Category: Environmental Protection

This is the condition of the road to Rugovo i Peja. Despite the organization of many clean-up actions, the situation is not improving. Irresponsible people and businesses continue to pollute this area, unfortunately the action of the institutions responsible for the prevention of polluters continues to be very deficient. However, we cannot remain indifferent and… Continue reading Garbage continues to be dumped in the Rugova region

Today, Saturday at 12:00, the citizens of the municipality of Klina have organized a nationwide protest against the planned construction of a cement factory. During this protest there were also matches between Kosovo police officers and demonstrators who with their participation did not allow business actors to be enabled to start building the factory. The… Continue reading Civic activism: locals protest construction of cement factory

The capital of Kosovo has several times been in the top five capitals with the most polluted air in the world. In addition to significant problems with waste management, pollution of rivers, green spaces and forests, Kosovo continues to have problems with air pollution. Official data show that Prishtina and Obiliq are the two settlements… Continue reading Millions of ecological tax on cars do not go to the environment

Air pollution in the Western Balkans causes a large number of premature deaths and the consequences include shorter life expectancy and deteriorating public health – therefore improving health systems requires urgent improvement of air quality and public health.This was stated by the European Fund for the Balkans during the implementation of this month of the… Continue reading Premature deaths due to pollution: The Balkans in the worst situation

The National Audit Office of Kosovo has started the performance audit in the field of energy and environment with the topic “Licensing system of hydropower plants and their impact on the environment and water (2015 – 2021)”. Addressing this audit topic is of particular importance as the use of water for electricity generation must be… Continue reading The National Audit Office has started auditing performance in the field of energy and environment

NGO Active Citizens has filed a criminal report regarding the degradation of the Natural Monument “Waterfalls and Mirusha Park” declared as a special area, related to the project: Cleaning the environment and repairing the pedestrian and bicycle lane with lighting and recreation from the regional road Klina -Jakova to Mirusha Waterfall, reports Ekonomia Online. Flutura… Continue reading A criminal report is submitted for the degradation of the waterfall and Mirusha park

Air quality is vital for the health of the citizens of Kosovo The Swedish Embassy in Kosovo has launched the third consecutive campaign ‘Talking about the air’ in cooperation with the green journalism platform ‘BB Green Kosova’. “Let’s talk about the air”, is a campaign organized by the Swedish Embassy in Kosovo, with the creator… Continue reading Swedish Ambassador to Kosovo Karin Hernmarck: Polluted air has serious health consequences

The Ministry of Environment published the results of the analyzes carried out in Germany. Asbestos demolition of the buildings in the Lakrishtë neighborhood of Prishtina by the Public Housing Enterprise belongs to the 3rd degree (20%), waste carcinogens with a very high risk of contamination. The Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning and Infrastructure has published… Continue reading Demolition of the asbestos tiled building by the NBP

According to the IQAir World Air Quality Report 2019, which collected and compared air quality data from over 4000 global cities, Kosovo is ranked as the 3️⃣0️⃣ most polluted region worldwide in an included list of 98 countries and regions.

Today at 17:00 at the building of the government of Kosovo is done the projection of the silhouette of the dinosaur in the continuation of the campaign ‘Do not Choose to Exterminate’. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Kosovo together with the Office of the Prime Minister will design a dinosaur silhouette in the… Continue reading You can meet the dinosaur Dino at the Kosovo government