Rehabilitation of the spillways in three dams of the Drin River cascade (Fierza, Komai and Vau i Dejes hydropower plants); and; Rehabilitation of the Komani hydropower plant through refurbishment of ...

But the journey is not over, this is just the beginning of the Drin River Basin: the water then flows underground past white cave-dwelling creatures to ancient Lake Ohrid, crosses the border into ...

Retrofitted to the outlet of a 30-year-old reservoir, the two-stage, 53-MW, 90-turbine Ashta Hydropower Plant on the Drin River in northwest Albania is a textbook example of how innovative run-of ...

Three others, including two that are more than 548 ft high and sit further down the Drin river, were also built in a bid for self-sufficiency after Enver Hoxha, the communist dictator who ruled ...

The utility, which runs three hydropower plants with a combined generation capacity of 1.3 GW at the Drin River Cascade, operates around 80% of the nation’s generation capacity.

Rain and quick thaw brings flooding to the Balkans. Early spring after a harsh winter brings the inevitable spring flood to Serbia and Albania.

The Vjosa river is a good example. Together with many organisations and individuals — Patagonia, the outdoor brand, and Leonardo DiCaprio, the film actor, are mentioned in the article — we ...

Heavy rain and snow have brought devastating floods to western Kosovo. Many homes and businesses in the area of the Drini i Bardhe (White Drin) river were partly submerged on January 11. Thousands ...

The Skadar Lake system at the border of Montenegro and Albania is a well-known hotspot of freshwater biodiversity and harbors a highly diverse mollusc fauna. As in many of the Balkan lakes, the ...

Evald Krnic won this year’s competition for his swallow dive, hitting the water of the White Drin river headfirst at high speed. Divers jumped off a bridge over 65 feet up in the air as part of ...