Watchdog warns on “dodgy” Southern Gas Corridor contracts
December 16, 2016
Construction cartels and firms with links to organised crime could benefit from billions in European public money after winning contracts to build a pipeline carrying gas from Azerbaijan to Europe, according to a development bank watchdog. Source: Watc
Europe development banks plan £5.5bn backing for gas project ‘with mafia links’
December 16, 2016
A pipeline to bring gas to Europe from central Asia has attracted companies with historic connections to cartels and the mafia, says Bankwatch report Source: Europe development banks plan £5.5bn backing for gas project ‘with mafia links’ | Global devel
Tap, “due miliardi dalla Banca europea e aziende sotto inchiesta per corruzione”
December 12, 2016
Dal giacimento di Shah Deniz 2, in Azerbaijan, fino alle spiagge di San Foca, in Puglia. Si snoda lungo 3.500 chilometri il Corridoio Sud del gas, uno delle grandi opere su cui ha puntato la Commissione Junker. L’opera fa discutere sia per l’impatto re
La ‘pax europea’: inversiones por estabilidad
December 10, 2016
En un barrio de la periferia de Túnez, un grupo de niños se arremolina junto a la cancha de fútbol aprovechando una festividad escolar. Mientras en el terreno de juego corre el balón, a unos metros otros menores juegan a las canicas o lanzan monedas tr
China Is Outsourcing Its Pollution
December 7, 2016
Beijing’s diplomacy is increasingly green, but its international trade is getting ever more coal-black. Source: China Is Outsourcing Its Pollution – Foreign Policy
EU ministers approve ‘Juncker plan’ extension
December 6, 2016
EU finance ministers approved on Tuesday (6 December) the extension of the European fund for strategic investment (EFSI) until 2020, provided some changes are made in the way it works. Source: EU ministers approve ‘Juncker plan’ extension
En Europe, le Corridor Sud cristallise les tensions avec la Russie
December 4, 2016
D’Azerbaïdjan en Italie, ce pipeline vise à réduire la dépendance énergétique vis-à-vis de Moscou. Mais chaque pays traversé a ses intérêts, et des oppositions se manifestent. Source: (8) En Europe, le Corridor Sud cristallise les tensions avec la Russ
(8) Tchernobyl : un triomphe pour l’arche de confinement ?
November 29, 2016
La structure a été inaugurée en grande pompe ce mardi par le président ukrainien. Construite par Bouygues et Vinci, elle a coûté 1,5 milliard d’euros, financés par plus de 40 pays et institutions in… Source: (8) Tchernobyl : un triomphe pour l’arche de
Jedenapolmiliardová kupola je už na mieste, Černobyľ však zďaleka nie je bezpečný
November 29, 2016
Vydrží aj silnejšie zemetrasenie, kritici však upozorňujú, že na pocit bezpečia pred novou jadrovou katastrofou na Ukrajine to nestačí. Source: Jedenapolmiliardová kupola je už na mieste, Černobyľ však zďaleka nie je bezpečný – Denník N
Ne postoji jeftina energija
November 28, 2016
Ima li mjesta za etiku u uvozu energenata? Što kada bi država tome težila? Kako većina energenata dolazi iz zemalja u kojima se sustavno krše ljudska prava ili iz prljavih energetskih izvora koji pridonose zagrijavanju klime, država bi morala razviti s
