SEEDW Bulletins
[Bulletin] SEEDW Bulletin #16
(July 16, 2008)
Setting an example - EU funds monitoring in Macedonia * Bucharest Agreement on Espoo Convention “a good first step”, say NGOs * International pipeline workshop held in Skopje * Why incinerate when we could do better? * Poor implementation of EIA procedure results in low public participation on Demir Kapija-Smokvica highway * The fight to prevent cyanide swamping Bulgaria goes on
[Bulletin] SEEDW Bulletin #15
(December 20, 2007)
Zagreb hazardous waste incinerator leaves toxic legacy * Bourgas - Alexandroupolis Oil Pipeline: Death With a Breath of Oil * Real Energy Security Is Staring Us In The Face
* Civil Society Meeting on Oil Pipelines to Take Place in 2008
* Albania at the crossroads - how the IFIs could be doing so much more
* Roma inclusion in Serbia
* SEE NGOs exchange urban transport know-how
[Bulletin] SEEDW Bulletin #14
(October 23, 2007)
Is the EIB considering jumping into the vat of lies surrounding the Zagreb incinerator? *
Biodiesel booming in Serbia, but at what price?
* EIB 'masters' climate change as servant to the world's major polluters
* Serbian infrastructure: jobs for les garcons
* Non-transparent Operational "Road" Programme in Macedonia
* Fate of Bulgarian Natura 2000 network still hangs in the balance
* NGOs meet to tackle Balkan oil pipeline escalation
* Eco-sense helps to break the mould on the Skopje Bypass
* New name, new website - but environmental and social justice in south-east Europe remains our goal
[Bulletin] SEEDW Bulletin #13
(April 18, 2007)
Can the AMBO pipeline make everyone happy? Overview of the project and its potential impacts on the environment * 2 more nuclear reactors at Cernavoda: Romania still deluded about costs and benefits * Privatising Serbia's natural resources - a dodgy deal * Local residents indignant at becoming Zagreb's dustbin * Planes, Loans and Automobiles: EU house bank fuelling climate change with loan bias to air and road sectors
[Bulletin] Balkan Stability Pact Watch Bulletin #12
(December 20, 2006)
Zagreb incinerator approval hit by legal action * Serbia's poisoned city to be further burdened by Blue-Stream gas pipeline? * The Romanian Government preparing a nuclear fait accompli * EBRD should establish EMAGs for all category A projects * Macedonian rail study shows the right track * Will Balkan citizens allow the South-East Europe Transport Observatory to pave over their needs?
[Bulletin] Balkan Stability Pact Watch Bulletin #11
(July 14, 2006)
Rules for some, rules for others in Serbian bridge construction * The Skopje bypass's Environmental Monitoring and Advisory Group sets a precedent * New Struma highway EIA - new challenge to the Kresna gorge in Bulgaria * Railway poll in Macedonia finds that everybody loves the train * Public utility against public interest in Bucharest * Zagreb incinerator ash disposal hits political opposition * Secret agreement completed - the privatisation of the Macedonian electricity distribution sector * Balkan gold up-date * Bidders shortlisted for Romanian nuclear reactors
[Bulletin] Balkan Stability Pact Watch Bulletin #10
(April 21, 2006)
* South-east Europe faces a bleak future as the EU's 'fossil fuel superhighway'
* Romania to provide electricity to Turkey
* A third nuclear reactor at Cernavoda
* Environmental groups critique extension plans for EU's asphalt TEN-Tacles
* Bypassing responsibilities - Skopje Bypass Project lacks proper monitoring
* The tender for the construction of the Basarab overpass defies the law
* The right green light for Panduri
* Bypassing reason
* Sofia airport delay to be decided outside court
* Cyanide controversy rages in Bulgaria as EBRD's added value is questioned
* World Bank meddles with Serbia's mineral assets
[Bulletin] Balkan Stability Pact Watch Bulletin #9
(December 20, 2005)
Contents:
* No EU money for notorious Bulgarian waste project
* Ludicrous traffic solutions for Bucharest
* Krumovgrad gold rush gets the brush off from locals
* Sustainable transport in Macedonia fact or fiction?
