Natural environment

As she explains, the Energy Union is one of the top priorities of this Commission which will help decrease energy imports, diversify our energy sources, tackle energy poverty and cut emissions.

Environmental conservation group WWF Greece on Thursday called for more public education in the protection of the country's forests after data from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) put 2016 as the fifth worst year for fires in a decade.

A Kyrgyz tourist who was wounded during the Gezi Park protests has been ordered to pay a total of 151 Turkish Liras to the Turkish state even though his injuries were caused by state police. 

An annual report released by the local branch of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) shames Greece for systematic violations of the environmental rulebook, while lamenting the waste of a historic opportunity to make the financial crisis a starting point towards a "truly sustainable economy."

As of 10:00 hrs on October 7, an operation will be launched for measuring harmful emissions from exhaust gasses of vehicles in Sofia.

The initiative is organised by the Diabetes Type 2 Association and the Climate Coalition - Bulgaria.

Britain on Oct. 6 approved a shale gas fracking project in the north of England, overruling a local council's decision to prevent the controversial scheme which is also opposed by environmentalists.

Communities Secretary Sajid Javid gave the green light for the drilling of up to four wells by energy group Cuadrilla at the Preston New Road site.

We're all tired. We journalists, those who govern, you the readers, who follow the news and the commentaries - all of us living in this country with all its dead ends. The only real and consistent recycling taking place in Greece these days has to do with speeches, pledges and promises. What follows are denials, recriminations, misconstructions and conspiracy theories.

Bulgaria ranks second in terms of deaths per capita caused by air pollution, showed data of the World Health Organisation published on Tuesday.

With 118 deaths per 100,000 people, Bulgaria occupies the unenviable second position, immediately after Ukraine with 120/100,000 cases caused by pollution of the air with fine dust particles. Belarus ranked third and Russia fourth.

Leonardo DiCaprio will meet with President Obama to talk about climate change at South by South Lawn, the White House announced on Sunday.

Dow Turkey announced in a press release on April 21 that it had received the Low Carbon Hero award at the Istanbul Carbon Summit, which was organized for the third time by the Sustainable Production and Consumption Association (SPCA).