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Inhabitants of Armenian town Shnogh demand compensation for expropriated land

More than 40 inhabitants of the town of Shnogh demand compensation for the land which was expropriated from them.

People sang and danced, greedy investors aren't welcome, says environmentalist on canceled HPPs

A massive breakthrough in one of the closely monitored hydropower plant booms in Bosnia-Herzegovina took place in December. The cantonal court in Novi Travnik was completed with...

Response of Armenian Nature Protection Ministry to Resolution Adopted in "Industrial Pollution in Lori Region" Conference

Last year an "Industrial Pollution in Lori Region" Conference was held in Yerevan organized by Czech 'Arnika' organization and its partner organisations Ecolur and AWHEE . The...

“Worse than people think,” says Ukrainian lawyer about air pollution

Dnipro, Zaporizhia, or Mariupol. These cities in the Mid-East of Ukraine form the heart of local industry. But local power plants and factories – the result of economic growth in...

Stop poisoning Ukraine! Industrial cities from eastern Ukraine fight together for clean air

"I beg all of you: here in Kryvyi Rih we have polluted air and toxic water in which we cannot bathe. Stop poisoning Kryvyi Rih! Support ecology and don't pollute the environment....

Praised Kumasi medical waste incinerator rises many disturbing questions

Kumasi is the second largest city of Ghana and the capital of the Ashanti region. It is home to His Royal Majesty Asantehene ("Emperor-King") Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II. Located...

Closed, yet still menacing – is the former medical waste incinerator toxic today?

The small red brick shed is located between the main building and the mortuary of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Ghana's capital. It was put into operation in 2004 and used...

Toxic life of scrappers – burning e-waste and bashing car parts at Agbogbloshie

The pungent odor is the first to give away the Agbogbloshie scrapyard. The thick smell of burning plastic covers the whole area around, yet the locals do not seem to mind it....

Small hydropower plants cause Bosnia-Herzegovina more than EUR 2 million in losses annually

Bosnia and Herzegovina's current system of concession fees and incentives for small hydropower plants is economically unjustified and is socially harmful, as it produces direct...

Pictures from polluted cities of Ukraine won the Czech Press Photo

"This award-winning documentary has only been created by people from Arnika, and their determination and willingness to perform overall monitoring," said Stanislav Krupař, the...

Kruščica residents against ‘illegal HPPs’ gathered for a quiet protest in Travnik

The message of Thursday’s peaceful protest held by the people of Kruščica, a village in the Central Bosnia Canton, and the representatives of the Coalition for the Protection of...

Environmental organizations from Western Balkans against the construction of small hydropower plants on the Balkan rivers

Rivers in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as other Balkan countries are threatened by a massive boom of small hydropower plants construction. Activists who struggle to preserve...