The River: Extraordinary story of Kruščica
I had the good fortune of spending nine days in Kruscica, living in a cottage built on a bridge made famous on August 24, 2017, protesting a hydropower plant that would change...
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Kruščica – extraordinary women fight for their river and change social norms
Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the most highly conservative countries where traditional, cultural, and social conventions and customs are still alive. These traditions are...
Fight for water: valuable Bosnian rivers are disappearing in concrete
That water is the source of life, we all know, but we rarely ask what it really means. And we should ask because what is happening with the natural wealth in Bosnia and...
Shrinking space for civic society: Public participation in decision-making on environment deteriorates
A large number of countries are failing to adhere to the agreed provisions of the international Aarhus Convention which concerns environmental democracy. While the post-Soviet...
“Stop the persecution of environmental activists!” a new website for whistle-blowers appeals
A new project launched by non-governmental organizations from the Czech Republic and Belarus aims to fight against dangerously rising statistics of persecuted activists. The...
The police violence in Kruscica investigated by the ombudsmen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, non-governmental organizations call for the attention of international bodies
The violent procedure of the special police units directed towards the villagers protesting against a construction of a hydropower plant on Kruscica river near the town of the...
Riot police forcibly remove residents defending river against hydropower
This morning at the crack of dawn, riot police violently removed anti-hydropower protestors in the village of Kruščica near Vitez, Bosnia-Herzegovina, causing serious injury to...
Huchen protesting at Drina regatta
At the largest European event on the water– Regatta on the River Drina, the Center for Environment organized an action dedicated to the protection of this river and its...
Critical air pollution in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A result of chaotic permitting and low standards
Bosnia and Herzegovina is the country with the most polluted air in Europe (1). One of the reasons is ineffective system which regulates industrial facilities and allows for low...
Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina gain new guidebook for participation in decision making on environment
Bosnia and Herzegovina has the most complicated legal system and the most confusing structure of the state administration in Europe (1). The majority of its citizens are not...
Crime on the River Sana
The resistance against the construction of the hydropower plant “Medna” persists. On the 5th of June, the World Environment Day and the Day of the River Sana, the Coalition for...
Freedom to the rivers!
Last minute to save the rivers of Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe Coalition for the Protection of Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina warns that the uncontrolled construction of...
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