Davor Pehchevski

A New Year’s resolution for Novaci – clean air

January 15, 2019 | Read more

Macedonia made headlines in December when the United Nations ranked its capital city, Skopje, as the most polluted capital city in Europe. If the ranking included non-capitals, it would not miss Novaci – a small village in the country’s south that also gasps for breath.

Coal supplied by Hungary’s BAZ county mines to blame for growing air pollution

December 11, 2018 | Read more

As new mines mushroom in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (BAZ) county, Hungary, air pollution picks up the pace, our independent air monitoring shows. Authorities need to help people move towards cleaner heating systems and put an end to coal mining in the region.

Results of air pollution independent monitoring call for immediate action in Balkan countries

November 26, 2018 | Read more

Independent particulate matter monitoring implemented by CEE Bankwatch Network and partner organisations from the region between October 2016 and April 2017 in six different coal-heavy locations in the Balkans just scratched the surface of the impact t