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Poland should kick off rail revitalisation now to best serve passengers and cargo
April 5, 2011

While Polish authorities waste precious time trying to persuade a reluctant European Commission to approve a reallocation of 1.2 billion euros of EU Funds from rail to road, Bankwatch member group Polish Green Network argues that the government would be better advised to start investing in rail transport as soon as possible.

public transport
EU Funds
Transport
Campaign against Vinci's participation in Moscow St. Petersburg motorway project launched
March 30, 2011

While much of the debate around the Moscow St. Petersburg motorway project has centred around the behaviour of the Russian authorities, the Movement to Defend Khimki Forest is now targeting French construction giant Vinci and asking the company not to sign an additional agreement with the Russian authorities, expected in mid-April.

human rights, transport
EBRD, EIB
Transport
Transport white paper is carbon black in the short term
March 29, 2011

The European Commission's Roadmap for a competitive and resource efficient transport system by 2050, published March 28, comes with the bold target to cut carbon emissions in transport by 60 percent before 2050, however this is undercut by inaction during the crucial years before 2030.

EU Funds
Transport
Don't turn Ukraine into a nuclear energy source for the European Union!
March 29, 2011

Bankwatch member group National Ecological Centre of Ukraine is asking the European Investment Bank (EIB) on inaugurating its Kiev office March 25 not to support nuclear development in Ukraine .

energy security, nuclear, transmission lines
EBRD, EIB
In Poland positive signs from Commission that EU Funds for rails stay for rails
March 18, 2011

According to a leading Polish daily (Polish language), first negotiations between Polish vice ministers and European Commission representatives last week failed to convince the Commission to allow a shift of EUR 1,2 billion away from railway projects to motorway construction.

cohesion, EU funds, public transport, rail, road
EU Funds
Transport
Tirana Botanical Garden threatened by ring road
March 14, 2011

Last week, more than 33 Albanian civil society organizations -- including Bankwatch's Albanian partner organisation EDEN -- sent an open letter (pdf) to Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha, protesting against the potential destruction of the Botanical Garden in Tirana.

biodiversity, road, transparency
EBRD
Transport, Balkans
Khimki defender Evgenia Chirikova is a woman of courage, literally now
March 11, 2011

Evgenia Chirikova, the leading figure of the Movement to Defend Khimki Forest has yesterday received the US Woman of Courage Award to honour her relentless efforts to save the Khimki Forest near Moscow from being transformed into a motorway.

biodiversity, human rights, motorways
EBRD, EIB
Transport
CEE governments derail EU funds for sustainable transport and social spending in favor of motorways
March 10, 2011

26 Slovakian environmental and social NGOs have called (pdf) on their government and EU institutions to put a stop to the reallocation of regional funds from several operational programmes to road building.

motorways
EU Funds
Transport
Shadow report on discrimination in Serbia doesn't cast the best light on EIB and EBRD
February 18, 2011

Roma's discrimination in Serbia is to be discussed by the UN. Serbian member group CEKOR is contributing with experience from the Gazela resettlement process.

human rights, participation, resettlement
EBRD, EIB
Transport
EBRD can't stay away from Russian motorways - Khimki destruction goes ahead while women and children are being arrested
February 11, 2011

Yesterday, police in Khimki arrested an activist of the Movement for the Defence of Khimki Forest. The activist Alla Chernyshova and her daughters of 3 and 6 had to spend more than five hours in custody where she was questioned as the main suspect for a false bomb threat.

human rights, Khimki, motorways, Russia
EBRD, EIB
Transport

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