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NGOs to EIB and EBRD: Mistakes like Šoštanj must not happen again
Bankwatch in the media | March 27, 2013

Yesterday, 20 March, Focus Slovenia, CEE Bankwatch Network and 96 other NGOs sent a letter to the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), calling on them to never commit to such a misguided loan as they had with Slovenian lignite plant Šoštanj 6.

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Energy & climate
Balkans, CEE, coal, energypolicy, EU, EU neighbourhood
Guest post: Never again Sostanj
Blog entry | March 20, 2013

Disappointed by loan disbursements to one of the dirtiest coal projects in Europe, almost 100 organisations have called on two public lenders to not repeat the same mistakes, ever.

EBRD
EIB
Energy & climate
Balkans, climate, coal, corruption, EBRD, EIB, energypolicy, EU, EU neighbourhood, fossil fuels, lignite, protest, TES6
Never again Sostanj, NGOs warn European public banks after Slovenia debacle
Press release | March 20, 2013

After the EIB and the EBRD disbursed a promised 650 million euros for Slovenian lignite plant TES 6 on March 8, Focus Slovenia, CEE Bankwatch Network, and 96 other NGOs are today sending a letter to the two banks calling on them to never commit to such a misguided loan again.

EBRD
EIB
Energy & climate
Balkans, coal, corruption, energypolicy, EU, EU neighbourhood, fossil fuels, protest, TES6
[Campaign update] Woes in Kosovo's energy sector trigger demand for Minister's removal
Blog entry | March 18, 2013

Amid increasing public outcry over electricity prices and the privatisation of the KEDS distribution company, KOSID, an industrious NGO coalition from Kosovo has called for the dismissal of Besim Beqaj, the country's Minster for Economic Development.

EBRD
World Bank Group
Energy & climate
Balkans, coal, EBRD, energy, energypolicy, EU neighbourhood, KOSID, Kosovo, Kosovo Re, lignite, update
Europe's public banks disburse EUR 650 million to Sostanj coal plant despite ongoing corruption charges
Press release | March 8, 2013

Ljubljana – The European Investment Bank announced today [1] that it would pay the remaining EUR 440 million out of a EUR 550 million loan [2] for the construction of a new 600 megawatt lignite unit at Sostanj [3] in Slovenia, and that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development would follow suite with its parallel EUR 100 million loan.

EBRD
EIB
Energy & climate
Balkans, coal, energypolicy, EU, fossil fuels

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