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Buk Bijela dam and the Upper Drina cascade

December 13, 2021

Planned as a joint project of public utilities owned by the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, Buk Bijela on the upper Drina is being pushed forward in violation of local legislation and international conventions.


A tale of two communities successfully resisting the Balkan hydropower tsunami

July 31, 2018

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.


Court complaints launched against Bosnia-Herzegovina hydropower permits

July 26, 2018

Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Nikšić, Podgorica, Prague – The Aarhus Resource Centre Sarajevo has submitted two court complaints [1] to the District Court in Banja Luka against the environmental permits for the Buk Bijela and Foča hydropower plants on the river Drina in Bosnia-Herzegovina near the border with Montenegro.


Low-carbon transition as it should be: three steps for the EBRD to have fewer headaches with hydropower projects

May 10, 2018

While it is positive that banks want to finance the much-needed transition away from coal towards renewable energy in the Balkans, it is crucial to ensure that the cure is not worse than the disease. Most of the projects planned in the Balkans are smal


Money flows, rivers dry

March 22, 2018

Erste, Sberbank and the EBRD have been fueling the destruction of 27 km of rivers in the region of Josanicka banja, on the borders of the Kopaonik National Park in Serbia. It is a stark warning how the future of the Balkans might look if uncontrolled investment continues.


Dabrova Dolina, Croatia

March 19, 2018

Why even small hydropower plants shouldn’t be built in protected areas.


Financing for hydropower in protected areas of southeast Europe: update

March 16, 2018

Multilateral development banks have supported no fewer than 82 hydropower projects across southeast Europe, including in protected areas. The study finds that the number of hydropower projects in the region that enjoy financial support from multilatera


International banks fuelling a hydropower tsunami that’s decimating pristine Balkan rivers – study

March 16, 2018

Radolfzell, Vienna, Prague – Multilateral development banks have supported no fewer than 82 hydropower projects across southeast Europe, including in protected areas, according to a study by CEE Bankwatch Network released today.


Broken rivers. The impacts of European-financed small hydropower plants on pristine Balkan landscapes

December 19, 2017

Eight hydropower projects in Albania, Croatia and Macedonia financed with European public money have damaged biodiversity and are in urgent need of increased monitoring and restoration measures.


From Enver Hoxha to the EBRD (and back) – hydropower in Albania

June 7, 2017

The EBRD and Societe Generale are now sponsoring a mass-scale construction project across Albania. Over 300 hydropower plants in various stages of development are posing real threats to the mountainous country’s nature and people. They should avoid repeating Ever Hoxha’s concrete folly.


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