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Project briefing: Gabrovo bypass and Shipka mountain tunnel, Bulgaria

Briefing | 28 April, 2012 | Download PDF

If implemented as currently planned, the road bypass of the town of Gabrovo, and the tunnel under the Shipka mountain – a project supported by EU funding – will harm a Natura 2000 zone and national biodiversity protected area. This briefing paper gives details on the project and calls on the European Commission to remind Bulgarian authorities of the need to allow for public participation and conduct an environmental assessment that takes alternatives into consideration.


NGO comments on transport programming for EU funds in Bulgaria

Policy comments | 28 April, 2012 | Download PDF

These comments from the Bulgarian Civic Coalition for sustainable use of EU funds identifies problematic issues and discrepancies between transport policy documents at EU and Bulgarian level. It offers concrete suggestions to overcome those problems and to improve the decision making process of the Bulgaria Operational Programme for Transport for the period 2014-2020.


Expert comment on cutback in production at Kumtor gold mine due to massive flow of ice and waste rock into the mine

Briefing | 25 April, 2012 | Download PDF

Centerra Gold’s announcement that the February 2012 ice and waste fall into the Kumtor pit will result in a cutback in gold production indicates that the measures the company has put in place to address the causes of past pit wall failures have been ineffective since those measures were not effective at preventing Davidov ice and waste from falling into the open pit and causing the current production cutback.


Photo report from Kiev Chop road rehabilitation – dangers and hardships for local communities

Briefing | 13 April, 2012 | Download PDF

The rehabilitation of the Kiev-Chop road, financed with the help of EBRD and EIB loans, was part of the preparations for the Euro 2012 championships in Poland and Ukraine. Due to a negligent implementation, the project resulted in local people having to face dangerous, even life threatening situations every day.


Kolubara independent Union request to withold credit for Kolubara

Advocacy letter | 10 April, 2012 | Download PDF

In its letter, the independent union at the Kolubara mine points at extremely difficult and inhumane working conditions and their employer’s reckless attitude toward employees. The union calls on the EBRD to not extend a loan to the Kolubara lignite mine before workers’ rights are being respected.