Serbia

Climate Change

Wine wins, crops lose, as farmers come to grips with record Balkans heat

R astislav Pucovski held a fistful of soy beans shriveled to the size of peppercorns on his farmland in northern Serbia where the soil, dried to dust by dry spell, swirled in the wind. A brief shower, the very first in over 40 days, used no relief. The surrounding fields, near the town of Backi Petrovac, stayed parched, the corn and soy crops withered. Whatever is bone dry, said Pucovski, 48, as he surveilled his land this week. I do not know how we will offer it. Serbia, like much of the Balkans, experienced its hottest summer season on record,...

Environment

Serbian villagers spark protest motion against prepared lithium mine

Zlatko Kokanovic, a 48yearold Serbian farmer, and fellow villagers have actually stimulated nationwide protests to stop the structure of Rio Tinto's first European lithium mine, alerting it would pollute their land and threaten public health. Last month, Serbia restored Rio Tinto'a license to develop what would be Europe's most significant lithium mine in the Jadar area of western Serbia, 2 years after it was annulled due to protests by ecological groups. Cautions about the destructive impact of mining by Kokanovic and his neighbours in the town of Gornje Nedeljice inspired thousands of people to object versus the Rio Tinto project...

Environment

N. Macedonia battles a lots wildfires after weeks of heat

Firefighters in North Macedonia fought a dozen wildfires fanned by heavy winds for a 3rd day on Wednesday, and hot temperature levels and dry weather likewise sustained smaller blazes throughout Greece and the Balkans, authorities said. One fire was spreading out in the municipality of Negrevo near the Bulgarian border and another around Kumanovo near Serbia, said Goran Stojanovski at North Macedonia's centre for crisis management. Since of the heats, the plant life is dry and the soil is really hot, which is making our work more difficult, he stated. North Macedonia's southerly neighbour Greece has long fought with wildfires...

Environment

People in Serbia, Montenegro encouraged to shelter indoors from heatwave

Individuals braving scorching temperature levels sought relief in Belgrade's Ada Ciganlija lake, fountains and cafes on Thursday while the Serbian government purchased employers to protect outside employees from the heatwave. Meteorologists anticipate temperature levels of around 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) throughout Serbia today as winds from North Africa pushed a hot and dry front throughout the Balkans. Health authorities and meteorologists stated a red. weather alert and encouraged people not to venture outside. Belgrade's emergency situation service said its physicians stepped in more. than 100 times overnight, mainly dealing with people with heart and. chronic conditions. The Ministry of...

Environment

Environmental research studies reveal Serbian lithium project is safe, Rio states

AngloAustralian miner Rio Tinto said on Thursday freshly published environmental research studies showed that its Serbia lithium task, which was stopped in 2022 after enormous demonstrations, would be safe for the environment. If executed, the $2.4 billion Jadar lithium task in Western Serbia might cover 90% of Europe's current lithium needs and assist to make the company a leading lithium producer. Lithium, mainly used in batteries for electrical cars ( EV) and mobile devices, is considered a crucial product by numerous major economies. On Thursday, Rio's Serbian unit revealed numerous environmental research studies performed over the past six and a...

Environment

Environmental research studies reveal Serbian lithium task is safe, Rio states

AngloAustralian miner Rio Tinto stated on Thursday recently published environmental studies showed that its Serbia lithium job, which was stopped in 2022 after massive protests, would be safe for the environment. If executed, the $2.4 billion Jadar lithium task in Western Serbia might cover 90% of Europe's existing lithium requirements and assist to make the company a leading lithium producer. Lithium, mainly utilized in batteries for electrical vehicles ( EV) and mobile phones, is considered a crucial product by lots of significant economies. On Thursday, Rio's Serbian unit made public a number of environmental studies carried out over the previous...

Environment

Leaders from Western Balkans, EU, satisfy to go over growth plan, reforms

The 6 Western Balkan countries, desiring join the European Union, fulfilled in Montenegro on Thursday to go over how to speed up required reforms, develop their own single market and ultimately sign up with the bloc. The countries - Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia - were guaranteed EU subscription years back however the accession procedure has actually slowed to a crawl, primarily because of unwillingness among the EU's 27 members and an absence of reforms needed to satisfy EU standards, including those worrying the economy, judiciary, legal systems, environmental defense and media liberties. The meeting in Montenegro...