View this email in your browser [https://wiiw.ac.at/files/mailings/event-201902141438-en.html]   _in cooperation with _ Dear colleague, we cordially invite you to the following event: THE EFFECT OF STATE AID ON THE ELECTRICITY MARKET IN THE BALKANS FRIDAY, 22 FEBRUARY 2019, 10:00 AM (10:00 CET) Energy Community Secretariat, Am Hof 4, Level 5-6, 1010 Vienna, Austria Contrary to the majority of the EU countries, Balkan governments plan to expand lignite power plant projects in the upcoming years. Most of these will present serious challenges in terms of environmental, economic and legal issues. GAP Institute, in cooperation with the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), has analysed these projects and assessed the compatibility of the European Union’s State aid rules and the electricity market liberalisation objectives in the Balkans. ...more [https://wiiw.ac.at/e-421.html] Please REGISTER at the following e-mail address: info@institutigap.org Best regards, Robert Stehrer [https://wiiw.ac.at/robert-stehrer-s-16.html] _Scientific Director_ wiiw The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna, Austria wiiw@wiiw.ac.at, wiiw.ac.at [https://wiiw.ac.at] T: +43 1 533 66 10 [tel:+4315336610] [http://www.facebook.com/wiiw.economic.studies] [http://www.twitter.com/wiiw_news] [http://www.linkedin.com/company/vienna-institute-for-international-economic-...] [http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyNuSfsgzgBsIf7AaH8Vk-Q] [https://wiiw.ac.at/rss.php] Copyright ©2019 wiiw, all rights reserved.