Water in Southern Europe

  • Albania Denies Selling Power Plants for Chump Change

    ALBANIA, 2013/01/07 Next the local media reports questioned whether the highest offer in the tender for privatization of hydro power plants was unduly small the Ministry of Economy issued a statement on Saturday. “This sort of comments and interpretations are not authentic and are not based on accurate data,” METE said in the statement.
  • EU, farming puts huge pressure on water resources

    CYPRUS, 2012/12/08 The European Commission has identified a range of weaknesses in Cyprus' water management, top among them the extent of pressure placed on the system by irrigation needs. As much as 70% of amount water consumption on the island goes to agriculture. Farmer as well receive a special rate, meaning in effect that consumers end up paying millions extra for supply