* Lidl - the invisible threat
* News from the region
* What’s new on Belene
[Bulletin] Balkan Stability Pact Watch Bulletin #8
(October 20, 2005)
Contents:
EU's eastward transport plans are shaping up badly * Southern winds prevailing in Krumovgrad * EBRD's cash for ash at Kostolac must not end in the trash * Huge setback for Zagreb incinerator plans * Who's been juiced the most in Fresh&Co's decline? * Bulgarians spin Macedonia's support for Belene * Energy news * Electricity privatisation in Macedonia starts to open up * The power of making changes happen * Romania's roads less travelled
EU's eastward transport plans are shaping up badly * Southern winds prevailing in Krumovgrad * EBRD's cash for ash at Kostolac must not end in the trash * Huge setback for Zagreb incinerator plans * Who's been juiced the most in Fresh&Co's decline? * Bulgarians spin Macedonia's support for Belene * Energy news * Electricity privatisation in Macedonia starts to open up * The power of making changes happen * Romania's roads less travelled
[Bulletin] Balkan Stability Pact Watch Bulletin #7
(May 9, 2005)
Contents:
- EBRD generous to big business, stingy to Serbian workers
- Saving Lake Palic in secret. EBRD in useless project shocker
- The dangers of sell sell sell in the Macedonian energy sector
- EBRD sees through pollution in Romania
- Small hydro in vulnerable ecosystems - how to draw the line when environmental priorities clash?
- Pirin – crime without punishment
[Bulletin] Balkan Stability Pact Watch Bulletin #6
(February 9, 2005)
Contents:
- Buk Bijela: Half a century of attacks
- Let it flow. New nuke on the Danube: Belene NPP
- Macedonia's Euro integration strategy - large dams on the list
- The other face of globalisation
- More accountability of World Bank adjustment lending needed in Serbia
- Hazardous end-of-pipe solution solution for hazardous waste in Bulgaria
- The promised landfill. Wasting waste: Bulgarian Policy Brief. Where does Macedonia stand with with EIA?
[Bulletin] Balkan Stability Pact Watch Bulletin #5
(December 9, 2004)
Contents:
- Kresna victory - Recent developments on the Trans-European Corridor 4 through Bulgaria
- Pointless Romanian motorway that costs the earth
- Voices in the dark
- Novi Sad-Belgrade motorway: some myths and realities
- Balkan rail reforms
- Sting in the tail of Macedonia's Euro integration strategy
- The hidden price of Macedonian rail reform
[Bulletin] Balkan Stability Pact Watch Bulletin #4
(October 9, 2003)
Balkan Stability Pact Watch Bulletin is devoted to the Stability Pact for the Balkans. It is aimed to bring news about the activities of various international institutions in the region as well as NGOs efforts to become active partners in the Balkan reconstruction process.
Contents:
- Druzba Adria Pipeline (Croatia)
- Transport Priorities in Romania
- Balkan NGOs Join Forces to Balkan NGOs Join Forces to Campaign for Sustainable, Transparent Reconstruction within the Stability Pact
- Albanian Civil Society Struggling for Keeping the Country Free of GMO
- Romania in the Stability Pact
- New Waste Water Treatment Plant for Pula
[Bulletin] Balkan Stability Pact Watch Bulletin #3
(August 9, 2003)
Balkan Stability Pact Watch Bulletin is devoted to the Stability Pact for the Balkans. It is aimed to bring news about the activities of various international institutions in the region as well as NGOs efforts to become active partners in the Balkan reconstruction process.
Contents:
- Local people against new pipeline (Croatia)
- More money for Sofia airport
- Regional Environment Content Sharing in South Eastern Europe
- Balkan Film Festival on International Financial Institutions
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: World Bank Approves Two Credits
- Skopje Bypass: Is the fight over?
[Bulletin] Balkan Stability Pact Watch Bulletin #2
(April 9, 2003)
Balkan Stability Pact Watch Bulletin is devoted to the Stability Pact for the Balkans. It is aimed to bring news about the activities of various international institutions in the region as well as NGOs efforts to become active partners in the Balkan reconstruction process.
Contents:
- Sofia Airport Project update
- Skopje Bypass - call for help
- Sava Initiative
- Second Stabilisation and Association Process Annual Report
- Croatian EU Application
[Bulletin] Balkan Stability Pact Watch Bulletin #1
(March 9, 2003)
Balkan Stability Pact Watch Bulletin is devoted to the Stability Pact for the Balkans. It is aimed to bring news about the activities of various international institutions in the region as well as NGOs efforts to become active partners in the Balkan reconstruction process.
Contents:
- Sofia Airport Project - is it really a priority for Bulgaria
- Stability Pact - marginally useful or utterly useless
- Skopje Bypass - waiting for the outcome
- NGO Bankja Declaration on Stability for People and Environment in South Eastern Europe.
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