Gabriel Schwaderer
@schwadererg.bsky.social
Geschäftsführer EuroNatur Stiftung
Director EuroNatur Foundation
Director EuroNatur Foundation
Two weeks since Albania’s Special Prosecution Against Corruption and Organised Crime, SPAK, issued a statement announcing it had indicted Deputy PM Belinda Balluku over the alleged rigging of a 190-million-euro tender for the construction of the Llogara Tunnel.
balkaninsight.com/2025/11/14/o...
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Opposition Aghast at Albanian PM’s Public Backing for Indicted Deputy
Analysts and opposition MPs say Prime Minister Edi Rama’s public backing for his indicted deputy is a direct challenge to the fight against organised crime and corruption.
balkaninsight.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Two weeks since Albania’s Special Prosecution Against Corruption and Organised Crime, SPAK, issued a statement announcing it had indicted Deputy PM Belinda Balluku over the alleged rigging of a 190-million-euro tender for the construction of the Llogara Tunnel.
balkaninsight.com/2025/11/14/o...
balkaninsight.com/2025/11/14/o...
Aufrüttelnde Doku über die schmutzigen Geschäfte mit dem Klimaschutz. Zentrale Ursache ist im gezeigten Beispiel aus Brasilien, wie in vielen anderen Waldökosystemen auch, dass die Verbrennung von Holzbiomasse als grüne Energie anerkannt ist. #Greenwashing
www.ardmediathek.de/video/versch...
www.ardmediathek.de/video/versch...
Verschollen - Schmutzige Geschäfte mit dem Klimaschutz - hier anschauen
Es soll ein gigantisches Programm zum Schutz unseres Klimas werden: Mit Milliarden Dollar will die Weltbank die globale Erderwärmung aufhalten. Das Steuergeld geht an Konzerne, die zum Ausgleich für i...
www.ardmediathek.de
November 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Aufrüttelnde Doku über die schmutzigen Geschäfte mit dem Klimaschutz. Zentrale Ursache ist im gezeigten Beispiel aus Brasilien, wie in vielen anderen Waldökosystemen auch, dass die Verbrennung von Holzbiomasse als grüne Energie anerkannt ist. #Greenwashing
www.ardmediathek.de/video/versch...
www.ardmediathek.de/video/versch...
Reposted by Gabriel Schwaderer
#Buchtipp: @krstorevic.bsky.social, @tschinderle.bsky.social und @danijelmajic.bsky.social, »Der #Westbalkan. Im Wartezimmer der #EU« (jetzt für 5 EUR bei der @bpb.de)
Der Westbalkan | bpb.de
Vereint im Warten auf die EU? Krsto Lazarević, Franziska Tschinderle und Danijel Majić bieten Einblicke in sehr unterschiedliche und zugleich auf vielfältige Weise miteinander verflochtene Staaten.
www.bpb.de
November 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
#Buchtipp: @krstorevic.bsky.social, @tschinderle.bsky.social und @danijelmajic.bsky.social, »Der #Westbalkan. Im Wartezimmer der #EU« (jetzt für 5 EUR bei der @bpb.de)
Reposted by Gabriel Schwaderer
Gibt es in der EU wirklich ein "Nullrisiko" für illegale Abholzungen / Walddegradierung (im Zusammenhang mit #EUDR). #ARD #Europamagazin hat nachgesehen - in #Rumänien: www.tagesschau.de/video/video-...
Europamagazin: Illegale Abholzung bedroht Rumäniens Wälder
Europamagazin: Illegale Abholzung bedroht Rumäniens Wälder
www.tagesschau.de
November 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Gibt es in der EU wirklich ein "Nullrisiko" für illegale Abholzungen / Walddegradierung (im Zusammenhang mit #EUDR). #ARD #Europamagazin hat nachgesehen - in #Rumänien: www.tagesschau.de/video/video-...
If you are interested in #nature #biodiversity #EUEnlargement you may find relevant information in this statement of @euronatur.bsky.social @martakos.ec.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social
www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-d...
www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-d...
