Bankwatch in the media | December 22, 2015
Non-government organization CEE Bankwatch is not happy with the amount of information the European Investment Bank has provided regarding its lending to the Volkswagen Group in recent years. Bankwatch wrote to the EIB at the end of September, asking the bank to disclose documents related to the βgreen loansβ it provided to VW, wanting to see loan contracts or evidence that VW used the money according to the conditions of the contract.
Page | January 1, 1970
EU Structural and Cohesion Funds (EU funds) In the current period (2007-2013), 73% (EUR 55 billion) of total EU funds transport funding goes to the CEE-10 countries in central and eastern Europe (without Bulgaria and Romania). These amounts could help significantly improving the often desolate public transport sectors in the region.
Page | January 1, 1970
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Page | January 1, 1970
Zero Waste Europe: Despite EU waste management budget, CEE states struggle to catch up Packaging Insights | March 17, 2025 Report co-authors Fidanka Bacheva-McGrath, strategic area leader at CEE Bankwatch Network, and Evgenia Tasheva from the Za Zemiat
Page | May 14, 2012
Belgrade waste public-private partnership (PPP) The VinΔa waste PPP contract between the City of Belgrade and the Suez-Itochu consortium raises numerous issues including the terms of the contract, the waste management model envisaged, and the impacts o
Page | December 10, 2012
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Page | February 26, 2013
We have analysed the lending portfolio of both institutions for the time after their latest energy policies came into force. Our categories and methodologies thereby differ from those of the banks in order to present a more realistic picture of the climate impact of their energy related lending.
Page | March 8, 2016
Share images and the link to the web documentary Walking the line to balance the narrative about the ill-conceived Southern Gas Corridor / Euro-Caspian Mega Pipeline project.
Page | October 18, 2016
With our own device to measure air pollution, Bankwatch aims to provide independent data on air quality for selected sites across the Balkans. Poor air quality and the related impacts on health need to be higher on the policy making agenda in Balkan countries.
Page | January 30, 2017
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