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Gabriel Schwaderer
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Geschäftsführer EuroNatur Stiftung
Director EuroNatur Foundation
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schwadererg.bsky.social
Important sentence of this article: "In any Western democratic country, the mere initiation of corruption investigations would be enough to cause a political official of integrity to resign. This does not happen in Albania, even when the accusations become official."

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"Number two" on trial: A shake-up or consolidation of Rama's power? - Citizens.al
The three main figures of the socialist government face justice, exposing the tensions between SPAK, GJKKO and the political strategy of Prime Minister Edi Rama.
citizens.al
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
schwadererg.bsky.social
Important step forward:
Montenegrin Ministry of Environment, together with @euronatur.bsky.social and its Montenegrin partner organisations CZIP and CDE, has signed a memorandum of understanding to improve the protection of the Morača river. #BlueHeartOfEurope

www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-d...
Major success for the Morača River in Montenegro: Memorandum of Understanding signed to place it under protection
In Montenegro, EuroNatur and its local partner organizations have signed a memorandum of understanding to protect the Morača River. This is an important first step toward protecting this wild river.
www.euronatur.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
schwadererg.bsky.social
Beside the celebration of progress in opening EU accession clusters, the ALGov is in deep crisis. The issues Deputy PM is alleged are not the only issues.
One of the biggest scandals is the construction of an airport in a protected area. @euronatur.bsky.social 1/2

balkaninsight.com/2025/11/20/a...
Albanian Special Court Suspends Deputy Prime Minister: Source
The special anti-corruption court suspended Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku, who is under investigation for violating tender procedures, and barred her from travelling abroad, a source told BIRN...
balkaninsight.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM
schwadererg.bsky.social
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...
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
schwadererg.bsky.social
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...
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
Reposted by Gabriel Schwaderer
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#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
Reposted by Gabriel Schwaderer
mschickh.bsky.social
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
schwadererg.bsky.social
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...
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
schwadererg.bsky.social
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...
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
Reposted by Gabriel Schwaderer
krstorevic.bsky.social
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
schwadererg.bsky.social
Student protesters have been demanding snap elections, but Serbia’s strongman leader, President Aleksandar Vucic, has refused.

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
Reposted by Gabriel Schwaderer
vedrandzihic.bsky.social
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.
October 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
schwadererg.bsky.social
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...
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
schwadererg.bsky.social
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-...
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
schwadererg.bsky.social
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
schwadererg.bsky.social Gabriel Schwaderer @schwadererg.bsky.social · Oct 19
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...
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
schwadererg.bsky.social
Ardian Koci is a great conservationist! He deserves the EuroNatur Award 2025. #Karavasta #Albania @euronatur.bsky.social

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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
schwadererg.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...
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
Reposted by Gabriel Schwaderer
euronatur.bsky.social
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
October 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
schwadererg.bsky.social
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...
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
schwadererg.bsky.social
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

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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
schwadererg.bsky.social
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

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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
Reposted by Gabriel Schwaderer
euronatur.bsky.social
"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...
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
schwadererg.bsky.social
How Jared Kushner wants to build a luxury resort in an Albanian nature reserve

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
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September 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
schwadererg.bsky.social
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 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
Reposted by Gabriel Schwaderer
euronatur.bsky.social
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
September 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM