdf here.
Media briefing on the Nabucco gas pipeline
June 26, 2009
Risky deal, risky business: the Khudoni hydropower plant, Georgia
June 26, 2009
This report reviews documents provided by the Georgian government and the World Bank, and a number of independent research reports regarding the Georgian power sector and highlights the concerns of the local people towards the Khudoni HPP as expressed during the public hearings organized in Svaneti in summer 2008.
Letter to EBRD regarding results from a Bankwatch fact finding mission to the Kapan mine, Armenia
June 25, 2009
On September 28, 2009 we received a response from EBRD. Download it as pdf here.
Letter to European Commission regarding serious problems with the TEN-T network in the Czech Republic
June 24, 2009
Letter to Worldbank regarding threat of legal actions by KEGOK
June 22, 2009
Bankwatch Mail 41
June 22, 2009
In this issue: Environmental navigation can steer paths through EU funds storm * EU shadow banking sanctioned by the EU * EIB transport lending off course thanks to climate and biodiversity blind spots * Crisis loans set to dig more holes in Serbia * Croatia to become dumping ground of Europe? * Real costs of nukes in central and eastern Europe unleashed * The road to cyanide gold is paved with abuses