Balkan nature on the line: Environmental compliance lags in EU accession drive
++ Western Balkan candidates are still failing to meet EU nature and biodiversity safeguards ++ European Commission’s Enlargement Package notes serious shortfalls especially in protected-area safeguar...
www.euronatur.org
November 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
If you are interested in #nature #biodiversity #EUEnlargement you may find relevant information in this statement of @euronatur.bsky.social @martakos.ec.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social
www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-d...
www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-d...
Deputy Prime Minister in #Albania under severe pressure. Corruption allegations with regard to a controversial road project. @kajakallas.bsky.social @martakos.ec.europa.eu
balkaninsight.com/2025/11/07/l...
balkaninsight.com/2025/11/07/l...
Leaked Albanian Investigation Implicates Deputy PM in Tender-Rigging
A leaked file, apparently from an anti-corruption prosecutors’ probe, suggests deputy prime minister Belinda Balluku played an active role in predetermining the winner of a major construction tender.
balkaninsight.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Deputy Prime Minister in #Albania under severe pressure. Corruption allegations with regard to a controversial road project. @kajakallas.bsky.social @martakos.ec.europa.eu
balkaninsight.com/2025/11/07/l...
balkaninsight.com/2025/11/07/l...
Reposted by Gabriel Schwaderer
Vor dem Parlament in Belgrad. Gerade sind Menschen gerannt, Böller wurden geworfen, Rauch stieg auf, die Polizei machte einen Zufahrtweg zu. Die Demonstrierenden stehen davor und brüllen "Gotov Je" - Er ist am Ende. Stimmung sehr angespannt.
November 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Vor dem Parlament in Belgrad. Gerade sind Menschen gerannt, Böller wurden geworfen, Rauch stieg auf, die Polizei machte einen Zufahrtweg zu. Die Demonstrierenden stehen davor und brüllen "Gotov Je" - Er ist am Ende. Stimmung sehr angespannt.
Student protesters have been demanding snap elections, but Serbia’s strongman leader, President Aleksandar Vucic, has refused.
balkaninsight.com/2025/11/01/h...
balkaninsight.com/2025/11/01/h...
Huge Commemorative Rally Held in Serbia’s Novi Sad, a Year after Deaths
Tens of thousands packed the streets of Serbia’s second city at a mass gathering to mark the anniversary of the Novi Sad railway station disaster, which left 16 dead, and then staged a major anti-gove...
balkaninsight.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Student protesters have been demanding snap elections, but Serbia’s strongman leader, President Aleksandar Vucic, has refused.
balkaninsight.com/2025/11/01/h...
balkaninsight.com/2025/11/01/h...
Reposted by Gabriel Schwaderer
Beeindruckende Bilder der Solidarität, der Energie, der Hoffnung auf ein besseres demokratisches #Serbien.
Morgen in Novi Sad wird wohl eine der grössten und beeindruckendsten Kundgebungen in der Geschichte Serbiens stattfinden. Diese Energie wird nicht weichen.
Morgen in Novi Sad wird wohl eine der grössten und beeindruckendsten Kundgebungen in der Geschichte Serbiens stattfinden. Diese Energie wird nicht weichen.
October 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Beeindruckende Bilder der Solidarität, der Energie, der Hoffnung auf ein besseres demokratisches #Serbien.
Morgen in Novi Sad wird wohl eine der grössten und beeindruckendsten Kundgebungen in der Geschichte Serbiens stattfinden. Diese Energie wird nicht weichen.
Morgen in Novi Sad wird wohl eine der grössten und beeindruckendsten Kundgebungen in der Geschichte Serbiens stattfinden. Diese Energie wird nicht weichen.
The air is getting thin for Prime Minister Rama in #Albania. His former buddy - the mayor of Tirana - is in jail since February, his deputy and close ally in the AL gov is now under investigation by the Special Prosecutor for Anti-Corruption.
balkaninsight.com/2025/10/31/a...
balkaninsight.com/2025/10/31/a...
Albania’s Deputy PM Investigated for Violating Public Procurement Rules
Anti-corruption prosecutors said they are investigating deputy premier and infrastructure minister Belinda Balluku for violating tender rules, linked to the construction of a road in 2020.
balkaninsight.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:54 AM
The air is getting thin for Prime Minister Rama in #Albania. His former buddy - the mayor of Tirana - is in jail since February, his deputy and close ally in the AL gov is now under investigation by the Special Prosecutor for Anti-Corruption.
balkaninsight.com/2025/10/31/a...
balkaninsight.com/2025/10/31/a...
