Last night, anti-dam acitivist Berta Caceres was assassinated in her home in Honduras. The indigenous rights campaigner received the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2015 for her commitment and courage in the fight against the Agua Zarca Dam which would displace hundreds.

Between January 22 and 24, the first “River Film Festival Berlin” takes place in the Moviemento Cinema in the Kreuzberg district. Riverwatch stands in connection with two selected films of the festival: “Damocracy” und “One for the River: The Vjosa Story”

A new study, that Bankwatch published on December 11 deals with European public funding and EU companies, which are fuelling a wave of hydropower development and endangering pristine river environments in the Balkans: Pristine Balkan rivers threatened by European "green energy" funding for hydropower. In addition, a wonderful photo story  gives you a vivid impression of the issue: Troubled beauty

A wave of hydropower development fuelled by European public funding and EU companies is endangering pristine river environments in the Balkans, finds a new study by CEE Bankwatch Network released today. The extensive analysis shows that multilateral development banks are playing a key role.