*The latest report by the CEE Bankwatch Network shows that outdated coal-fired power plants in the Western Balkans once again exceeded emission limits in 2024: total sulfur dioxide (SO₂) emissions were six times higher than the legal limit set by the National Emission Reduction Plans (NERP) for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Serbia.

Although 80 million euros have been invested in the desulfurization system so far, Ugljevik TPP emits 50 times more sulfur dioxide compared to Europe’s largest polluter, the PGE Bełchatów power plant in Poland. The emission of particulate matter reaches up to 1000 mg/m3, while the desulfurization project was supposed to reduce it below 50 mg.

The Directorate-General for Environment of the European Commission launched the “European Mobility Week” campaign back in 2002, and it is now organized every year in more than 3,000 cities around the world. This year’s theme is “Mobility for All,” and the coordinator of the campaign is the Center for the Environment from Banja Luka. The

North Macedonia plans to subsidize the purchase of 200 electric vehicles for taxi drivers in order to improve urban transport and reduce air pollution. The country’s first move toward electrifying public transport was announced last year by Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, who stated that 100–120 electric buses would be purchased. The average price of the