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What the Balkans think about climate change

29/11/2022 -  Klaudijo Klaser

On Eurobarometer we find all the data on the opinions of European citizens on climate change. In the Balkans, as in the rest of Europe, few think that citizens themselves can be the key to virtuous dynamics

Croatia hits the gas

18/10/2022 -  Giovanni Vale

Croatia is preparing to become a regional gas supply centre thanks to the regasification plant inaugurated on the island of Krk in 2021. The Plenkovic government rejoices over Zagreb's renewed strategic-energy role, but environmentalists disagree entirely

The shoes of Gracac

20/10/2022

Thanks to the European Social Fund, eight women from Gracac, a town in the Croatian hinterland, are involved in a small social enterprise that produces high quality handmade shoes

Adriaticaves, protecting the caves between Italy and the Balkans

14/10/2022 -  Marco Ranocchiari

The Adriaticaves project, part of the Interreg Adrion cooperation programme, aims to promote sustainable management of the immense speleological heritage scattered on both shores of the Adriatic, with particular attention to tourism with low environmental impact and disadvantaged territories

European Cohesion Funds and environmental sustainability in the Balkans

27/09/2022 -  Klaudijo Klaser

In the last seven-year period of European cohesion funds, many billions of Euros have already been allocated to environmental protection. 9 went to the EU countries of South East Europe

Soon to be announced the winners of the first EU Organic Awards

19/09/2022

The winners of the new European competition for the promotion of organic farming will be announced this week. Among the possible winners, a Croatian farmer and a Bulgarian town

Astypalea: a little bit closer now?

Astypalea is a magnificent Greek island in the heart of the Aegean Sea. It is difficult to access from the mainland, but now significant European investments are changing its prospects, starting with internal mobility. A photo gallery

Astypalea, the first ‘smart & sustainable island’ in the Mediterranean

13/09/2022 -  Mary Drosopoulos

On a remote island of the Aegean, thanks to a public-private collaboration and European funds, an innovative sustainable mobility system is being developed

Croatia signs the partnership for EU cohesion policies

08/09/2022

The most recent member country of the European Union is preparing to receive funds from European cohesion policies 2021-2027, for investments in social policy, territorial cohesion, ecological transition, and the renewal of the railway network

Gabrovo: innovation through the dialogue between academia and business

04/09/2022

In Gabrovo, in central Bulgaria, the “Centre of Competence” was designed to forge links between academia and the business world and to foster innovation. The Centre houses fourteen labs equipped with state-of-the-art research and analysis equipment, in many cases unique to both Bulgaria and the entire Balkan peninsula