Ministry of Environment

Animal rights and environmental activists are opposing the holding of the Sunny Hill music festival in Germia Park in Pristina.

After the decision taken on Saturday to return the festival to Germia Park, activists called for the festival to be completely canceled, saying it will damage the environment and wildlife.

Two months ago Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the offices of the Hellenic Hydrocarbon Management Company and officially announced the government's strategic plan to speed up the processes of exploitation of natural gas deposits.

During the week, if all goes as planned, the announcements of the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis are expected for the strategy that Greece will follow in order to explore and exploit possible natural gas deposits in its offshore and land concessions.

A small economic boost to the thousands of households that consume natural gas for heating and cooking needs and have borne huge burdens, gives an amendment of the Ministry of Environment and Energy.

More specifically, the payment of energy distribution and capacity bills by household gas consumers, during the months of November and December, is suspended.

The architectural study for the renovation of Vasilissis Olga Avenue was approved yesterday by the Central Council of Architecture of the Ministry of Environment and Energy.

Kosovo's Supreme Court on Monday suspended the water permit of the Brezovica hydro-power plant in Shterpce/Strpce, making it impossible for the construction company to apply for a necessary environmental permit.

mport of waste that is not intended for fuel will be banned, caretaker Minister of Environment, Assen Lichev, said on August 4. He has prepared an order and will submit it to the Council of Ministers within days. The aim is to stop the illegal incineration of such waste in power plants.

There is a Government Decision in the works that bans feeding bears within locality boundaries or near localities and imposing higher sanctions who those who fail to comply, Minister of Environment, Waters and Forests Barna Tanczos told a news conference on Thursday. "Also, as early as February we launched the tender for the estimation of the bear population by classical methods.

Days later, a similar thing happened, this time in the Black Sea port of Constanta, where Romanian authorities refused entry to 15 shipping containers laden with 300 tons of "metal and paper, textiles, rubber, wood, batteries and pieces of asbestos" from Germany.

The Romanian government will provide partial financial support for the organization of the 2023 Solar Decathlon Europe competition that will take place in Bucharest, Minister of Environment, Waters and Forests Barna Tanczos told a press conference on Thursday.