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Ajka, 15 November 2011. The redsludge accident of October 4 has generated a world-wide interest in the area of Ajka in Western Hungary. Since then, media attention has ceased. This article aims to provide an English summary of the measures that were taken to manage the accident since October 20.

Perth, 12 October 2010. The River Thamse was selected as the winner of the world’s largest environmental prize in 2010. It was presented to the Environment Agency at the Riversymposium in Perth. The Danube had won the prestigous prize in 2007.

Kolotar, 4 October 2010. The acute toxic risk deriving from the heavy metals in the red sludge is rather low, as their concentrations are rather low. However, the chronic toxicity threat is high.

Vienna, 24 September 2010. Two Serbian children have won the ‘International Danube Art Master 2010’ competition. The International Master is selected from the winners of the national ‘Danube Art Master’ competitions in 14 Danube Basin countries.

ICPDR Danube Watch: 'Get active for the rivers!' was the call for Danube
Day 2010 and was a theme that people took ‘onboard’
and ran with! We danced, sang, canoed,
climbed, swam, cooked, explored and rapped
for the rivers. The river came to the street
and school went to the Danube. We
celebrated by being active and
by taking action.

ICPDR Danube Watch: The ‘Troubled Waters’
exhibition, now making
its way around the world,
captures the wide range of
water challenges – from
floods to droughts.