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Danube’s Low Waters Devastate Business of Major Bulgarian Port
Novinite of Sofia One of the major Bulgarian river ports, Lom on the Danube, has curtailed the working day of its employees from 8 to 4 hours because the record low level of the river has affected badly its business … Continue reading
Posted in bulgaria, danube delta, drought, finance, governance, The Danube River, transportation, Travel, water security
Tagged Bulgarian Transport Ministry, Lom, Port Lom
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World Wildlife Fund criticises Hungary over red sludge ‘inaction’
Sofia Echo A year after the red mud disaster in Hungary, the World Wildlife Fund has warned that little has been done to prevent further such catastrophes from occurring. On October 4 2010 more than one million cubic meters of … Continue reading
Posted in contamination, governance, Hungary, Pollution, The Danube River, transportation, tributary of the danube river, water security
Tagged Ajka, aluminium plant, Devecser, heavy metals, Kolontar, Somlovasarhely, The Marcal River, The Raba River, The Torna River, toxic mud, WWF, WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme
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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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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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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
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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Bulgaria intends to build a Danube-Black Sea Canal
ActMedia Bulgarian premier Boiko Borisov promised that the Danube and the Black Sea would be connected by a canal on Bulgarian land, the Sofia daily “Standard” writes. Borisov declared that Bulgaria has not given up large projects such as building … Continue reading
Posted in bulgaria, finance, governance, The Danube River, transportation
Tagged Boiko Borisov, canal, Cernavoda-Constanta canal, Ruse, Silistra, Tutrakan, Varna
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Floods in Bosnia wash away mine fields
By AIDA CERKEZ-ROBINSON for AP SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Floods in Bosnia displaced thousands this week as they washed away homes, crops and bridges. The torrents may have also swept loose a perhaps even bigger concern: land mines planted during the … Continue reading