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Submission to European Court of Justice: Request to release documents on European Commission decision on Euratom loan for Ukraine

Publication  |  June 16, 2016

Earlier in 2016, Bankwatch approached the European Commission’s Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs, and made a request for documents related to the EUR 300 million Euratom loan for Ukraine’s nuclear safety upgrade programme. Specifically, we asked for the evidence used by the Commission in making the first EUR 100 million disbursement from the loan.

Ukraine’s addiction to nuclear energy poses a decades-long threat to Europe

Blog entry  |  February 2, 2017

Despite an urgent need to rebuild and reshape its highly inefficient and outdated energy sector, Ukraine has recently presented a draft of its new energy strategy that looks more like of the same. While the strategy makes mention of modern renewable en

Groups blast veiled decision-making at European Commission as mining industry revels in rejection of crucial Parliamentary resolution

Press release  |  July 7, 2010

Environmental organisations have today criticised Commissioner Janez Potocnik for heeding mining industry lobbyists over a democratically elected European Parliament, in failing to open public discussions and rejecting a resolution to ban the use of cyanide in mining processes throughout the European Union.

Mounting pressure to revoke permit for the planned thermal power plant Ugljevik III

Blog entry  |  March 21, 2018

In contrast to the global trend of decreasing coal from the energy mix, the Western Balkan countries are stubbornly planning a whole fleet of new lignite plants, most of which are plagued by breaches of environmental laws. The latest case in point is the planned 600MW Ugljevik III.

Buk Bijela dam and the Upper Drina cascade

Project  |  December 13, 2021

Buk Bijela is one of 14 dams planned on the upper Drina and its tributaries. It would block the migration of the majestic Danube salmon and damage local rafting tourism. Its development has been marked by a series of legal violations.

BiH’s Ugljevik 3 TPP Under Examination Again

Bankwatch in the media  |  March 23, 2018

The permit for construction of the 600 MW Ugljevik 3 thermal power plant (TPP) in Republika Srpska is now also under examination by the Espoo Convention Implementation Committee due to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) failure to notify neighbouring count

Energy Community opens infringement procedure against Bosnia-Herzegovina over illegal Tuzla 7 state aid

Press release  |  March 26, 2019

The Energy Community Secretariat has today announced that it is officially opening a dispute settlement procedure on the planned Federal guarantee for a EUR 614 loan from the China Eximbank to build the Tuzla 7 coal power plant in Bosnia-Herzegovina.[1] The procedure can potentially lead to delays in the EU accession process and temporary suspension of financing by EU banks.

Bankwatch annual report – 2018

Page  |  April 2, 2019

Bankwatch in 2018 A banner year for protecting nature, climate and human rights across central and eastern Europe and beyond Who we areStories2018 in numbersFinancialsOur peopleConnect with us Dear friends, In 1996 I accompanied a group of intrepid you

Bosnia-Herzegovina: Environmental permit for Buk Bijela hydropower plant cancelled

Press release  |  May 30, 2019

The Banja Luka District Court has cancelled the environmental permit for the planned 93 MW Buk Bijela hydropower plant on the river Drina in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Aarhus Resource Center in Sarajevo has announced today, following the court’s positive 13 May ruling on the Center’s complaint.

European banks must not support a “new Šoštanj 6” in Bosnia-Herzegovina, warn NGOs

Press release  |  December 2, 2019

Slovene bank NLB’s offer of a loan for the construction of the controversial Tuzla 7 coal power plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina poses serious risks to the bank and its shareholders due to a slew of legal and economic issues around the project, warned a group of non-governmental organisations in a letter to the bank today (1).