When most of Europe’s green agenda is being trimmed, delayed or scrapped, a draft bill to protect something as unglamorous as dirt shouldn’t have stood a chance. Congrats to @martinhojsik.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/how-...
www.politico.eu/article/how-...
How to pass a green law in an anti-green age in 6 easy steps
A Slovak liberal quietly steered one of the last surviving environmental files to the finish line.
www.politico.eu
October 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
When most of Europe’s green agenda is being trimmed, delayed or scrapped, a draft bill to protect something as unglamorous as dirt shouldn’t have stood a chance. Congrats to @martinhojsik.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/how-...
www.politico.eu/article/how-...
More and more evidence, that Vlora airport is not only a scandalous construction project in a nature protected area, but also unserious and even unlawful business.
@martakos.ec.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social
@martakos.ec.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social
Works at Vlora Airport are suspended due to a conflict among shareholders. Ray of hope for pelicans, flamingos in Narta & Karavasta lagoon and for nature in Vjosa delta. The construction works were started in a nature protected area and are violating international law
www.kapitali.al/english/lajm...
www.kapitali.al/english/lajm...
Another scandal at Vlora Airport, Pacolli also loses the new administrator
Just 1 month after being appointed to the position, the new administrator of Vlora Airport has submitted his irrevocable resignation
www.kapitali.al
October 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
More and more evidence, that Vlora airport is not only a scandalous construction project in a nature protected area, but also unserious and even unlawful business.
@martakos.ec.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social
@martakos.ec.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social
Ardian Koci is a great conservationist! He deserves the EuroNatur Award 2025. #Karavasta #Albania @euronatur.bsky.social
www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-d...
www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-d...
EuroNatur Award 2025: distinction for integrity in difficult times
The EuroNatur Award 2025 goes to Albanian conservationist Ardian Koçi, former director of Divjakë-Karavasta National Park.
www.euronatur.org
October 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Ardian Koci is a great conservationist! He deserves the EuroNatur Award 2025. #Karavasta #Albania @euronatur.bsky.social
www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-d...
www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-d...
Works at Vlora Airport are suspended due to a conflict among shareholders. Ray of hope for pelicans, flamingos in Narta & Karavasta lagoon and for nature in Vjosa delta. The construction works were started in a nature protected area and are violating international law
www.kapitali.al/english/lajm...
www.kapitali.al/english/lajm...
Another scandal at Vlora Airport, Pacolli also loses the new administrator
Just 1 month after being appointed to the position, the new administrator of Vlora Airport has submitted his irrevocable resignation
www.kapitali.al
October 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Works at Vlora Airport are suspended due to a conflict among shareholders. Ray of hope for pelicans, flamingos in Narta & Karavasta lagoon and for nature in Vjosa delta. The construction works were started in a nature protected area and are violating international law
www.kapitali.al/english/lajm...
www.kapitali.al/english/lajm...
Reposted by Gabriel Schwaderer
We are still a bit emotional: In a moving ceremony last night, Ardian Koçi received the EuroNatur Award for “his integrity and great personal commitment to protect Divjakë-Karavasta National Park in #Albania,” according to EuroNatur's @schwadererg.bsky.social
Read more: tinyurl.com/yud5m77z
Read more: tinyurl.com/yud5m77z
October 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
We are still a bit emotional: In a moving ceremony last night, Ardian Koçi received the EuroNatur Award for “his integrity and great personal commitment to protect Divjakë-Karavasta National Park in #Albania,” according to EuroNatur's @schwadererg.bsky.social
Read more: tinyurl.com/yud5m77z
Read more: tinyurl.com/yud5m77z
Important article in #BalkanInsight about the situation along Vjosa River, 2,5 years after its designation as Wild River National Park.
@euronatur.bsky.social
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@euronatur.bsky.social
balkaninsight.com/2025/10/07/t...
Troubled Waters: Albania’s Wild River ‘Protected Only on Paper’
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.
balkaninsight.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Important article in #BalkanInsight about the situation along Vjosa River, 2,5 years after its designation as Wild River National Park.
