Scientists from Albania, Austria and Germany join forces to protect the Vjosa river
Tirana, December 6 th 2018. More than 60 scientists from Albania, Austria and Germany have collected their knowledge about the biodiversity and ecology of the Vjosa – the last wild…
Hydropower projects on the Vjosa: Bern Convention opens case-file against Albania
Strasbourg, December 3, 2018 - The Bern Convention decided to open a case-file and called on the Albanian government to halt the hydropower plant projects on the Vjosa River. Instead, the…
Civil society undertakes the initiative to amend the law on concessions of HPPs in Albania
Tirana, November 8th, 2018. National and local environmental organizations, together with law and environmental experts, have undertaken a civic legal initiative for changes to the HPP concession package. They have…
Bern Convention requests the suspension of Kalivaç and Poçem HPP projects
The Standing Committee of Bern Convention published a draft with 12 recommendations addressed to the Albanian Government regarding the plans for the HPP constructions on the Vjosa river. It recommends…
Music for living rivers and against dams – Hundreds at Concert for Balkan Rivers
++ Rambo Amadeus, Eda Zari, Damir Imamovic and Tamara Obrovac sing in Sarajevo to stop the hydropower tsunami on the Balkans ++ Sarajevo, Vienna, Radolfzell, September 30, 2018. Hundreds of…
