Europe's rivers are awash with organic chemicals that can kill or subtly harm aquatic life, according to the most extensive survey yet of pollution in the continent's major river basins ...

This is what has happened in several German rivers, including the Moselle and Neckar, as well as perhaps the Oder River, where in mid-August more than 100 metric tons (220,000 pounds) of dead fish ...

Will dams spoil one of Europe’s last wild rivers? Albania’s Vjosa River also faces other development threats, including an airport. Designating the river a national park could save it.