Romania banned the trophy hunting of large carnivores, such as bears and wolves, in 2016. How then, was an Austrian prince allowed to kill Romania’s – and...
Tag - Environment & Energy
Romania has banned the fishing and sale of wild sturgeon indefinitely. But according to the WWF, bans are not enough. Hot on the heels of the release of the World...
Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) can lead to greener, more responsible investment. But standards remain irregular: creating common denominators will...
Lithuania needs to prioritise energy efficiency and design a renewable energy strategy, a new International Energy Agency review finds. Lithuania has made impressive...
Serbia could be sitting on as much as 10 per cent of the world’s lithium, increasingly in demand by the manufacturers of batteries for electric cars. But getting...
Revelations that Russian intelligence was behind a 2014 blast in Czechia could see nuclear energy giant Rosatom lose out on a lucrative deal to upgrade the Dukovany...
Plans to almost double nickel output at Nornickel’s Finnish facility come as a boost to Europe’s fast-growing electric vehicle industry. Russia’s Norilsk Nickel...
From flowering tree plantations that will grow a beekeeping industry to the restoration of salt-dried landscapes, disruptive innovation could be key to rejuvenating the...
A worrying rise in consumer demand for caviar and sturgeon meat is fueling an illegal trade that threatens one of the lower Danube’s most endangered species. The...
For the past year, governments from across Central and Eastern Europe have been pressuring the European Union to include less restrictive criteria for biomass energy...
Several countries in Central and Eastern Europe – notably Poland – have belatedly realised that hydrogen offers a potentially huge opportunity to divest from...
South Korean firms have been investing heavily in Poland in recent years, ever since the two countries signed a strategic partnership in 2013. If South Korea moves...
Russian metal producer Norilsk Nickel has announced that it will close its metallurgical plant in the city of Monchegorsk as part of the company’s programme to...