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During the electoral campaign for June 7 snap parliamentary elections, Kosovo political parties have revived promises regarding the energy system ignoring policies already in place.
BIRN and KOSID have won their legal battle with the Ministry of Infrastructure regarding the permission it gave Contour Global company to build the third coal-fired power plant in Kosovo.
The energy crisis has prompted Kosovo’s Energy Corporation to sell and even give away coal – despite concerns about the likely impact on people’s health.
Though air pollution results in more and more deaths, Kosovars continue to illegally excavate, sell, and burn coal.
A group of international and Kosovo-based NGOs have expressed support for the World Bank’s shift towards a more ‘comprehensive approach to energy sector development’ in Kosovo.
