Albanian opponents of a luxury real estate development project in a protected nature reserve demonstrated for the 100th day ...

Can environmental protection, public participation and the rule of law withstand the pressure of luxury tourism and ...

The Vjosa in southern Albania runs 270 kilometres from the Pindus mountains to the Adriatic without a single dam on its main stem — the last free-flowing wild river in Europe outside Russia, and since ...

Project amounts to ‘land grabbing, destruction of the ecosystem,’ conservation leader Aleksander Trajce tells Anadolu ‘Why risk one of the last pristine deltas in the Mediterranean?’ environmental ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Thousands of Albanians took to the streets this week to protest a ...

Building staff capacity, strengthening cooperation with local communities, and improving practical approaches to protected area management were among the issues most discussed during a study tour ...

Thousands of kilometers of Balkan rivers have been damaged in recent years, a study published Wednesday found, as hydropower development, dams and sediment extraction drive a "steady erosion" of some ...

After the rain stopped, the level of the Vjosa River has decreased. The river has reached a level of 8.4 meters from 9 meters. The emergence of the Vjosa has caused many problems in some areas such as ...

Ulrich Eichelmann has seen many rivers over his lifetime as the head of RiverWatch, an organization dedicated to protecting the world’s waterways. He’s spent time on the Tigris floating through Turkey ...

A milestone for both Albania and the world in nature conservation, the Vjosa River, which is the last wild river in Europe, has officially been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The river has ...

UNESCO designates Vjosa valley as a biosphere reserve Environmentalists express concerns over pollution and riverbed alterations Albania plans 150 million euros for sewage treatment and landfill ...

A wild river given protection as a ‘national park’ in 2023 still faces serious threats to its biodiversity from pollution – and Albania’s government is doing little to stop it. Only a few metres ...