@euronatur.bsky.social
balkaninsight.com/2025/10/07/t...
@euronatur.bsky.social
balkaninsight.com/2025/10/07/t...
Groundbreaking decision of a vast majority of IUCN Members: protected areas are for nature conservation, not for massive development, including for mass tourism.
@euronatur.bsky.social @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social @tourduvalat.bsky.social @wetlandsint.bsky.social
www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-d...
@euronatur.bsky.social @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social @tourduvalat.bsky.social @wetlandsint.bsky.social
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IUCN Congress votes in favor of Motion 130: Strengthening restrictions against unsustainable tourism infrastructure
Upfront the 2025 IUCN World Conservation Congress, members have overwhelmingly approved Motion 130 with more than 98 % of votes, calling for stronger restrictions on unsustainable tourism infrastructu...
www.euronatur.org
September 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Groundbreaking decision of a vast majority of IUCN Members: protected areas are for nature conservation, not for massive development, including for mass tourism.
@euronatur.bsky.social @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social @tourduvalat.bsky.social @wetlandsint.bsky.social
www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-d...
@euronatur.bsky.social @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social @tourduvalat.bsky.social @wetlandsint.bsky.social
www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-d...
Protected areas are not the only, but an extremely important cornerstone of any effective strategy to protect the Balkan lynx. @euronatur.bsky.social @thomaswaitz.bsky.social
www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-d...
www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-d...
Protecting the Balkan lynx: a European responsibility
++ Event at the EU Parliament in Brussels draws attention to the Balkan lynx ++ Less than 50 induviduals of this rare cat species roam the forests of the Western Balkans ++ Protection of the Balkan ly...
www.euronatur.org
September 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Protected areas are not the only, but an extremely important cornerstone of any effective strategy to protect the Balkan lynx. @euronatur.bsky.social @thomaswaitz.bsky.social
www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-d...
www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-d...
Reposted by Gabriel Schwaderer
"Opening negotiations on the environment chapter may set the dangerous precedent that #Albania can dismantle #nature protection and still make progress in the #EUenlargement negotiations", says EuroNatur's @schwadererg.bsky.social. Read more in our press release:
www.euronatur.org/en/about-eur...
www.euronatur.org/en/about-eur...
Despite nature conservation concerns: EU opens negotiations with Albania
The EU has officially begun accession negotiations with Albania — at a time when the country is experiencing numerous setbacks in nature conservation.
www.euronatur.org
September 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"Opening negotiations on the environment chapter may set the dangerous precedent that #Albania can dismantle #nature protection and still make progress in the #EUenlargement negotiations", says EuroNatur's @schwadererg.bsky.social. Read more in our press release:
www.euronatur.org/en/about-eur...
www.euronatur.org/en/about-eur...
How Jared Kushner wants to build a luxury resort in an Albanian nature reserve
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysvJSo9SViU&ab_channel=DWNews
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysvJSo9SViU&ab_channel=DWNews
How Jared Kushner wants to build a luxury resort in an Albanian nature reserve | DW News
YouTube video by DW News
www.youtube.com
September 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
How Jared Kushner wants to build a luxury resort in an Albanian nature reserve
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysvJSo9SViU&ab_channel=DWNews
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysvJSo9SViU&ab_channel=DWNews
Insightful piece by @politico.eu about Albania.
"Albania was once “something wild — just camping, youth, fun and nature,” said Jushi, the journalist. “It’s like Monaco now. There’s no space for locals.” "
www.politico.eu/article/alba...
"Albania was once “something wild — just camping, youth, fun and nature,” said Jushi, the journalist. “It’s like Monaco now. There’s no space for locals.” "
www.politico.eu/article/alba...
Albania loses its hidden-gem luster
Social media lit a fire under Albania’s tourism surge, leading to a sharp increase in prices.
www.politico.eu
September 1, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Insightful piece by @politico.eu about Albania.
"Albania was once “something wild — just camping, youth, fun and nature,” said Jushi, the journalist. “It’s like Monaco now. There’s no space for locals.” "
www.politico.eu/article/alba...
