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Household survey in Drmno shows negative impacts of Kostolac B3 project, Drmno mine

Study   |   June 13, 2016

This sociological survey included 162 (or 65.9%) of the registered 246 households in Drmno, Serbia. It illustrates the bleak reality in the village where a large majority of households have health problems, cracks in houses and other negative impacts from the nearby lignite power plant and mine.

The document is only available in Serbian. See also Bankwatch member CEKOR's website [sr] for information on the survey.

Response to statements regarding CEKOR in the Serbian media

June 9, 2016

CEKOR, as a non-governmental watchdog organisation, has since 1999 strived to promote sustainable development in Serbia and has a strong track record in supporting local communities harmed by development projects to advocate for their rights.

Theme: Social & economic impacts, Mining

Tags: coal, mining, resettlement, Balkans, EU neighbourhood

Financial trouble of Ukraine's nuclear operator calls Europe's financial support into question

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Energoatom is currently unable to serve loans from European institutions. Even though a European Commission study assessed the company’s credit worthiness, Ukrainian taxpayers now have to pay back part of the loans.

Tags: debt  Energoatom  Euratom  nuclear safety  state guarantee  CEE  EU neighbourhood 

Institution: EBRD

Theme: Energy & climate, Social & economic impacts

Nuclear financing through the backdoor

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While EU energy officials met on Monday, June 6, to discuss the shape of the Energy Union, we were joined by friends from WeMove.eu, equipped with your signatures and personal comments that you left while signing the petition.

Institution: EBRD, EIB

Theme: Energy & climate

Tags: EU, EU neighbourhood

Ochranári informovali ministra Sólymosa o stave ukrajinských jadrových reaktorov

June 1, 2016

Source: TASR, SME Domov

Upozorňujú, že predlžovanie životnosti reaktorov sa deje bez splnenia predpísaných bezpečnostných opatrení.

BRATISLAVA. Ochranári v stredu doručili ministrovi životného prostredia Lászlóovi Sólymosovi (Most-Híd) list, v ktorom ho informujú o podľa nich závažnej situácii jadrových reaktorov na Ukrajine a vyzývajú ho, aby konal. Informovala o tom nezisková organizácia Človek v ohrození.
Má vážne finančné ťažkosti

Institution: EBRD

Theme: Energy & climate

Tags: nuclear safety, EU neighbourhood

Westinghouse и "Росатом". Как украинский атом стал жертвой конкурентных войн

May 29, 2016

Source: Ольга Сухаревская, РИА Новости Украина

Захватив украинский рынок ядерного топлива, Westinghouse не только получил дополнительные доходы, но и экспериментальную площадку для совершенствования собственной продукции, что позволит ей впоследствии выйти на другие европейские рынки.

Institution: EBRD

Theme: Energy & climate

Tags: nuclear, EU neighbourhood

The role of the French multinational Vinci in construction of Moscow–Saint Petersburg motorway

May 27, 2016

Source: Crime Russia, Crime Russia

The case on French company Vinci’s participating in construction of Moscow–Saint Petersburg motorway is to become a legal precedent. The Khimki Forest Defense activists brought the investigating judge Nanter in the exposure of the scheme on withdrawal of Russian public money to various offshore companies.

Theme: Transport

Tags: Khimki forest, Vinci, EU neighbourhood

Western Balkans countries invest at least 2.4 times as much in coal as in wind power

Briefing   |   May 26, 2016

All the Western Balkans countries have committed to increase their share of renewable energy by 2020 to reach between 25 and 40 percent of their energy mix, as part of their obligations under the Energy Community Treaty. Yet this is far from obvious when examining their investment plans for new power generation capacity. Governments are actively planning to build 2800 MW of new coal plants with construction cost of at least EUR 4.5 billion. In contrast, these countries are only planning to build around 1166 MW of wind power plants, at an estimated cost of EUR 1.89 billion.

Institution: Chinese investors, Commercial banks, World Bank Group

Theme: Energy & climate

Western Balkan countries invest more than twice as much in coal as in wind power: new Bankwatch analysis

May 26, 2016

Western Balkan countries are planning investments in wind power, but these are being heavily outweighed by their investments in coal plants, according to a CEE Bankwatch Network analysis launched today. The region’s governments are actively planning 2800 MW of new coal plants but allowing only around 1166 MW of wind power plants to be built.

Institution: Chinese investors, Commercial banks, World Bank Group

Theme: Energy & climate

Tags: coal, decarbonisation, Energy Community, renewables, wind, Balkans, EU neighbourhood

Eight arrested in protest against Georgian dam

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Protests against large dams in Georgia's Svaneti mountains have led to confrontations with police. Locals are losing patience over the protracted consultation process on the project.

Tags: arrests  blockade  Chuberi  hydropower  Nenskra  protests  Caucasus  EU neighbourhood 

Institution: EBRD, ADB

Theme: Social & economic impacts

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