Extractivism in Eastern Europe
Miners in Georgia rally against corporate exploitation

Miners and residents of Chiatura, Georgia, are rising up against Georgian Manganese, demanding solutions to the community’s socioeconomic and environmental crisis

Protests continue in Novi Sad following train station collapse

The collapse of a canopy at Novi Sad’s newly renovated train station at the beginning of November, which killed 14 people, has led to widespread protests and public outrage

Berlin activists protest Rio Tinto’s Serbia lithium extraction plans

Protesters in Berlin condemned planned lithium mining in Serbia, accusing the German government and industry of hypocrisy and greenwashing in their support of the controversial Rio Tinto project

Environmental erosion and corporate greed to blame for Bosnia’s flood catastrophe, activists say

At least 20 people have died, with many still missing, after devastating floods swept through Bosnia and Herzegovina last week

Community resistance halts hydroelectric project at Una River’s source

Activists secure major victory in weeks-long fight against hydroelectric plant near Una River source in Croatia

Protests continue over planned hydroelectric plant at Una River

Protests persist at the Una River source in Croatia as authorities fail to provide concrete assurances that the construction of a controversial small hydroelectric plant will be halted

Battle for Jadar: tens of thousands rally against Rio Tinto’s mining project in Serbia

Tens of thousands rallied in Belgrade, marking the peak of month-long protests against the resumption of Rio Tinto’s Jadar Project

Serbians protest Rio Tinto’s lithium mining project

Mass protests erupted in over 40 locations in Serbia against planned lithium mining, while the EU appears to back Rio Tinto’s controversial project

Resistance flows as Una River communities confront hydroelectric threat

Communities near the Una River in Croatia are battling a proposed hydroelectric plant that threatens the source of the river, fearing irreversible environmental and societal damage