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Letter to President Barroso regarding accelerated EU funding for controversial projects in CEE countries

Advocacy letter | 11 May, 2009 | Download PDF

Complaint to EIB regarding breaches of EU legislation in preparations for the D1 motorway

Advocacy letter | 4 May, 2009 | Download PDF

Bankwatch member group Friend of the Earth-CEPA outlines in the complaint letter the breaches of EU legislation it believes have taken place during the preparation of the Turany – Hubov section of the D1 motorway. Both the EIB and EBRD are requested to halt plans for financing the project until the noted issues have been resolved, and the European Commission is asked to reconsider its acceptance of the project.

Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania

Briefing | 13 April, 2009 | Download PDF

With the planning and preparatory process for the new Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania well underway, a first version of the Environmental Impact Assessment Report has been issued last September. Bankwatch member groups from the Baltic States, participating in the public consultation process of the report, are calling for other than nuclear alternatives and the development of a responsible and sustainable energy sector in the region.

Chelopech gold and copper mine Bulgaria

Briefing | 9 April, 2009 | Download PDF

Only four months after the Board of Directors at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) had approved an increase to the original loan for the Canadian Dundee Precious Metals Development for its Chelopech gold and copper mine in Bulgaria, the Petitions Committee at the European Parliament deemed the situation at the mines tailings dam as alarming during the site visit on 29 October 2008. The questions to be asked are what is happening on the ground and on the basis of what information the EBRD decided to extend the financing for the Chelopech mine.

Bankwatch Mail 39

Bankwatch Mail | 1 April, 2009 | Download PDF

In this issue: Earth calling the IFIs – Take me to your added value * Countdown to Copenhagen finds the EU stuck in limbo * Wind frozen and trees cut in Latvian crisis measures * The penny starts to drop on PPPs * Oil, gas and the IFIs: Sketching some lines on the horizon * Landmark legal victory compels Ex-Im Bank and OPIC to get real on their fossil fuel lending * Transparency fever gripping the World Bank?