Hands off Vjosa!
“Mos ma prek Vjosën (Hands off Vjosa!)” was the slogan at an atmospheric open air concert held in Tirana, where musicians let everyone hear about the need to protect this Albanian wild river.
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Two new animal species discovered in the area of projected dam on Vjosa
++ International research team finds 300 animal species in only one week, including a new fish and stonefly species ++ Sediment transport could grind electricity generation of the projected hydropower plant Poçem to a halt within 25 years ++
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Huchen protesting at Drina Regatta
++ 20,000 people at this year's event on Drina River in Serbia ++ NGO's protested against damming the globally most important Huchen (Danube Salmon) River ++
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Hydropower project Kalivaç revisited
Albanian government re-opens the concession procedure for the Kalivaç HPP++ NGOs prepare their opposition
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Dam project stopped for the present
++ Albanian Court stops dam project on the Vjosa ++ Success for nature conservation and affected residents ++
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Scientists for Vjosa
++ 25 scientists from Austria, Albania, Germany and Slovenia research Europe’s last wild river for a week ++ Press conference held on river island ++
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European Parliament discusses Sava River
++ Opportunities for and threats to one of the most valuable rivers of Europe ++ Unique potential for natural flood control identified
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Albania: European Parliament demands national park for Vjosa and stop to hydropower projects
In the current Enlargement Report of the European Parliament, the Parliament explicitly criticizes the Albanian government in regards to its hydropower policies. In the centre of their criticism are the hydropower projects on the Vjosa – Europe’s last big wild river.
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“White Book Sava” presented
On the occasion of this year’s World Wetland Day on February 2, the environmental organisations Riverwatch and EuroNatur today present the “”White Book Sava” – a comprehensive work about one of the ecologically most valuable but least known rivers of Europe.
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New Hope for Balkan Rivers
Funding for the two large hydropower projects in Mavrovo National Park, Macedonia, has been axed. After the World Bank withdrew from financing the hydropower plant ‘Lukovo Pole’ already in December 2015, now also the EBRD declared to pull out of the project ‘Boskov Most’.
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