#Bosnia and Herzegovina

Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina arenas for enrichment and injustice

Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina arenas for enrichment and injustice

On March 14, the International Day of Action for Rivers, the Center for Environment calls upon the authorities to stop the uncontrolled and insane plans to build hydropower...

European Parliaments asks BiH governments to protect Una and Sutjeska

European Parliaments asks BiH governments to protect Una and Sutjeska

The European Parliament passed a resolution on Bosnia and Herzegovina calling the Governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina to regulate and supervise the construction of hydropower...

Environmental Law Clinic in Banja Luka helped the people to protect their environment

Environmental Law Clinic in Banja Luka helped the people to protect their environment

More than thirty law students passed a special course. They provided almost two hundred free-of-charge consultations for the citizens together with their mentors from Center for...

Mayor favors Railways and prolongs the agony of the residents in the Ložionička street

Mayor favors Railways and prolongs the agony of the residents in the Ložionička street

BANJA LUKA/ On August 10th 2016, the Mayor of Banja Luka, Slobodan Gavranović, announced that the decision prohibiting the storage of bauxite on the land of twentieth track...

“Environmental Law Clinic” will help citizens to protect their environment and fight for justice

“Environmental Law Clinic” will help citizens to protect their environment and fight for justice

While in the European Union, people are less and less afraid of politicians and state officials. Citizens are beginning to defend their rights at the court. Citizens of Bosnia...

Biggest polluters of Bosnia and Herzegovina: ArcelorMittal steelworks and Elektroprivreda power stations

Biggest polluters of Bosnia and Herzegovina: ArcelorMittal steelworks and Elektroprivreda power stations

Today, non-governmental organizations published a list of the top ten of the biggest polluters of Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to them, the environment in recent years has...

New International Report reveals Link between Bosnian Heavy Industry and the Contamination of Foodstuffs

New International Report reveals Link between Bosnian Heavy Industry and the Contamination of Foodstuffs

Residents of industrial towns in central Bosnia should be very cautious when consuming home-produced foodstuffs. Chicken eggs there are seriously contaminated by heavy industry...

Zenica´s environmental consultation centre opens its doors

Zenica´s environmental consultation centre opens its doors

On Thursday 19 November, doors of the Aarhus Centre Zenica in Metalurg City Centar, Školska 10 will open for visitors who can get free advice on fighting pollution. Experts from...

ArcelorMittal in Zenica continues poisoning citizens without having valid environmental permits

ArcelorMittal in Zenica continues poisoning citizens without having valid environmental permits

Global leader in steel production, ArcelorMittal, continues poisoning the citizens of Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with enormous air pollution (1). The corporation misuses its...

Aarhus Convention violated by Bosnian authorities, new international report says

Aarhus Convention violated by Bosnian authorities, new international report says

Environmental democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Limping along The s ystem of the state administration is confusing; authorities often violate legislation and civil society...

Eko Forum Zenica filed criminal charges against ArcelorMittal and state officials for catastrophic pollution

Eko Forum Zenica filed criminal charges against ArcelorMittal and state officials for catastrophic pollution

After years of using various methods to enforce citizens’ rights for clean environment, Eko-Forum Zenica decided to take another step. The Bosnia based NGO filed criminal charges...

Good environment is a human right and  it is normal to strive for it

Good environment is a human right and it is normal to strive for it

In the twenty-first century, it is not normal to not be able to take a breath because of the serious air pollution produced by factories. In EU countries, including the Czech...