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1st Danube Financing Dialogue
Thursday, 22nd March 2012 at 13:OO Friday, 23rd March 2012 at 9:30 Location: Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) | Otto-Wagner-Platz 3 | A-1090 Vienna Financing projects of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Danube Region 22nd and 23rd March 2012 The EU … Continue reading
Posted in ecoregion, finance, governance, heritage, infrastructure, The Danube River, world water
Tagged EU Strategy for the Danube Region, EUSDR
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Bulgarian Firms Struggle Because of Danube’s Low Level
Novinite Companies along Bulgaria’s Danube bank are about to go bankrupt as a result of the continuously hurdled navigation of the major European river because of its low level. Several firms in Northeastern Bulgaria, in the District of Silistra, are … Continue reading
Posted in bulgaria, drought, ecoregion, finance, The Danube River, transportation
Tagged Batin, belene, construction sector, Danube islands, lumber industries, Silistra, Vardim
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Shipping hampered after River Danube water levels at record low
DPA for Monsters & Critics Vienna - The River Danube’s water levels have sunk to a 100- year low for the month of May in Austria, forcing shippers to reduce cargo loadings, sources in the river transport industry said Wednesday. … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, drought, ecoregion, The Danube River, transportation
Tagged river shipping, shipping, The Rhine River
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World’s first five country protected area to conserve “Europe’s Amazon”
WWF Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia today signed a historic declaration to establish a trans-boundary UNESCO Biosphere Reserve to protect their shared nature and wildlife along the Mura, Drava and Danube rivers, “Europe’s Amazon”. The declaration - signed during … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, biodiversity, Conservation, Croatia, culture, ecoregion, fish, flora and fauna, governance, heritage, Hungary, Serbia, slovenia, The Danube River, tourism, tributary of the danube river, Water, wetland, world water
Tagged Asamer Holding Company, beavers, black stork, EuroNatur, Jim Leape, little tern, Martin Schneider-Jacoby, MAVA Foundation, Mr Günter Liebel, Mr Jasen Mesić, Mr Oliver Dulić, Mr Roko Žarnić, Mr Sándor Fazekas, Mura-Drava-Danube Bioreserve, otters, sturgeons, The Coca Cola Company, The Drava River, The Mura River, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Wild Heart of Europe Award, WWF International Director General
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Explore the Danube
Find right here inspiring, informative and exciting teaching material about a very special European river: the Danube. The world’s great rivers are unique: they tie together peoples and civilisations, and they encourage communication and discussion. They have inspired mankind from … Continue reading
Hungary Lays Out Strategy As it Takes Over EU Presidency
VOA The Danube river flows not just through Budapest, but also three other national capitals - more than any other in the world. Now Hungary, which takes over the European Union’s presidency on New Year’s Day, wants money to flow … Continue reading
One step further for the EU Danube Strategy
Danube Watch After an intense consultation period involving all 14 Danube countries as well as stakeholder groups, the EU Strategy for the Danube Region is entering the final stages of completion and is expected to be adopted by the College … Continue reading
Danube river to be severely impacted by plans to increase navigation
WWF Brussels, Belgium – Tomorrow the European Commission will publish plans to increase navigation on the Danube River, as part of their EU Strategy for the Danube Region. However this decision could result in significant negative impacts on the river’s … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, Danube, danube delta, ecoregion, The Danube River, tourism
Tagged biodiversity, bottlenecks, Danube navigation, Danube sturgeon, EU Council, EU Strategy, European Commision, hungary, innovative ship design, navigation, protection, water purification, WWF, WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme
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EU Danube strategy key to overcoming disparities: Barroso
AFP The European Union’s strategy for the Danube is key to overcoming disparities in the region, European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said on Monday during a summit in Bucharest. “There has been major progress since the beginning of the … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, bosnia, bulgaria, Croatia, czech republic, danube delta, ecoregion, Germany, governance, heritage, Hungary, moldova, montenegro, poverty, romania, Serbia, slovakia, slovenia, social structures, The Danube River, tourism, transportation, Travel, ukraine
Tagged commercial shipping, disparities, EU Strategy, european union, Jose Manuel Barroso, shipping, The Danube basin, The Strategy for the Danube, Viktor Orban
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EU Danube Strategy to promote basin-wide development
WWF WWF welcomes the EU’s initiative to develop a Danube Strategy, which can help bring together and implement existing policies and legislation to achieve long-term sustainable development across the Danube basin. Development of the Strategy comes at a time when … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, biodiversity, bulgaria, Croatia, Danube, ecoregion, Germany, Green, Hungary, moldova, romania, Serbia, social structures, The Danube River, ukraine, Water
Tagged danube basin, danube region, Danube River Basin Management Plan, EU danube strategy, EU Water Framework Directive, european commission, Hungarian EU Presidency, loss of biodiversity, sustainable development, wetland restoration, WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme
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