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Blue Heart of Europe – hydropower is destroying environment for hardly any energy

January 29, 2020

Rivers are the source of life and also the livelihoods of surrounding communities. Following an almost one-year standoff in nearby Fojnica in Bosnia and Herzegovina, residents of the Kruščica village decided in 2017 to defend the river of the same name


Die Frauen von der Brücke

December 28, 2018

Auf dem Balkan boomt der Bau von Wasserkraftwerken, doch die Nachhaltigkeit der Projekte ist umstritten. Frauen im Dorf Kruščica besetzen eine Brücke und blockieren so die Interessen internationaler Konzerne. Source: Die Frauen von der Brücke


Balkan rivers are crying for help

June 4, 2018

Protests that take the form of a whistle-blowing complaint are “choking” the Balkans in an attempt to save the water resources of the countries in the region. Source: Balkan rivers are crying for help


Threatening wilderness, dams fuel protests in the Balkans

June 4, 2018

KRUSCICA, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – For almost a year, a clutch of Bosnian women has kept watch over a wooden bridge to disrupt the march of hydropower – part of a Balkan-wide protest against the damming of Europe’s wild riv


Local initiatives champion sustainability and resilience in central and eastern Europe

March 26, 2015

A new website with inspiring stories of local sustainable initiatives shows the very real change that small-scale projects can make for local communities.


[Campaign update] EBRD not digging for truth at the Kolubara mine, Serbia

July 26, 2013

By putting too much trust in its client EPS, the EBRD failed to notice that an important grievance mechanism for villagers near the mine was not in place – for two years. [*]


As Croatia accedes to the EU, questions remain over whether EU billions can succeed for Croats

July 1, 2013

Croatia’s new Law on Strategic Investments does not bode well for the sustainable use of EU funds in Croatia now that the country has become an EU member state.


EU funds in people’s hands. When small things make a difference.

June 17, 2013

A Croation winner of Bankwatch’s Better Ideas contest for sustainable EU Funds has just begun implementing their project. The positive responses from their community and the successful start illustrate that “small is beautiful” can also apply to Cohesion Policy.


Guest post: New film: Tar sands – to the ends of the earth

June 17, 2013

Friends of the Earth Europe’s new film, documenting the efforts of local communities in Madagascar to protect their island home from tar sands development, was premiered in Europe last week at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.


Out of left field: A Kyrgyz inspiration for the EBRD

February 23, 2012

Following the publication of one official and one shadow report on the Kumtor gold mine, Kyrgyz authorities have responded to the calls of Bankwatch and other environmental groups to take a tougher stance on the Kumtor mining operations. The EBRD should follow their example.


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