CategoriesPress Release++ Success for nature conservation and affected residents ++ Tirana, May 3, 2017. Big win for the protection of Europe’s last big wild river, the Vjosa in Albania! Yesterday afternoon, the judges of the Albanian Administrative Court in Tirana announced their decision against the construction of the projected hydropower plant “Poçem”: for the time being, the dam must […]
CategoriesIn MediaVery few Albanians are aware that Vjosa, the largest river of southern Albania, is the last river in Europe, which, until now, has not changed its course”, says Professor Fridrich Shiemer, famous ecologist from the University of Vienna. 30 Albanian and foreign experts from Austria, Germany, Slovenia have gathered to study the Vjoses river for […]
CategoriesIn Media‘The civil society has sent the first environmental cause in the court in Albania to protect the rivers from hydro-power developments”, said Besjana Guri from EcoAlbania. It refers to the legal battle initiated by EcoAlbania, RiverWatch, Euronatur and 38 residents of Kutë village against the Poçem HPP. The request of the organizations was supported by […]
CategoriesPress ReleaseThe court session planned for the case of the hydropower plant of Pocem in Vjosa took place yesterday, April 13, 2017, in the Administrative Court even without the presence of the Ministry of Environment and the National Environment Agency. Representatives of the Ministry of Energy and the Company were present at this session where they […]
CategoriesIn MediaThe vice-president of the European Parliament, Ulrike Lunacek, a lover of Albanian nature, is one of the strongest lobbyists against the construction of hydropower plants on the Vjosa River. “The Vjosa River is the only one in Europe that is flowing freely”, she asserted during a meeting with journalists from Albania at the European Parliament […]
CategoriesActivitiesEnvironmental causes in Albania have a short history compared to other European countries for reasons closely related to political and socio-economic factors. However, the progress made in raising these causes, especially by civil society organizations, is to be appreciated. The environment is often not included in financial policies and is considered as something without a […]
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