Serbian president to meet with 'ordinary people' after thousands protest against lithium mine

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Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of the Serbian capital on Saturday to oppose an EU-backed lithium mining project in the Jadar Valley.

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00:00Serbia's president has slammed the recent countrywide demonstrations against his approval

00:07of a new mining project, describing the issue as only impacting a minority.

00:12For days, tens of thousands of campaigners flooded Belgrade and other cities to protest

00:18a new lithium mining project spearheaded by Rio Tinto and tapped for the verdant Jadar

00:23Valley.

00:54at the recent demonstration, with prosecutors expected to bring felony charges to others

01:00once identified.

01:02It comes as the EU recently inked an agreement with Serbia to supercharge acquiring raw materials

01:08for sustainable technologies from the mineral-rich country.

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