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Deadly coal: Bosnia-Herzegovina's problems with its energy transition

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 3335 words · By Hans Von der Brelie
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What to know about Deadly coal: Bosnia-Herzegovina's problems with its energy transition

Will Bosnia-Herzegovina's belated start to the energy transition delay its EU accession?

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What happened

Will Bosnia-Herzegovina's belated start to the energy transition delay its EU accession?

Why it matters

The country is struggling to move away from coal-fired power generation.

Common ground

There is a shortage of desulphurisation plants.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/03/dangerous-lignite-bosnia-and-herze…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 18 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The Kemal Kapetanović Institute has installed nine fixed air monitoring points in the Zenica-Doboj Canton.”
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Claim 2: “There is a shortage of desulphurisation plants.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries that confirm a shortage of desulphurisation plants in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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Claim 3: “Bosnia and Herzegovina's power plant director attributes high pollution levels to inversion weather conditions.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries that confirm the power plant director's attribution of pollution to inversion weather conditions.
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Claim 4: “Senka Balorda, a respiratory disease expert in Kakanj, reports 223 cancer patients among the 35,000 residents.”
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Claim 5: “High air pollution in Bosnia and Herzegovina causes over 3,000 premature deaths annually, per the European Environment Agency and World Bank.”
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Claim 6: “Bosnia and Herzegovina's coal-fired power plants emit over 200,000 tonnes of sulphur dioxide annually, exceeding the limit by 11 times.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries that confirm sulphur dioxide emissions or regulatory exceedances from Bosnia-Herzegovina's coal plants.
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Claim 7: “The air pollution is at an extreme level.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries that confirm extreme air pollution levels in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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Claim 8: “The Kakanj coal-fired power plant's chimney is as tall as the Eiffel Tower.”
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Claim 9: “Bosnia and Herzegovina's residents use coal for heating, contributing to high particulate matter pollution.”
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Claim 10: “Kakanj has high concentrations of sulphur dioxide and PM10 particulate matter, according to Halim Prcanović.”
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Claim 11: “Production in Kakanj is now set to rise from 700.000 tonnes last year to 800.000 tonnes in 2026.”
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Wikipedia entries for Kakanj, FK Rudar Kakanj, and Kakanj culture do not mention coal production projections or numerical data about Kakanj coal output.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rijad Sadiku (Bosnian pronunciation: [rǐjaːd sǎdiku]; born 18 January 2000) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga I club Botoșani.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a developing transitional economy. Since its independence movement during the 1990s, the country has sought deeper economic integration within Europe. Their ma…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kakanj is a town and municipality located in Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the Europe's oldest continuously inhabitted set…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakanj
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Claim 12: “Bosnia-Herzegovina is struggling to move away from coal-fired power generation.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries that confirm Bosnia-Herzegovina's struggle to move away from coal-fired power generation.
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Claim 13: “In Kakanj, every second private household uses coal for heating, and every third uses wood.”
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Claim 14: “Air pollution in Kakanj is directly linked to lung cancer and has caused deaths, according to Senka Balorda.”
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Claim 15: “The European Commission's 2025 Country Report criticizes Bosnia and Herzegovina's energy policy.”
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Wikipedia entries about the 2025 Iber參 Peninsula blackout, the European Commission, and EU member states do not reference a 2025 Country Report criticizing Bosnia-Herzegovina's energy policy.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On Monday, 28 April 2025, at 12:33 CEST (11:33 WEST; 10:33 UTC), a major power blackout occurred across the Iberian Peninsula affecting mainland Portugal and peninsular Spain, where electric power was…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The European Commission (EC) is the executive cabinet of the European Union. It is composed of 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "commissioners") corresponding to the number of member …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The European Union (EU) is a supranational union of 27 member states that are party to the EU's founding treaties, and thereby subject to the privileges and obligations of membership. They have agreed…
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Claim 16: “The Kakanj coal mines' geological reserves are estimated to last 40-50 years.”
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Wikipedia entries for Kakanj, FK Rudar Kakanj, and Kakanj culture do not mention geological coal reserve estimates or their projected lifespan.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fudbalski klub Rudar Kakanj is a professional association football club based in the city of Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Incorporated on 3 May 1920, the club is currently competing in the Second L…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FK_Rudar_Kakanj
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kakanj is a town and municipality located in Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the Europe's oldest continuously inhabitted set…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakanj
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kakanj culture was the first Neolithic culture of Old Europe. It appeared in Central Bosnia's town of Kakanj and covered periods dated from 6795–4900 BCE. The new dating made the culture's eponymous t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakanj_culture
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Claim 17: “Bosnia and Herzegovina's power plant director stated that switching to natural gas in 2010 was not cost-effective.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries that confirm statements by Bosnia-Herzegovina's power plant director regarding natural gas cost-effectiveness in 2010.
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Claim 18: “In Kakanj, one out of every two households has a member diagnosed with cancer.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries that confirm cancer diagnoses among households in Kakanj.
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