The closure of the largest underground mine in Bulgaria, Bobov Dol in the southwest of the country, means Bulgarian authorities are finally forced to think about Just Transition....
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At the end of May, a group of Polish, Slovak, Hungarian and Bulgarian visitors – mayors, local government bureaucrats, NGO members and trade unionists – came to the...
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In the Trencin region in Slovakia, the selection of projects to be supported via the Platform is until now circumventing the participatory process that was initiated by local...
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Poland’s national-level pre-selection of projects under the Commission’s Platform for Coal Regions in Transition does not seem to fit into the Partnership Principle architecture. During the initial phase...
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The last few years have witnessed a growing number of calls and actions around the world urging leaders and investors to engage into the path of energy transition,...
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In response to Trencin regional authorities denying a crucial permit for a new coal mine in Upper Nitra last month, the mining workers’ union with support from main...
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In my childhood days, the Lenin Metallurgical Works and the Diosgyor Machine Factory were in full operation. Every tenth person in our town Miskolc (that’s 20,000 out of...
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Regional authorities in Trenčín, western Slovakia, (temporarily) blocked the expansion of a mine by company HBP (Hornonitrianske bane Prievidza) by rejecting last month changes to the regional zoning...
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Today in Brussels, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) launches a guide to ‘just transition’ to a low carbon economy. The report is being launched at a conference...
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Last year, the Czech government adopted a Strategic Framework aimed at resurecting the three regions lagging behind in the country – which are also the country’s coal mining...
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