ministry of environment

What’s happening on the shores of Lake Badovc?

A new residential development planned close to Lake Badovc in Prishtina has found itself at the heart of a passionate debate between the public, the developers and Kosovo’s authorities.

Outgoing environment minister lifts ban on hydropower plant permits

A BIRN investigation has revealed that outgoing environment minister Fatmir Matoshi gave the green light to scrap a ban on hydropower construction in Kosovo this month, despite an analysis of Kosovo’s water supply - the absence of which prompted the ban - not being completed.

Politically driven infrastructure projects have damaged Kosovo

Think tank report says politically inspired infrastructure projects in Kosovo have done untold damage to the country’s natural environment, rivers especially.

The Mirash landfill, a looming environmental disaster

After years of mismanagement, Kosovo’s largest landfill poses an environmental disaster and may cause irreversible water contamination, researchers warn.

Residents protest demolition in coal mining village

The Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning demolishes seven foundations of new homes in Hade, a village next to the expanding Sibovc coal mine.


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