Will Serbia host what’s offered as Europe’s largest lithium (and boron) extraction mission? The president and authorities are doing every thing they will to make sure Rio Tinto’s funding goes forward, even when it means discrediting or smearing opponents. However, resistance from the inhabitants, pushed by ecological considerations in addition to suspicions of political corruption, is powerful and has been manifesting within the streets for a number of months. The protest motion is spearheaded by a gaggle of residents in Serbia’s countryside who face expropriation if the mine turns into a actuality. Laurent Rouy, Vuk Dapecevic, Aleksandar Cvrkotic and Edward Godsell report.
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