2024 Serbian environmental protests

2024 Serbian environmental protests
2024 Serbian environmental protests
Date	July 29, 2024 – present (10 months and 19 days)
Location	Šabac, Barajevo, Kraljevo, Ljig, and Aranđelovac in Serbia
Caused by	Reinstatement of Rio Tinto's mining licence, European Union access deal to Serbian raw materials
Goals	Permanent halt to all mining operations in Jadar
Methods	Demonstrations
Status	Ongoing
Parties
Anti-government protesters Citizens; Environmental activists; Nationalists; Serbian Orthodox Church factions; Opposition parties Party of Freedom and Justice; People's Movement of Serbia; Green–Left Front; Serbia Centre; Democratic Party; Ecological Uprising; Movement of Free Citizens; Movement for Reversal; Together; People's Party; Union of ecological organisations of Serbia; "We don't give Jadar" movement; Kreni-promeni; Eko-straža; People's patrol; "Moba" movement; Valjevo resistance movement;	Government of Serbia Serbian Progressive Party ; Socialist Party of Serbia ; Serbia Must Not Stop coalition ; Police of Serbia; Pro-government activists; Support: European Union; Germany; France; United States;
Lead figures
	Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta; Ratko Ristić Aleksandar Vučić
Number
Thousands

In July 2024, a series of environmental protests began in Serbia against the Jadar mine, a European Union–backed and Serbian government-approved lithium mining project. The project was proposed by Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto to develop Europe's largest lithium mine in the West Serbian region of Jadar, causing significant backlash due to its potential environmental damage and exploitation of the local population for economic and geopolitical gain.