An agreement between the Polish government and the country’s coal miners is “very unlikely” to get the green light in Brussels, says the environmental...
Tag - Environment & Energy
Despite an accident last year which led to a substantial oil spill, Nornickel’s renewed focus on sustainability and eco-friendly practices has drawn praise from around...
The United States has given Russia the green light to complete its controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Ukraine, not for the first time, feels let down by its...
Serbia appears to have finally committed to exiting coal. Workers and miners at the Thermal Power Plant Nikola Tesla (TENT) and the Kolubara mine in central Serbia this...
Protesters against the construction of a hydroelectric power plant in Georgia’s Rioni Valley have threatened to paralyse the capital of Tbilisi if the...
Kazakhstan claims that two Moldovan investors, Anatol and Gabriel Stati, fraudulently won an arbitration award of 500 million US dollars. Several of the world’s leading...
Poland looks set for a new row with the European Union after a leading government minister declared on May 24 that the country would defy a ruling by the EU’s top...
Social and environmental concerns over a hydroelectric power plant at Namakhvani in Georgia are valid, but there are wider economic and geopolitical considerations at...
Montenegro starts offshore oil exploration, worrying environmentalists and anti-corruption activists
Montenegro is hoping that an exploration project in its territorial waters will confirm the presence of billions of euros worth of oil and gas. Environmentalists and...
Disputes over the control of water resources in eastern Kazakhstan have been inflaming tensions with China. The sad fate of the Aral Sea, once the fourth largest lake in...
A new set of ESG (environmental, social, governance) reporting guidelines could strengthen the position of the Polish capital market – already the largest in...
A fine of 3.1 billion US dollars imposed by a court in Kyrgyzstan on the operator of the country’s largest gold mine has raised alarm among those who fear it will...
The wolf is set to become a fully protected species in Slovakia after the country implemented a total ban on hunting. The hunting of wolves will be illegal in Slovakia...