Energy taxes in major advanced economies are not used sufficiently to reduce energy use, improve energy efficiency and drive a shift toward low-carbon sources, the…
It’s a frosty January afternoon in the seaside resort of Großräschen. Despite the penetrating cold, a group of elderly bon vivants are rising a late…
Katowice, a city that has thrived thanks to coal mining since 1865, will welcome in November the movers and shakers of global climate policy. But…
Over 96.9% of people who took part in the local referendum in the municipality of General Toshevo on 17 December have voted against the extraction…
On a hot day two Bulgarian architects and two engineers from Sweden and from Denmark drove some 500 kilometres to Gorna Malina, a small town…
“A necessary compromise” is how both authorities, politicians and road construction companies refer to the last section of the motorway connecting Sofia and Thessaloniki to…
A controversial small hydropower plant (HPP) construction near the Rila National Park has been put on hold, following opposition and criticism by activists for the…
The democratic institutions on the Balkans are not famous for their effectiveness, but several local referendums in Bulgaria and Macedonia held in the spring and…
Cinderella – this is how speleologists refer to the Emil Racoviță cave in Moldova due to its authentic beauty hidden from sight behind a muddy…
Todor Stoyanov, 79, does not believe in ghosts. While people were speaking of bees mysteriously dying off, his hives were aways full. “All of this…
