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Video: Polish perspectives on the EU presidency
July 1, 2011
 | by David Hoffman

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.

energy security, EU, fossil fuels
EBRD, EIB
Energy & climate
Deja-vu in Belgrade
June 22, 2011
 | by Zvezdan Kalmar

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.

human rights, participation, resettlement, transparency
EBRD, EIB
Transport
Transparency improvements grind to a halt at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
June 10, 2011
 | by Pippa Gallop

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.

accountability, financial intermediaries, local benefits, participation, policy, transparency
EBRD
EIB transport lending is not just on a wrong track but hardly on tracks at all
June 6, 2011

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.

motorways, policy, public transport
EIB
Transport
Bringing Georgian realities to the EBRD drawing board
May 30, 2011
 | by David Chipashvili

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.

EBRD annual meeting, energy exports, hydro power, local benefits, participation
EBRD
Energy & climate, Social & economic impacts
Czech Republic to examine irregularities in EU funds road and waterway spending
May 6, 2011

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.

European Commission, motorways
EU Funds
Transport
The sun ain't shining over Khimki Forest
May 4, 2011

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.

human rights, motorways, PPP
EBRD, EIB
Transport, Social & economic impacts
New Bankwatch resource explains ABCs of ENP
May 4, 2011
 | by Manana Kochladze

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

ENP, ENPI, participation, transparency
EU Funds
20,000 backing Khimki activists calling on Vinci to end involvement in Moscow - St. Petersburg motorway
April 28, 2011

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.

human rights, motorways, PPP
EBRD, EIB
Transport
Russian activist wins Goldman Environmental Prize
April 12, 2011

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

biodiversity, extractive industries, fossil fuels, success, energy & climate
EBRD
Energy & climate, Other harmful projects

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