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The group “To protect the rivers” reacts to the conference of investors in hydrotechnology

The group “To protect the rivers”, composed of local and international non-governmental organizations active in the field of environmental protection and nature conservation, and civil society activists protested today against the government’s plans for the construction of hydropower plants in the rivers of Albania. At this delicate moment, when civil society has constantly sought attention […]

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Friends of Vjosa against the construction of hydropower plants in Vjosa

The “Friends of Vjosa” group, the “To protect the rivers” group and civil society activists protested today in front of the pyramid in Tirana, to oppose the government’s decision to grant the concession of the Pocem hydropower plant on the Vjosa river. In the official bulletin of the National Public Procurement Agency, on February 1, […]

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Protest against HPP in Vjosa Activists: 3-year Moratorium

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 […]

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Albania of concessions. Vjosa – the next victim

The tendering process for the concession of the Pocem hydropower plant on the Vjosa river is opened. In the official bulletin of the National Public Procurement Agency, the announcement was published yesterday about the opening of the procedure for granting a 35-year concession for the construction of the Pocem hydropower plant in the lower reaches […]

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