News

This page lists all news items that were published on the front page. For further information on any of these news items, please contact the ICPDR Secretariat.

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  • News & Media

    Sold out film premiere of the “2467 km - A Journey to the Black Sea” attracts almost 400 guests in Munich

    On Thursday, 8 February 2018 in Munich (Germany), The Pure Water for Generations-film project of Pascal Rösler, a SUP-Paddler ICPDR friend and water advocate, was met with a resounding positive response from the audience at the premiere. Among the attendees were, Ulrike Scharf, Minister of the Environment and ICPDR Executive Secretary Ivan Zavadksy.

  • News & Media

    ICPDR adopts Sturgeon Strategy at Annual Ordinary Meeting in Vienna

    With its Sturgeon Strategy, adopted in December at the ICPDR Ordinary Meeting (now available for download), the ICPDR is contributing to the effort ensuring the survival and recovery of sturgeons in the Danube River Basin. A first follow-up step is the organization of a Sturgeon Conference under the upcoming Austrian EU Presidency next July in Vienna. The event is organized jointly by the ICPDR and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism (BMNT).

  • News & Media

    World Wetlands Day 2018 - Wetlands are an invaluable part of the Danube River Basin

    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.

  • News & Media

    Public Consultation on Draft Management Plans 2015

    Vienna, 17 December 2014. The Danube River Basin Management Plan Update 2015 and the 1st Flood Risk Management Plan for the DRB are published here for comments until 22 July 2015.

  • News & Media

    Croatia to take over ICPDR Presidency 2015

    Vienna, 10 December 2014. Croatia will take over the ICPDR Presidency 2015. In the frame of the 17th Ordinary Meeting of the commission, incoming president Mr. Drazen Kurecic received a bottle of Danube water as a symbol for the presidency from acting president Ms. Emilia Kraeva of Bulgaria.

  • News & Media 20 November 2014

    5,000 Sterlets released into Danube

    Belene, 18 November 2014. WWF has released some 5,000 sterlets into the Danube River today as part of a 50,000-strong sturgeon restocking programme. This is the first restocking of endangered sturgeons performed by a non-government organization in Bulgaria, after years of scientific research, climatic and biological challenges.

  • News & Media

    River Mur wins IRF European Riverprize 2014

    Vienna, 28 October 2014. The IRF European Riverprize 2014 was awarded to the Austrian stretch of the River Mur. All three finalists were from the Danube River Basin.

  • News & Media

    SEE River project coming to end: report available

    Vienna, 24 October 2014. The final event of the SEE River Project will be integrated with next week's 6th European River Restoration Conference at Vienna’s TechGate. The final publication of SEE River is available in print and for download. The project has lasted from October 2012 until now.

  • News & Media

    German photography award for JDS3 photo essay

    Bremen/Leipzig, 24 September 2014. The photographer André Künzelmann was awarded the “Deutscher Preis für Wissenschaftsfotografie”, a prestigious award for science photography for a photo essay on the Joint Danube Survey 3.

  • News & Media

    Moldova is International Danube Art Master 2014

    Bratislava, 18 September 2014. Moldavian children have won the „International Danube Art Master 2014“ competition, as the ICPDR and Global Water Partnership Central and Eastern Europe (GWP CEE) announced today.