SEEDW Bulletins
[Bulletin] SEEDW Bulletin #17-18
(January 12, 2009)
Gazela Bridge resettlement: Inclusive consultations and transparency are the only chance of success * MEPs shocked at the sight of Chelopech tailings facility * Many cooks stirring Albania's carbon soup * Istria waste centre location to be reconsidered * Zagreb incinerator project “on hold” * Energy Course in Macedonia * “Never mind the balance sheet” approach to public-private partnerships spells danger for central and eastern European economies, warns new report
[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
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