{"id":26226,"date":"2021-11-29T10:11:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T09:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=26226"},"modified":"2021-11-29T10:18:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T09:18:48","slug":"serbians-take-the-streets-to-protest-against-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/serbians-take-the-streets-to-protest-against-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Serbians take the streets to protest against pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Serbian citizens took the streets on the weekend to protest against high levels of pollution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe European Environment Agency said that deaths linked to pollution in Serbia are the highest in Europe and that Belgrade is the most polluted city in the continent. At least 15 Serbian cities are more polluted than 15 EU polluted cities altogether\u201d, said activist Bojan Simisic while blaming the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c15,000 people died because of pollution, which means 50 people a day. That is even more than from COVID and nobody is saying anything about that\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, demonstrators barricaded streets and bridges in a sign of protest against a law that favors foreign investors and even clashed with the police.<\/p>\n<p>The resentment is mainly against \u201cRio Tinto\u201d, an Anglo-Australian multinational mining corporation currently developing a project to extract lithium in the Jadar Valley, in western Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>The company has dismissed concerns claiming that the project is in \u201ccompliance with the highest environmental standards\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Lithium is a key element in the production of car batteries, and it has been highly sought for with demand for electric vehicles on the rise.<\/p>\n<p><b>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/04\/12\/activists-from-kosovo-and-albania-tackle-on-pollution-in-koman-lake\/\"><b>Activists from Kosovo and Albania tackle on pollution in Koman lake<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/good-morning\/2021\/11\/10\/no-data-on-air-pollution-in-tirana-for-the-past-3-years-says-environmental-expert\/\"><b>No data on air pollution in Tirana for the past 3 years, says environmental expert<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/news\/2021\/03\/20\/pollution-several-times-higher-in-the-night-time-experts-raise-the-alarm-over-elbasan-air-quality\/\"><b>\u201cPollution several times higher in the night-time\u201d, experts raise the alarm over Elbasan air quality<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serbian citizens took the streets on the weekend to protest against high levels of pollution. \u201cThe European Environment Agency said that deaths linked to pollution in Serbia are the highest in Europe and that Belgrade is the most polluted city in the continent. 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