Europe’s last coal mines struggle for lifelines

Feature published by Politico in April 2016 regarding the decline of the coal mines in Central Europe, with the last remaining coal producers from the Czech Republic, Romania and Poland grasping for government support to keep for going under and taking thousands of jobs with them.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Struggling Polish coal mines http://www.europeansources.info/record/struggling-polish-coal-mines/

ESO: Background information: State aid: Commission approves aid to alleviate social costs of closing uncompetitive coal mine in the Czech Republic http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-state-aid-commission-approves-aid-to-alleviate-social-costs-of-closing-uncompetitive-coal-mine-in-the-czech-republic/

ESO: Background information: State aid: Commission approves aid for closure of three coal mines in Romania http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-state-aid-commission-approves-aid-for-closure-of-three-coal-mines-in-romania/

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