Human impact on the environment

Microplastic contamination has been found in tap water in countries around the world, leading to calls from scientists for urgent research on the implications for health.

Serbian PM Ana Brnabic and Chairman of China's National People's Congress Zhang Dejiang on Monday visited the Kostolac B power plant in eastern Serbia.

Brbanic said that the project of building a flue-gas desulfurization (FGD) facility in the power plant's B1 and B2 blocks was completed in cooperation with China.

The citizens of Stara Zagora have started a protest against the planned construction of a farm, whose main activity will be burning of minks in the nearby village of Madzherito.

Close to 17 000 people have already signed the online petition opposing the project, as reported by bTV.