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Mura at Hrastje Mota, © by Goran Safarek

Plans Halted for the first Hydropower Plant (HPP) on the Mura River at Hrastje-Mota!

The fight continues to save the Mura River in Slovenia, an integral part of the Amazon of Europe once and for all

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 ...
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Mura_drone, © by Matevž Lenarčič

100 and more organisations that support Mura

A list of organisations that support Mura Slovenia 1.Društvo za preučevanje rib Slovenije – DPRS 2.Muzej norosti, Trate 3.Zveza društev Moja Mura in the name of 27 other organisations 4.Društvo mura rafting 5.Društvo Štrk 6.Društvo za prepih znanja Veter 7.Murska straža 8.Likovno društvo ...
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Mura_bridge, © by Matevž Lenarčič

Dear Prime Minister, end the fight and protect Mura!

Press release, 5th 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 HPP dams on Mura between Sladki Vrh and Veržej. Support for this draft decree was expressed from 100 scientists and more than 100 ...
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Wild River Landscape of the Mura in Slovenia, © by Arno Mohl, WWF Austria

100 of scientists in support of free flowing Mura River

27th of February 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, ...
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Festival MURAKON 2018, © by Zlatko Kraljić

Festival MURAKON 2018

Invitation, 4. 8. 2018, Sv. Martin na Muri

Invitation to visit the International Festival of Contemporary Poetry MURAKON 2018 Ahead of us is the fifth, jubilee international Festival of Contemporary Poetry MURAKON, which is held outdoors, in a beautiful setting on the banks of the river Mura in Sveti Martin na Muri. In these few years, in ...
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