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- Croatian plan to turn rivers into channels results in protests to EU
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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Hungary sludge plant ‘still a threat’, says Greenpeace
The BBC Waste water from a Hungarian aluminium plant still contains toxic chemicals that threaten a local river, despite a big clean-up there, Greenpeace says. The international environmental group has urged the EU to put pressure on the Hungarian government … Continue reading
Posted in contamination, Hungary, Pollution, The Danube River, tributary of the danube river
Tagged aluminium plant, arsenic, Balint Analitika, Central Danube Water Management Authority, greenpeace, Kolontar, MAL AG, The Marcal River, The Raba River, The Torna River, toxic chemicals, Vienna's Environmental Protection Agency
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Priority area coordinators for EU Danube Region Strategy announced
ENPI The European Commission has revealed which countries and regions will lead priority areas of cooperation under the EU’s Strategy for the Danube Region. A Commission press release said the announcement pinpointing the ‘priority area coordinators’, including Moldova and Ukraine, … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, biodiversity, bosnia, bulgaria, Conservation, Croatia, culture, czech republic, Germany, governance, heritage, Hungary, montenegro, romania, Serbia, slovakia, slovenia, The Danube River, tourism, transportation, Travel, world water
Tagged Commissioner for Regional Policy, education, information technologies, Johannes Hahn, organised crime, research capacity, The Danube Strategy
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Croatian plan to turn rivers into channels results in protests to EU
WWF Zagreb, Croatia: Newly unveiled plans which would turn the Danube and Croatia’s other rivers into little more than regulated canals have been protested to the European Union by WWF, Croatian NGOs and EuroNatur. The plans, released by the Croatian … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, Croatia, drought, flooding, flora and fauna, governance, heritage, irrigation, sedimentation, The Danube River, transportation, wetland, world water
Tagged Arno Mohl, Croatian Water Management Authority, Danube River Basin Management Plan, EU Water Framework Directive, The Danube Strategy, The Drava River, The Mura River, The Neretva Rivers, The Sava River
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