The Association of Environmental Organizations of Serbia blocked traffic in several cities in the country on Sunday, demanding a ban on lithium mining, ie the Serbian government to withdraw the plan for the special purpose of the Yadar mine, according to a Macedonian News Agency (MIA) correspondent. Belgrade, quoted by the Skopje newspaper Sloboden Pechat.
The protests began at around 1pm (14:00 Bulgarian time) on Sunday, blocking roads in Novi Sad, Prelina, Sabac, Loznica-Valevo and the Gornja Nedelica-Brezjak road in western Serbia, where the British-Australian company Rio Tinto planned to build of lithium mine.
The protests began at around 1pm (14:00 Bulgarian time) on Sunday, blocking roads in Novi Sad, Prelina, Sabac, Loznica-Valevo and the Gornja Nedelica-Brezjak road in western Serbia, where the British-Australian company Rio Tinto planned to build of lithium mine.
The Ibar highway under the bridge near Prelina was also blocked, where there was an accident when a driver hit a woman who was trying to stop him. The woman was taken by ambulance to the hospital in Cacak.
In Belgrade, several dozen citizens blocked one lane of the E-75 international highway on the Gazelle Bridge for ten minutes.
The gathered said that they came on their own initiative and there are no organizers, and the protest was dominated by right-wing and anti-vaccine messages.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic reacts to blockades in Serbia.
He told reporters at the barracks in Pancevo that he did not see the point of the protest and that the state had "done its job and accepted all demands".
"As far as Rio Tinto is concerned, there will be no changes, no new actions, no actions by Rio Tinto in the future in any way, until we hold a public debate in some way," Vucic said.
He added that it is too early to talk about it, as the state has not yet received studies to assess the project's impact on the environment.
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