Ljubljana, 30.5.2019 – The Slovenian Government has halted all preparations for changes to the National Spatial Plan that would have included plans to construct the first Hydropower Plant (HPP) on the Mura River at Hrastje-Mota! The decision was based on pressure from WWF and numerous local NGOs such as the Slovenian Native Fish Society, MojaMura,…
A list of organisations that support Mura Slovenia1.Društvo za preučevanje rib Slovenije – DPRS2.Muzej norosti, Trate3.Zveza društev Moja Mura in the name of 27 other organisations4.Društvo Mura rafting5.Društvo Štrk6.Društvo za prepih znanja Veter7.Murska straža8.Likovno društvo Radgona9.Lovska družina Apače10.Mladinski center Prlekija11.Planinsko društvo Lendava12.Rafting klub Drava Mura13.Ribiška družina Radgona14.Shotokan karate DO klub Gornja Radgona15.Športno društvo Stara Nova…
Press release, 5 March 2019 – On Wednesday, 27th of February 2019 the deadline to submit comments to a draft decree that withdraws the concession to Dravske elektrarne Maribor to build 8 hidropowerplant (HPP) dams on Mura between Sladki Vrh and Veržej. Support for this draft decree was expressed from 100 scientists and more than…
February 27, 2019 – Today, on the final date of providing comments to the draft decree of the Ministry of Environment to protect the Mura River from eight hydropower dams, the Mura receives prominent support from Slovenia and other European countries. In a joint statement sent to the ministry, 100 scientists from Slovenia, Austria, Germany…
Murska Sobota, 19.2.2018 – Association of Moja Mura, which works in the public interest in the field of nature conservation and the Museum of Madness, Trate, which works in the public interest in the field of culture, sent a request on 9th February to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia for a meeting…
Ljubljana, Vienna, Budapest, Zagreb, Belgrade / September 6th, 2017 – Today, WWF and an alliance of Slovenian, Austrian, Croatian and Hungarian NGOs – Mojamura, the Slovenian Native Fish Society, the Austrian Naturschutzbund, Drava Federation and ZEUS – launched an international public petition to save the Mura River in Slovenia. More than 50 kilometres of valuable…
Ten thousand safe, healthy trees will be felled near the centre of Graz, Austria in October 2017 to enable construction of a 5‐km sewage/rainwater storage pipe along the river Mur. Many are 10‐20m tall and 50‐100 years old. The storage pipe is “necessary” because of a dam and hydroelectric plant (Murkraftwerk), currently under construction downstream of…
Letenye, Hungary, 7.6.2017 – The international event “Amazon of Europe Celebration”, organised today in the framework of the “coop MDD – Mura, Drava, Danube” project in Letenye, brought together more than 100 people, NGOs and governmental institutions from five countries in joint celebration of our shared natural heritage: Mura, Drava and Danube Rivers, the “Amazon of…
Celebrations on the Austrian/Slovenian border Mura, 10 July 2016 More than 30 of the bravest visitors of the “Amazon of Europe” Day in Halbenrain/Apace jumped into the chilly Mura River to celebrate this day with the now traditional Big Jump. At 3 pm sharply, thousands of people jumped into rivers and lakes across Europe and…
Brod na Muri, Krog, 15.6.2016 – Non-governmental organizations urge the Constitutional Court to revoke the decree on the concession for the construction of hydropower plants on the Mura River, as such a construction would be illegal, unconstitutional and a violation of national and EU legislation. According to legislation, any such regulations have to be subject…
