On October 8 2025, the Restoration of Free-Flowing Rivers Conference - a partnership between DANUBE4all, the LIFE Living Rivers project and Open Rivers Programme - was held at the Water Research Institute (VÚVH) in Bratislava, Slovakia. The event aimed to bring together experts from various fields—research, water management, nature conservation, and public administration—to present activities, projects, and experiences that demonstrate how free-flowing rivers can be restor

Building on last year’s successful partnership with Drinkable Rivers , in which we trialled the organisation's open invitation, citizen science River Walk initiative at three locations along the Danube , we’ve just completed our first in-house River Walk in Serbia! On October 22, colleagues Dr. Jovana Kostić, Dr. Karolina Sunjog, Dr. Željka Višnjić-Jeftić, and Dr. Marija Smederevac-Lalić from University of Belgrade – Institute for Multidisciplinary Research , organized an ou