Serbia

Surge damages canal feeding Kosovo's primary power plants

A surge on Friday night harmed a canal in northern Kosovo providing water to 2 coalfired power plants that create nearly all of the country's electrical energy, authorities said, blaming what they called a terrorist act. There were no instant reports of injuries and the cause of the blast was unclear. Kosovo Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla told local media from the scene that the explosion, which took place before 7 p.m. ( 1800 GMT), was a terrorist act and that part of the canal was damaged. Previously on Friday, Kosovo cops announced increased security measures after two current attacks where

Energy Markets

Serbia offers to spend for stake in Hungary's Paks nuclear power plant

Serbia's parliament arguments restriction on lithium mining

The Serbian parliament on Monday started debating an opposition proposal to prohibit lithium and borate mining and exploration, which would successfully put an end to a contested Rio Tinto job in the west of the country. In July, Serbia reinstated Rio Tinto's licence to establish what would be Europe's most significant lithium mine, 2 years after the previous federal government stopped the process due to concerns from environmental groups. That choice in July set off across the country protests including blockades of roadways and railways. If executed, the $2.4 billion Jadar lithium job could cover 90% of Europe's current lithium

Climate Change

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

Ratings in central Serbia rally against Rio Tinto's lithium job

Hundreds of people collected in the central Serbian town of Valjevo on Monday to demonstration Rio Tinto's, lithium job in Western Serbia, over fears it might contaminate the land. Protesters in the central square of the industrial city, which has a population of 55,000, and lies about 100 km ( 60 miles) west of Belgrade, chanted, You will not dig, and Rio Tinto, leave Serbia! We will not allow it; we will fight as much as we can, stated Sonja, 50, a local of Valjevo. Aleksandar Jovanovic Cuta, one of the demonstration organizers, said that the misery called lithium is

Power Markets

Balkans' new love for air conditioning strains grid as temperatures soar

Raba Peci never ever desired cooling the cold air made individuals sick, she thought. Then this year a string of heatwaves in her town of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo lastly changed her mind. This summer season is very hot and intolerable and that's why we chosen to buy one now, she said as she prepared Turkish coffee for two employees who were installing a new system in her home. Her next door neighbour currently had two put in. Numerous in the Balkans area of main Europe have long mistrusted synthetic cooling techniques. In some locations, far from the traveler locations,

Rio Tinto's Serbia lithium job might take two years to approve, minister states