Joint press release by EcoAlbania, Riverwatch and EuroNatur Tirana, Vienna, Radolfzell – 1 July 2025 – Two years after its landmark designation in March 2023 as Europe’s first Wild River National Park, the Vjosa River is under continuous pressure from extractive industries, infrastructure expansion, and mismanaged development, putting the park’s ecological integrity and its global […]
Vjosa valley, April 28th – May 3rd 2025. This year as well, Scientists for Vjosa organized the Vjosa Science Week — an interdisciplinary activity that followed an extensive itinerary along the entire course of the river, from its delta to the upper reaches near the border with Greece. The event brought together professors and students […]
Kuç, Shushicë – April 5, 2025. Residents of the Shushica Valley continued their protest this Saturday against the Himara Aqueduct project, which aims to extract water from the Lëpusha spring – the source of the Shushica River. Representatives from 36 villages demanded an immediate halt to the works and the removal of machinery from the […]
Tirana, 17.03.2025 – EcoAlbania released its latest Report “Mapping of Pressures in the Wild River Vjosa National Park,” a crucial document identifying and analyzing the main threats endangering the ecological integrity of the Vjosa River and its major tributaries, including Drino, Shushica, and Bënça. The report analyzes pressures from the extractive industry, urban activity, irrigation, […]
Tirana, January 29, 2025 – This Monday, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released an assessment report about the controversial water abstraction project from the Shushica River, a vital tributary of the Vjosa River within Albania’s Vjosa Wild River National Park (VWRNP). With the project, the Albanian government aims to divert water to […]
++Albanian court cancels the contract for 4 hydropower plants on the Shushica River ++Residents and organizations win a three-year battle to protect the river++ Tirana, December 11, 2024 – The legal battle opposing the construction of four hydropower plants on the Shushica River – one of the main tributaries of the Vjosa Wild […]
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