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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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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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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’s toxic sludge reminiscent of 2000 Romania disaster – but much worse
Ariel Zirulnick, for Christian Science Monitor Hungary’s toxic sludge disaster recalls – and dwarfs – a 2000 spill of 4.6 million cubic feet of cyanide-tainted water in neighboring Romania. The largest, most dangerous environmental disaster in Hungary’s history is unfolding … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, contamination, Danube, fish, fisheries, flora and fauna, Hungary, Pollution, romania, The Danube River, tributary of the danube river, water security, world water
Tagged aluminium production, Aluminium Production and Trade Company, arsenic, chromium, environmental disaster, greenpeace, heavy metals, long-term effects, red slurry, toxic sludge
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Romania - Opening session of the Conference on the EU Strategy for the Danube Region
ISRIA “The best way to harness the potential of the Danube region is to blend the current forms of institutionalized cooperation and partnerships among local communities. We need a public-private partnership with the civil society,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Danube, ecoregion, governance, romania, social structures, The Danube River, transportation, world water
Tagged coastal area, danube delta, danube region, minister of foreign affairs, plenary session, public private partnership, regional policy, riparian countries, riparian states, river delta, sustainable management
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Flooding in northern Bulgaria feared as Danube River levels rise
The Sofia Echo The water levels of the Danube River were constantly rising and there were fears that the heavy rainfalls combined with the bulging tributaries would cause floods in the coming days, Bulgarian National Television (BNT) reported on June … Continue reading
Posted in bulgaria, ecoregion, flooding, The Danube River, transportation, Water, world water
Tagged danube river, fears, floods, heavy rainfalls, river levels, task force, The Danube River, tributaries, water levels
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EU Strategy for the Danube Region: safeguarding the future through the development of macro-regions
Wien International The European Union is proposing to use available networks but without any new subsidies to develop macro-regions like the Danube region so as to ensure that Europe remains competitive in the future. New concept and model The EU … Continue reading
Danube cleanup plan adopted by 14 nations
AP VIENNA — Fourteen countries and the European Commission have adopted a cleanup plan for the Danube River and its tributaries. The Danube flows 2,857 kilometers (1,775 miles) from southern Germany’s Black Forest to the Black Sea and is polluted … Continue reading
Danube countries agree to protect ‘Amazon of Europe’
AFP VIENNA — Ministers from the 14 countries of the Danube basin adopted here Tuesday a plan to clean up and protect the historic river seen by green groups as Europe’s lifeline and the “Amazon of Europe”. Environmental groups welcomed … Continue reading