News from BlueLink

Green European Foundation with the support of ASSED Sunrise is organising an international capacity building workshop in Macedonia for new Green politicians and activists from Bulgaria, Serbia and Macedonia.

Termites are eating our forest. No, not the insects, but other ‘termites’ that turn wood into cash. The problem is on the public agenda again – after the revelation for illegal logging near the town of Velingrad, Bulgaria and the dismissal of the forestry employee who signaled the violation. This, however, is just one example of illegal practices.

A new search engine for tracking logging permits is available on the website for investigative journalism bivol.bg. The search engine created by the journalist Atanas Tchobanov was launched on 29 November.

Over 30 members of civic initiatives and NGOs upgraded their online communication skills at a training workshop held by BlueLink.net, in partnership with Init Lab and Obshtestvo.bg. The event took place on September 11-13, 2015 in Goritsa - a Black Sea coastal village near the popular wild camping beach Karadere.