Massive protests are gripping Romania against the government’s controversial decision to pave the way for a Canadian firm to build Europe’s largest opencast gold mine – which many fear may lead to an environmental disaster.
Some 15,000 people, including students and young parents, rallied
across the country on Sunday in the eighth day of protests
against a draft law issued by the leftist government, which would
allow a Canadian miner to dig for gold and silver in the small
town of Rosia Montana in Transylvania, northern Romania.
Eight thousand protesters marched to the government headquarters
in Bucharest, carrying signs reading “I love nature, not
cyanide” and “Corruption equals cyanide.” According to
police, 6,000 demonstrators also rallied in the major
Transylvanian city of Cluj and 900 people gathered in Brasov.
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