Thousands of people demonstrated in Belgrade on Saturday against the planned extraction of lithium in Serbia. Environmentalists argue that this is highly toxic for the environment. Following a call from several environmental protection associations, people gathered in a central square of the Serbian capital under the slogan “There will be no mines.” Some of the protesters also occupied the tracks at two stations in the Serbian capital, thus blocking train traffic there. The police initially did not intervene. In the run-up to the protest, some leaders of the demonstrators had announced further…