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- Kolontár, 4 October 2010. A dam at a Hungarian aluminium factory near Kolontár broke. Approximately 1.5 million cubic metres of alkaline red sludge and water were released with disastrous...
- Brisbane, 27 September 2010. The US Charles River Watershed Association was awarded the Thiess International Riverprize 2011 for excellence in river management. The award was presented in Brisbane,...
- Bratislava, 13 September 2011. German children have won the „International Danube Art Master 2011“ competition, as the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR)...
- Astana, 21 September 2011. The Seventh “Environment for Europe” Ministerial Conference is scheduled to take place in Astana (Kazakhstan) from 21 to 23 September 2011. The Conference is being prepared...
- Belgrade, 8 September 2011. The IWA Specialist Groundwater Conference was held in Belgrade from 8 to 10 September 2011. This Conference was a continuation of the activities of the same organizers who...
- Danube Delta, 26 September 2011. A detailed analysis and assessment of the Danube Delta will be held within the project "Joint environmental monitoring, assessment and exchange of information...
- Stockholm, 21 August 2011. The “World Water Week” is taking place in Stockholm, Sweden, from August 21 to 27. The event, which is held annually since 1991, is organised by the Stockholm International...
- Danube Basin, 29 June 2011. Danube Day 2011 will be celebrated on the 29th of June and calls on people of the 14 countries to get active in protecting water resources. This year, the annual Danube...
- Vienna, 29 June 2011. Danube Day, the annual celebration of the world’s most international river, is this year being marked with the launch of Danube +, an interactive map-based platform which will...
- Kyiv, 16 June 2011. The ICPDR held the 9th Standing Working Group Meeting on the 16th and 17th of June in Kyiv. Key-issues discussed circled around the EU Danube Strategy.
- Sofia, 1 May 2011. In order to protect endangered sturgeon species, Bulgaria decided to ban sturgeon fishing in May 2011. Romania was the first country to implement a sturgeon fishing ban in the...
- Uzhgorod, 24 June 2011. On the occasion of the Ministerial Meeting in Uzhgorod in April 2011, the ministers of Ukraine, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Serbia expressed their support to through five...
- Uzhgorod, 11 April 2011. The five Tisza River Basin countries Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine entered a new stage in joint water management to ensure good water quality. In the course...
- Vienna, 10 April 2011. At the ICPDR countries and secretariat, the planning for this year’s celebration of Danube Day on June 29 is already in full gear. The slogan “Get active for the rivers” will...
- Vienna, 5 April 2011. After the 2nd Joint Statement Meeting held in Zagreb last year, the ICPDR Secretariat has the pleasure to welcome the participants for the 3rd Joint Statement Meeting on Inland...
- Bucharest, 1 April 2011. Floods are a major problem in the Danube River Basin. In order to manage floods and to deal with their economic and environmental consequences, Danube River Basin countries...
- Vienna, 22 March 2011. The 22nd of March is World Water Day – declared as such at the “UN Conference on Environment and Development” in Rio de Janeiro (“Earth Summit”) in 1992. Since then, World...
- Vienna, 19 January 2011. Ukraine took over the presidency of the ICPDR. In this article, President Mykola Melenevskyi gives an overview on his agenda and the key issues for his presidency.
- Vienna, 5/6 April 2011. The Third Meeting on the follow-up of the "Joint Statement on Inland Navigation and Environmental Protection in the Danube River Basin" will take place in Vienna,...
- Vienna, 2 February 2018. The 2nd of February is the World Wetlands Day. The ICDPR takes this occasion to highlight the vital significance of wetlands in the Danube River Basin.
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Management Plans 2015
The ICPDR is happy to announce the adoption of two plans that define water management priorities in the Danube Basin for the next six years: the DRBM Plan Update 2015 and the 1st DFRMP.