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One step forward, two steps back: Albania’s Green Deal in the spotlight

Alice Taylor

06.01.25

Albania often touts that some 98% of its home-produced energy is green. Of course, this is something to be proud of, but like many things in the Western Balkans, there is much more to the story, and it is not necessarily indicative of Albania’s green...

MONTENEGRO AND THE GREEN AGENDА: On the verge of superficial changes

Andrea Perišić

23.12.24

There are many legal indicators of how far away is Montenegro from meeting the goals of the Green Agenda. But the practice shows best how was this initiative, actually,...

Red card for the Green agenda in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Minel Abaz

18.10.24

The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has around 2,000 illegal dumpsites of municipal waste that occupy about 1 million m2 of the area of ​​this entity. The share of the pharmaceutical waste in this regard is 20%, chemical waste is 23% and infectious waste 55%....

The Green Agenda is alive and well, but it’s getting lost in the political fog

Sonja Kramarska

10.10.24

Macedonia has more than 20 environmental laws and 400 by-laws – an impressive number but also one that shows the need for hyperproduction of regulations to cover up the lack of interest in progress in this area. The Green Agenda is conquering the world in a big way,...

What happened to the Green Agenda in Serbia?

Dalibor Stupar

07.10.24

Will the improvement in Serbia happen only after we resolve the dilemma of whether we should erect a monument to the Chetnik leader and quisling Dragoljub Draža Mihailović in the center of Belgrade and at the same time evict Tito from the House of Flowers? The...

More greenery, less concrete

Edina Secerovic

07.06.24

A particular problem arises in the period between November and March, which is the height of the heating season because solid fuels are still used a lot for this...

A chernobyl scenario is threatening pljevlja

Andrea Perišić

03.06.24

Decades-long environmental problems in Pljevlja, Montenegro, have led to mass emigration of part of the population, and those who have decided to stay in this city are facing health...

Struggle for water in Albania: Protected rivers under threat

Alice Taylor

31.05.24

On Saturday, 27 May, a group of local residents of the Shushica River valley, along with activists and citizens from Vlora and the Vjosa area, deposited a large water pipe outside the office of Prime Minister Edi...

Kolašin and Mojkovac: the cities of possibilities are destroyed by backward physical plans

Andrea Perišić

28.07.23

Both Kolašin and Mojkovac are graced by nature of unimaginable beauty. These are small towns, to which the surrounding mountains of Bjelasica and Sinjajevina offer an entire range of development opportunities, in a clean and ecological...