Company Suspected of Ties with Cosa Nostra Wants to Build Turkstream 2 in Bulgaria
April 3, 2019
A consortium led by a construction company associated with the legendary Italian Mafia Cosa Nostra has submitted a bid for the Bulgarian section of the TurkStream 2 gas pipeline, Bivol has learned. This is Bonatti Group S.p.a., which participated in th
Otvoren postupak protiv BiH zbog garancija za TE Tuzla blok 7
April 3, 2019
Mutna posla – BiH garantira kredit čiji iznos baš i nije fiksiranSource: Otvoren postupak protiv BiH zbog garancija za TE Tuzla blok 7
RUSKI RULET SA ŽIVOTIMA GRAĐANA: Blok 7 TE Tuzla znači još 50 godina zagađenja tuzlanskog kantona
April 2, 2019
Donosioci odluka uopšte ne vode brigu o dugoročnom interesu građana u BiH.Source: RUSKI RULET SA ŽIVOTIMA GRAĐANA: Blok 7 TE Tuzla znači još 50 godina zagađenja tuzlanskog kantona
EU-regler ignoreras – miljardbelopp går till kolindustrin
April 2, 2019
I sydöst ignoreras EU:s regler för energimarknaden och kolindustrin tar årligen emot subventioner på 25 miljarder kronor, visar en ny rapport. Det ekonomiska stödet försvårar för länderna att nå målen om minskade utsläpp.Source: EU-regler ignoreras – m
Reakcije na kineski kredit: ‘Još pola stoljeća zagađenja u BiH’
April 1, 2019
Delegati Doma naroda Parlamenta Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine izjasnili su se za davanje saglasnosti za kreditno zaduženje preduzeća Elektroprivreda BiH kod Izvozno-uvozne banke Kine radi izgradnje Bloka 7 Termoelektrane Tuzla. Ranije su to učinili i
Slovak aspects of the EIB Energy Lending Policy
March 31, 2019
One of the biggest challenges in Slovakia is to ensure systematic support for the development of decentralised, non-fossil and sustainable energy system. The European Investment Bank (EIB) already invested far too much into fossil gas (77 per cent of a
When the EU’s bank can’t kick the fossil fuels habit
March 27, 2019
As the European Investment Bank (EIB) is nowadays preparing a new Energy Lending Policy to guide its investment in energy projects, it seems the world’s largest public lender is not willing to acknowledge its contribution to climate change, the biggest crisis currently facing humanity.
Energy Community: Western Balkan coal subsidies worth over 1.2 billion euros in 2017
March 25, 2019
For immediate release. Energy Community countries propped up coal mining and electricity generation with direct and indirect public subsidies totalling at least 2.4 billion annually, out of which around half were provided by Western Balkan countries, shows a study (1) released today by the Vienna-based Secretariat of the Energy Community Treaty, the international treaty working to integrate the energy markets of the EU with those of its neighbours.
Romania’s dodgy math: will the country retire 2.2 GW of coal by the end of 2019?
March 13, 2019
Romania’s National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) contains dodgy maths that seems to imply the country will retire 2.2 GW of coal by the end of 2019, according to an analysis of the document published today by Bankwatch Romania.
Coal in the Romanian National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP)
March 13, 2019
Romania was among the countries which managed to submit its draft NECP before the deadline at the end of 2018. This came at a cost – a very limited period for consultations (only ten days), a fact which was signalled by most interested stakeholders. Th
