Residents of Beli Bryag in Bulgaria’s Stara Zagora region anxiously await removal from their homes to make way for the expansion of a mine that feeds Maritsa East, the country’s largest coal complex.
Serbia is mining away a green future
September 10, 2018 | Read more
Serbia’s notorious Drmno mine is rapidly expanding on Chinese loans, pushing the country towards high-carbon lock-in and a long-term debt.
Two communities in central Bosnia have had reasons to celebrate within the last few weeks as they achieved major victories in their campaigns against small hydropower plants near Fojnica and Kruscica. Bankwatch joined them to see what lies behind their success.
Mongolia 2.0
March 27, 2018 | Read more
Only recently Mongolia was known as the biggest nomadic country in the world. Today, it is struggling to move past it.
Dabrova Dolina, Croatia
March 19, 2018 | Read more
Why even small hydropower plants shouldn’t be built in protected areas.
Going through the mill
January 10, 2018 | Read more
Going through the mill A Bankwatch story by “Mills don’t grind if you give them no water” goes the old proverb that Xhevahir Shkurti, an owner of a water mill in the village of Rapuni in central Albania could not agree more with.
