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European Commission approves controversial Serbian lithium project as strategic for the EU

EWB05. 06. 2025.06. 06. 2025.

by EWB05. 06. 2025.06. 06. 2025.

The article has been updated. On 4 June, the European Commission recognised a highly controversial lithium mining Jadar project in Serbia among 13 new strategic...

Society

Will the rush for lithium crush EU standards in the Western Balkans?

EWB06. 12. 2024.07. 12. 2024.

by EWB06. 12. 2024.07. 12. 2024.

BRUSSELS – As a result of the increasing global demand for critical raw materials, including lithium, EU officials tend to turn a blind eye when...

Society

Belgrade Security Conference: Very broad coalition in Serbian society is against lithium mining

EWB20. 11. 2024.22. 11. 2024.

by EWB20. 11. 2024.22. 11. 2024.

BELGRADE – While Serbia’s goal should be full membership in the European Union, launching the lithium mining project in the Jadar Valley by Rio Tinto...

Politics

European Greens express solidarity with the opponents of the lithium mining in Serbia ahead of parliamentary debate

EWB26. 09. 2024.

by EWB26. 09. 2024.

BRUSSELS – The European Green Party has expressed solidarity with anti-lithium protesters in Serbia ahead of a debate on lithium mining in the National Assembly...

Politics

Activists arrested after a mass protest against lithium mining in Serbia

EWB12. 08. 2024.13. 08. 2024.

by EWB12. 08. 2024.13. 08. 2024.

The article has been updated to include the information of the release of the activists. BELGRADE – A mass protest against lithium mining, which took...

Politics

EU and Serbia sign a memorandum on raw materials with lithium mine in sight

EWB19. 07. 2024.24. 07. 2024.

by EWB19. 07. 2024.24. 07. 2024.

BELGRADE – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Vice President of the European Commission Maroš Šefčovič participated today in the Critical Raw Material Summit in Serbia,...

Politics

Lithium mining project returns to focus in Serbia, European Commission reiterates it wants a strategic partnership on raw materials

Marija Stojanović18. 06. 2024.

by Marija Stojanović18. 06. 2024.

Commenting on the latest reports by Financial Times about the readiness of Serbia to greenlight the previously cancelled lithium mining project, with the involvement of...

Politics

Rio Tinto controversy: Has the EU designated Serbia as a “sacrificial zone” for lithium extraction?

EWB22. 12. 2021.23. 12. 2021.

by EWB22. 12. 2021.23. 12. 2021.

In recent weeks, multiple media outlets have reported that the European Union had labeled the Jadar region in the western part of Serbia as a...

Opinions

Yet another protest in Serbia?

Marko Kmezić03. 12. 2021.

by Marko Kmezić03. 12. 2021.

The piece was originally published on BiEPAG blog. Last weekend thousands of people appeared simultaneously in Serbian capital Belgrade and other towns across the country...

Politics

Environmental protests and roadblocks across Serbia, masked men attack citizens

EWB28. 11. 2021.16. 12. 2021.

by EWB28. 11. 2021.16. 12. 2021.

Citizens of Serbia blocked several motorways across the country yesterday in a response to the adoption of the Law on Referendum and Law on Expropriation...

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Tag : Rio Tinto

European Commission approves controversial Serbian lithium project as strategic for the EU

Will the rush for lithium crush EU standards in the Western Balkans?

Belgrade Security Conference: Very broad coalition in Serbian society is against lithium mining

European Greens express solidarity with the opponents of the lithium mining in Serbia ahead of parliamentary debate

Activists arrested after a mass protest against lithium mining in Serbia

EU and Serbia sign a memorandum on raw materials with lithium mine in sight

Lithium mining project returns to focus in Serbia, European Commission reiterates it wants a strategic partnership on raw materials

Rio Tinto controversy: Has the EU designated Serbia as a “sacrificial zone” for lithium extraction?

Yet another protest in Serbia?

Environmental protests and roadblocks across Serbia, masked men attack citizens

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