Hundreds of people blocked roads at several locations in Serbia on January 3 to protest a prospective lithium mine that they say will damage the environment, write euronews.com
Demonstrators filled the main intersection in Novi Sad, demanding President Aleksandar Vucic oust the company from Serbia and prevent further mining in the west of the country.
The environmental rallies are the latest in a series of protests that began last November.
In an attempt to appease environmentalists, Serbia’s populist government suspended in December two key laws that would have helped Rio Tinto obtain permission to launch a lithium mine in western Serbia.
Vucic has denied that the suspension of the laws is a result of caving in to pressure from the protesters.
Protesters are threatening more action unless the Rio Tinto application is thrown out
