CategoriesIn MediaOn Wednesday, the government presented to investors the potential of the Vjosa river for the construction of hydropower works. The Ministry of Energy says that the study carried out by a foreign company envisages the construction of 9 hydropower plants along the course of the river. The first contract was signed in 1997, while the […]
Environmental activists are opposing in Albania the projects for the construction of hydropower plants on the Vjosa river and its tributaries. They demanded the cancellation of these projects, the declaration of the Vjosa valley as a National Park and a 3-year moratorium on constructions on Albania’s rivers. The social groups “Friends of Vjosa”, “To protect […]
CategoriesIn Media“We will transform the valley of Vjosa into a national park to prevent barbarization by hydropower plants and to develop tourism, economy, agriculture, to strengthen the family economy by increasing the number of visitors to this large park of Vjosa.” This was the promise of Prime Minister Rama during an electoral rally in Tepelena, in […]
CategoriesIn MediaBy Gjergj Erebara / BIRN Repeatedly, the government has banned various things. And repeatedly, no one has felt what the government has banned. The moratorium on forests will likely suffer the same fate. Many years ago, Albania decided to stop using riverbeds to extract sand and gravel for construction. The arguments for stopping the practice […]
CategoriesActivities Press ReleaseEnvironmental NGOs present the idea of a National Park for the last wild river in Europe. Tepelenë/Albania, 08.05.2014 On one of the islands of the Vjosa river, near the village of Qesarat in Tepelena, an unusual event took place. Representatives from national and international environmental organizations, together with representatives of the local government of Vjosa […]
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