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…
It wasn’t until Tadzio Müller came to Lausatia to protest against coal mining that he realised how important it was to have a good plan…
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…
Kiril Kosturski is sorrowfully crying amidst a black and lifeless meadow near the Kresna Gorge in South-Western Bulgaria. His 15 bee families, 50 beehives, and…
The first few days of July seemed like an open party in Hamburg with more than 150,000 people protesting, dancing and singing. On one side…
Nina and Tatiana broke the peace of their retirement to prevent an extraction company from destroying nature near their village in Russia’s Karelia region. The…