http://bankwatch.org The CEE Bankwatch Network's mission is to prevent environmentally and socially harmful impacts of international development finance, and to promote alternative solutions and public participation en Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:45:13 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/project.shtml?x=2103865 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 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:45:13 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/project.shtml?x=2064540 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 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:45:13 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/project.shtml?x=2064569 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 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:45:13 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/project.shtml?x=1995155 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 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:45:13 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/project.shtml?x=1944363 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? Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:45:13 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/project.shtml?x=1911633 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 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:45:13 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/project.shtml?x=1801462 * 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 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:45:13 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/project.shtml?x=1081012 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 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:45:13 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/project.shtml?x=1081064 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 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:45:13 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/project.shtml?x=494863 Contents: EBRD generous to big business, stingy to Serbian workersSaving Lake Palic in secret. EBRD in useless project shockerThe dangers of sell sell sell in the Macedonian energy sectorEBRD sees through pollution in RomaniaSmall hydro in vulnerable ecosystems - how to draw the line when environmental priorities clash? Pirin – crime without punishment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:45:13 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/project.shtml?x=494884 Contents:Buk Bijela: Half a century of attacks Let it flow. New nuke on the Danube: Belene NPPMacedonia's Euro integration strategy - large dams on the listThe other face of globalisationMore accountability of World Bank adjustment lending needed in SerbiaHazardous end-of-pipe solution solution for hazardous waste in BulgariaThe promised landfill. Wasting waste: Bulgarian Policy Brief. Where does Macedonia stand with with EIA? Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:45:13 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/project.shtml?x=494885 Contents:Kresna victory - Recent developments on the Trans-European Corridor 4 through BulgariaPointless Romanian motorway that costs the earthVoices in the darkNovi Sad-Belgrade motorway: some myths and realitiesBalkan rail reformsSting in the tail of Macedonia's Euro integration strategyThe hidden price of Macedonian rail reform Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:45:13 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/project.shtml?x=184778 Contents:Druzba Adria Pipeline (Croatia)Transport Priorities in RomaniaBalkan NGOs Join Forces to Balkan NGOs Join Forces to Campaign for Sustainable, Transparent Reconstruction within the Stability PactAlbanian Civil Society Struggling for Keeping the Country Free of GMO Romania in the Stability Pact New Waste Water Treatment Plant for Pula Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:45:13 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/project.shtml?x=184779 Contents:Local people against new pipeline (Croatia)More money for Sofia airportRegional Environment Content Sharing in South Eastern EuropeBalkan Film Festival on International Financial InstitutionsBosnia and Herzegovina: World Bank Approves Two CreditsSkopje Bypass: Is the fight over? Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:45:13 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/project.shtml?x=184780 Contents:Sofia Airport Project update Skopje Bypass - call for help Sava Initiative Second Stabilisation and Association Process Annual Report Croatian EU Application Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:45:13 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/project.shtml?x=184781 Contents:Sofia Airport Project - is it really a priority for BulgariaStability Pact - marginally useful or utterly uselessSkopje Bypass - waiting for the outcomeNGO Bankja Declaration on Stability for People and Environment in South Eastern Europe.