Sustainability
Bulgaria, World Bank Discuss Sustainable Growth Policies
Bulgaria and the World Bank on Wednesday discussed what the Bank could do to supporty the country's efforts to achieve sustainable growth and bring the living standards of its population to EU levels over the next five years.
Greece wins 3rd place in intl Blue Flag program
Three hundred and ninety five Greek coasts and nine marinas won the international “Blue Flag” programme classification, placing Greece in third amongst 49 countries.
The Blue Flag is a voluntary eco-label awarded to more than 4000 beaches and marinas in 49 countries across Europe, South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, New Zealand, Brazil, Canada and the Caribbean.
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Bicycles popular but not yet part of day-to-day life, study finds
One in four Greeks has a bicycle but only 3 percent use it as one of their main modes of transport and just 32 percent of owners have used their bikes over the last 12 months, according to a survey carried out on behalf of the Greek branch of WWF.
Greece, other EU strugglers emerge winners from carbon reforms, data shows
By Susanna Twidale & Barbara Lewis
Europe's poorest nations, including heavily indebted Greece, emerge the main winners from a deal to reform the world's biggest carbon market that will raise billions for EU governments, data from Thomson Reuters Point Carbon shows.
Iohannis: I am with the bicyclists, urging more people to ride bicycles
President Klaus Iohannis on Saturday urged as many people as possible to ride bicycles, showing that moving by means of a bicycle cuts road traffic and implicitly pollution.
Photo credit (c): KLAUS IOHANNIS / FACEBOOK
Serbia,Baden-Wurttemberg continue cooperation in ecology
BRUSSELS - Serbia and Baden-Wurttemberg will work together on drafting a project of a bio-energy village that will use biomass to produce electricity, Serbian Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic told Tanjug on Thursday.
Pyrgos trash collection starts after months-long impasse
Municipal trash trucks on Wednesday started collecting hundreds of tons of rancid trash that has been festering on the streets of Pyrgos in the Peloponnese for months.
J. Lew urges less "rhetoric", more "technical work" for Greece (video)
US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew urged the Greek government to present a detailed program of reforms to its international creditors. He warned that these detailed reforms would need to be specific and urgently implemented.
Exhibition on green building technologies at Belgrade Fair
BELGRADE - An exhibition on contemporary green building technologies will be opened at the International Building Trade Fair in Belgrade starting from Wednesday until April 19.
Expo Milano 2015: EC launches debate on how to feed the planet
The European Commission has launched an online consultation on how science and innovation can help the EU ensuring safe, nutritious, sufficient and sustainable food globally.