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.