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New arrests should dampen Serbia's appetite for coal

Corruption cases continue to haunt Serbia’s coal sector as a new round of arrests last week has shown. They also illustrate how the dependence on coal creates vulnerabilities for Serbia’s energy sector and potentially its financiers, in particular in the aftermath of last year’s floods.

Tags: coal corruption floods Kostolac lignite mining Soko Štavalj Balkans EU neighbourhood

Institution: Chinese investors, EBRD

Theme: Energy & climate, Social & economic impacts

Serbian energy sector needs overhaul

The news portal Deutsche Welle has visited the Kolubara lignite mine in Serbia and produced a short clip about the difficulties faced by the Serbian energy sector.

Our Serbian colleague Nikola Perusic speaks in the video about the terrible landslide that happened in May 2013.

Tags: Deutsche Welle energy floods Kolubara landslide lignite Serbia video Balkans EU neighbourhood

Institution: EBRD

Theme: Energy & climate, Social & economic impacts

EBRD in Serbia: Don't use floods to prop up coal

July 7, 2014

The EBRD should stick to its newly approved Energy Strategy and reject any investments in the Serbian coal sector, argue a group of 7 international NGOs in a letter sent to the bank’s board of directors today. The groups were concerned with recent statements by the EBRD according to which the bank’s regional flood response in the Balkans could include “rehabilitation of (…) damaged power stations and transmission and distribution networks.”

Institution: EBRD

Theme: Energy & climate

Tags: coal, floods, Kolubara, Kostolac, Nikola Tesla, Serbia, Balkans, EU neighbourhood

Letter: EBRD flood response in Serbia should diversify away from lignite

Advocacy letter | July 7, 2014

This letter, co-signed by Serbian, regional and international NGOs and sent to the Board of Directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ask whether in the aftermath of the recent floods in the western Balkans, the EBRD's response will prop up Serbia's coal sector or whether it will ensure that its post-flood assistance is used for much needed residential energy efficiency improvements and sustainable renewable energy.

Institution: EBRD

Theme: Energy & climate

When water mixes with coal - The impacts of the floods in Serbia on people living next to lignite mines

People living next to the Kolubara lignite mine in Serbia have suffered more under the floods due to the vicinity of the mine. Their demands for resettlement and compensation have now become more urgent than ever.

Tags: floods Kolubara lignite local communities mining photos pollution resettlement Serbia Balkans EU neighbourhood