Belgrade suffoque, les autorités nient la pollution
February 7, 2020
Les citoyens réclament une réaction des dirigeants alors que la capitale serbe est la ville la plus polluée du monde.Source : Belgrade suffoque, les autorités nient la pollution
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
Les Balkans toussent, les gouvernements bottent en touche
January 28, 2020
Chaque hiver, les grandes villes de la région se retrouvent sous des nuages de particules fines. De Belgrade à Pristina, la société civile s’élève contre la dépendance au charbon entretenue par les Etats.Source : Les Balkans toussent, les gouvernements
Residents of Tuzla protest over extremely high Levels of Air Pollution
January 13, 2020
Following last night’s protests in the center of Tuzla over extremely high levels of air pollution, residents announce the continuation of the protests on Wednesday. They claim to have difficulty breathing and are concerned about the rise in the number
Indigenous Svan communities unite to block hydro development in Svaneti
March 5, 2018
Protesters meet in Mestia to issue a petition that would block harmful infrastructural developments in Svaneti.
Protests spread in Western Balkans along with air pollution
February 19, 2018
Community organisations across the region are fed up with worsening air quality and are taking their grievances to the streets
[Campaign update] Environmentalists take planned Montenegrin coal plant to court
May 16, 2017
Green Home, a Montenegrin environmental non-governmental organisation, on Friday submitted a complaint to the Administrative Court of Montenegro requesting the cancellation of the environmental approval for the controversial Pljevlja II coal power plant the government seeks to build.
[Campaign update] Court confirms attacks on Ukrainian villagers are related to poultry business
May 12, 2017
The Court of Appeal of the Cherkasy region in central Ukraine sided with community activist Nina Martynovska from the Ratseve village who was brutally beaten because of her opposition to the construction of poultry farm facilities by Peremoha Nova, a subsidiary of Ukrainian agribusiness giant MHP.
If the EBRD stands for democracy it should not support TAP – Italian community addresses bank’s directors
May 11, 2017
At a meeting with the directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Bankwatch campaigners read a statement from Italian communities opposing the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline, the last leg of the Southern Gas Corridor, a 3500 km pipeline
Doing the same thing and expecting different results: Mongolia plans to curb air pollution with more coal
May 3, 2017
A new law on air pollution recently adopted by the Mongolian government is in part the result of massive demonstrations against air pollution in the capital. The new policy, however, involves even more reliance on coal.