Page | May 13, 2025
30 years strong: Championing sustainable development in central and eastern Europe Since our founding in 1995, Bankwatch has been at the forefront of holding international financial institutions and governments accountable. We’ve challenged projects th
Page | September 23, 2015
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Page | September 23, 2015
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Page | October 20, 2021
With a lending portfolio of EUR 72 billion (2010) the European Investment Bank (EIB) is one of the world’s biggest public lending institution – bigger even than the World Bank.
Page | June 4, 2025
With a lending portfolio of EUR 72 billion (2010) the European Investment Bank (EIB) is one of the world’s biggest public lending institution – bigger even than the World Bank.
Publication | December 17, 2015
The latest blow to the highly controversial 68 megawatt Boškov Most hydropower plant, that has attracted EUR 65 million in financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), was dealt in early December by the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention, the European wildlife treaty.
Press release | November 7, 2011
Skopje – A coalition of more than 30 Macedonian and international NGOs are calling on the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) not to finance Boskov Most hydro power plant in north-western Macedonia. The project would seriously damage Mavrovo national park, the largest in the country and a potential Natura 2000 site, while at the same time being envisaged to produce a relatively small amount of electricity to be used only for the stabilization of the national energy system.
Blog entry | June 24, 2025
Riga’s main heat supplier, RĪGAS SILTUMS, is taking steps to transform the city’s heat supply. Having recently implemented a major electrification project, the company is now exploring options to introduce a pioneering heat storage solution for the Latvian capital.
Page | April 24, 2025
EBRD Annual Meeting 2025 London, United Kingdom From 13 to 15 May, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will hold its 34th Annual Meeting in London, United Kingdom. Bankwatch and its civil society partners will once again use t
Page | December 12, 2017
With the cancellation of a EUR 65 million loan from the EBRD, the Boškov Most hydropower project lost its major source of funding and is unlikely to be realised. The project threatened the Macedonia’s Mavrovo national park, one of Europe’s oldest and home of the endangered Balkan Lynx.
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