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No dams in Vjosa, No to the Poçem dam

14.07.2016, Poçem, Mallakastër. Residents of the Vjosa valley, mainly from Kuta and Mallakastra, protested today on the Levan-Tepelen national road near the Pocem village against the construction of the Pocem hydropower plant on the Vjosa river. This is not the first protest that they have organized where, with the support of national and international environmental […]

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Residents of Poçem protest against the construction of HPPs

Residents of the Vjosa valley, mainly from Kuta and Mallakastra, protested today on the Levan-Tepelen national road near the Pocem village against the construction of the Pocem hydropower plant on the Vjosa river. This is not the first protest that they have organized where, with the support of national and international environmental organizations, they have […]

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Open Governance: “Save the blue heart of Europe”

From Open Governance A video report on the “Blue Heart” of Europe. Residents of the Vjosa valley express their opinions against the construction of dams, against river barriers, against HPPs. There are no shortage of protests and other reactions to protect this water asset. Those who have the river Vjosa, the only big river in […]

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The scientists criticize the dam projects in Vjosa

++Scientists from Albania, Austria and Germany demand a moratorium on the construction of hydropower plants on the last wild river in Europe and a 3-year study period++ Tirana, June 8, 2016. On June 8 to 10, international experts from the University of Vienna, the Federal Environment Agency in Austria, the Leibniz Institute of Water Ecology […]

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