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24-09-2021
Tourism near Belene and Gulyantsi - mission possible!

How to find 1000 free beds for tourists in a municipality without a single guest house or hotel and can a former concentration camp become a tourist attraction? Answers to these and other questions were found by BlueLink experts, together with representatives of the municipalities, business and local people in Belene and Gulyantsi, Bulgaria.

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30-07-2021
Demanding a moratorium on surveillance technologies until human rights guaranteed

BlueLink co-signed an open letter following up on the Pegasus investigation findings by Forbidden Stories and partners such as Amnesty International (https://forbiddenstories.org/pegasus-project-articles/).

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05-07-2021
The best chefs won a boat trip at the Danube River Festival in Belene

For the fifth year in a row the Municipality of Belene celebrated the International Day of the Danube River - June 29, with a festival. This year the event took place on July 2 and 3.

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29-06-2021
Hidden qualities and treasures along the Danube discussed by partners from 6 countries in the Serbian city of Sombor

Actions towards raising awareness and creating a sustainable cultural and tourism strategy leading to social and economic benefits for the region and collecting ideas related to the diverse movable and immovable cultural heritage along the Danube River brought together experts from six Danube region countries.

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07-06-2021
Bluelink Submitted Recommendations for Revision of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan

Bluelink prepared recommendations for the revision of the draft National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) published on 16.04.2021. The recommendations were submitted to the Deputy Prime Minister for European Funds Management, the Head of the EC Representation in Bulgaria and several line ministries.

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04-06-2021
The DANURB quality label: collecting good practices, valuable products and services along the Danube

The DANUrB Quality Label stands for and uses the rich cultural heritage, economic and social development, and strong community along the Danube River. This became evident at the DANUrB+ partner meeting, which took place for two days on May 20-21, 2021.

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23-04-2021
"Net 55%" emission reduction - EU agrees on Climate Law

On Wednesday April 21 after 14 hours of discussions negotiators from the European Parliament and the Member States reached a concensus on the specific elements of the draft European Climate Law. This is considered a big step forward to a climate neutral Europe by the environmental community. Here are the most important negotiated points:

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22-04-2021
Bluelink supports the call to free Alexey Navalny

The Board of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum, an umbrella organization BlueLink is a member of, demands that the authorities of the Russian Federation immediately cease their politically motivated attack on the Alexey Navalny's organisations and allow the politician to be visited by doctors of his choice in prison.

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01-04-2021
Escazú - Aarhus in the Andes

On March 4, 2018 after two years of preparation and three years of negotiations, 24 countries adopted the Escazú Convention, the region’s first ever legally binding treaty on environmental rights.

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17-03-2021
The DANUrB platform unites good practices of cultural and historical heritage

The DANUrB Platform has been reactivated and is ready to enrich its content with good new practices of cultural and historical heritage in the Danube regions. This became  evident  at  the  3rd partner meeting, which took place on February 26, 2021.

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