"Albania was once “something wild — just camping, youth, fun and nature,” said Jushi, the journalist. “It’s like Monaco now. There’s no space for locals.” "
www.politico.eu/article/alba...
Reposted by Gabriel Schwaderer
Nature needs your help NOW 🚨
Across Europe, our forests are thinning, our rivers are drying, and our wildlife is vanishing. Now the European Commission wants to weaken the very laws that protect them.
It’s our nature, our home, our right. #HandsOffNature
📢 Speak up now: http://handsoffnature.eu
Across Europe, our forests are thinning, our rivers are drying, and our wildlife is vanishing. Now the European Commission wants to weaken the very laws that protect them.
It’s our nature, our home, our right. #HandsOffNature
📢 Speak up now: http://handsoffnature.eu
September 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Nature needs your help NOW 🚨
Across Europe, our forests are thinning, our rivers are drying, and our wildlife is vanishing. Now the European Commission wants to weaken the very laws that protect them.
It’s our nature, our home, our right. #HandsOffNature
📢 Speak up now: http://handsoffnature.eu
Across Europe, our forests are thinning, our rivers are drying, and our wildlife is vanishing. Now the European Commission wants to weaken the very laws that protect them.
It’s our nature, our home, our right. #HandsOffNature
📢 Speak up now: http://handsoffnature.eu
Informativer Artikel in der @wirtschaftswoche.bsky.social über Tourismuswirtschaft in Albanien. Und über den Ausverkauf der Küste sowie massive Eingriffe in Naturschutzgebiete. @euronatur.bsky.social
Ivanka Trump und Jared Kushner haben eine verlassene Insel vor Albanien als neues Investmentziel auserkoren. Auch an der Küste entstehen immer mehr Tourismusresorts, zeigen Satellitenbilder.
Wirtschaft von oben: Diese Bunkerinsel vor Albanien ist das nächste Übernahmeziel der Trumps
Ivanka Trump und Jared Kushner haben eine verlassene Insel vor Albanien als neues Investmentziel auserkoren. Auch an der Küste entstehen immer mehr Tourismusresorts, zeigen Satellitenbilder.
www.wiwo.de
August 12, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Informativer Artikel in der @wirtschaftswoche.bsky.social über Tourismuswirtschaft in Albanien. Und über den Ausverkauf der Küste sowie massive Eingriffe in Naturschutzgebiete. @euronatur.bsky.social
Gute Hintergrundgeschichte über die Erholung des Braunbärenbestands in Nordspanien in der @taz.de. @euronatur.bsky.social
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Er ist wieder da
Der Braunbär war in Spanien vom Aussterben bedroht. Heute leben im Kantabrischen Gebirge wieder gut 400 Tiere. Ein Bärentourismus entsteht, Kontakte zu Menschen nehmen zu. Nicht alle sind davon begeis...
taz.de
August 8, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Gute Hintergrundgeschichte über die Erholung des Braunbärenbestands in Nordspanien in der @taz.de. @euronatur.bsky.social
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taz.de/Er-ist-wiede...
Reposted by Gabriel Schwaderer
Der Preis für das unkritischste Interview mit einem Autokraten geht an @zeit.de: Man plaudert mit Edi Rama über Körpergröße, Kunst, seine Freundschaft zu Meloni. Wörter wie „Wahlunregelmäßigkeiten“ fallen nicht, das Land, das er regiert, scheint auch etwas egal zu sein.
www.zeit.de/zeit-magazin...
www.zeit.de/zeit-magazin...
Edi Rama: "Ich wollte ein unabhängiges, freies Leben führen"
Edi Rama war Basketballer, Künstler, heute ist er Regierungschef Albaniens. Ein Gespräch über seine ungewöhnliche Karriere, Macht und seine Frau.
www.zeit.de
August 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Der Preis für das unkritischste Interview mit einem Autokraten geht an @zeit.de: Man plaudert mit Edi Rama über Körpergröße, Kunst, seine Freundschaft zu Meloni. Wörter wie „Wahlunregelmäßigkeiten“ fallen nicht, das Land, das er regiert, scheint auch etwas egal zu sein.
www.zeit.de/zeit-magazin...
www.zeit.de/zeit-magazin...