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The journey for Vjosa river’s protection and the challenge for the future – brings together experts and civil society.

Press release by EcoAlbania A big number of actors for the protection of Vjosa came together today in a conference organized by EcoAlbania in Tirana, where they discussed the problematic of hydro-powers construction in Vjosa and the importance of affected communities participation in the decision-making process. Up to now the journey for the protection of […]

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The project for the HPP Kalivacit-Vjosa is under review

++The Albanian government opens the procedure for the concession of the HPP of Kalivaci++NGOs oppose this decision++ Tirana, Vienna, Radofzell. After 20 years of delay and postponement of works, the Albanian Government decided to cancel the contract with the Italian company Kalivaçi Green Energy for the unfinished Kalivaçi hydropower plant in Vjosë. Immediately, the Ministry […]

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Albanian Court stops dam project on the Vjosa

++ 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 […]

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30 foreign and Albanian scientists carry out scientific studies in Vjosa: No to the Pocem HPP

Very 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 […]

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INtv Albania: In the protection of the rivers. The civil society opposes the construction of HPPs

‘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 […]

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