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Video: Polish perspectives on the EU presidency

Today Poland takes the helm of the EU presidency, but the country's recent move to unilaterally block a 25 percent reduction target for EU carbon emissions has solidified expectations that Poland would hinder a more ambitious EU climate policy agenda.


Deja-vu in Belgrade

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Bankwatch’s coordinator in Serbia Zvezdan Kalmar finds himself in a situation similar to the one when campaigning on the Gazela bridge project: Roma families live in uncertainty about when they’ll be resettled to make way for road construction, all the while with little influence about how decisions are made.


Transparency improvements grind to a halt at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

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Bankwatch research co-ordinator Pippa Gallop discusses the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's draft public information policy and how the bank has come to a standstill with improving its transparency rules.


EIB transport lending is not just on a wrong track but hardly on tracks at all

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Bankwatch's EIB team leader Anna Roggenbuck, on her way to consultations on the European Investment Bank's transport policy, has crunched the numbers of the bank's transport sector lending. The result: while exhibiting a strong faith in future technological solutions the EIB is fuelling increased carbon emissions across Europe.


Bringing Georgian realities to the EBRD drawing board

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David Chipashvili from Bankwatch member group Green Alternative in Georgia talks about the opportunities and threats in bringing concerns from the ground to the attention of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.


Czech Republic to examine irregularities in EU funds road and waterway spending

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The Czech Republic will stop requesting the European Commission to reimburse EU funds spent in constructing new motorways and waterways that in the past may have breached public procurement rules. Rail funding will not be affected.


The sun ain't shining over Khimki Forest

The Khimki Forest in Russia might see its end signed and sealed this month. But Russian activists have continued their actions to defend Khimki forest also today by carrying out a citizens' inspection to prevent the still illegal felling of trees.


New Bankwatch resource explains ABCs of ENP

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In collaboration with its Georgian member group Green Alternative, Bankwatch is today releasing its online guide to the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP).


20,000 backing Khimki activists calling on Vinci to end involvement in Moscow - St. Petersburg motorway

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More than 20,000 people have signed a petition to demand Vinci's withdrawal from the construction of a highway section through the Khimki Forest in Russia.


Russian activist wins Goldman Environmental Prize

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Russian environmentalist Dmitry Lisitsyn is one of the six winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize, often referred to as the Nobel Prize for environmentalism.


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