L’intera direzione della Facoltà di Ingegneria Elettrica dell’Università di Belgrado si dimette a causa delle pressioni sull’estrazione del litio

>**The entire management of the Belgrade University Faculty of Electrical Engineering (ETF), headed by Dean Dejan Gvozdic, resigned, reported nova.rs. The resignations were announced during a meeting of the Teaching and Scientific Council, where the faculty was expected to take a stance on lithium mining and the Jadar project.**

>At the meeting, which began 30 minutes late, Gvozdic informed attendees that the faculty’s management had decided to step down. He explained that they had reviewed the situation facing the faculty, describing it as “not good,” and said that they had “unnecessarily found themselves in a difficult position,” [nova.rs](http://nova.rs) reported.

>The dean said the management team no longer wished to participate in the meeting and then walked out, accompanied by at least one vice dean.

>[Nova.rs](http://Nova.rs) learnt that most members of the Council expressed negative views during the discussion on Rio Tinto’s Jadar project, but an official vote could not be held due to the resignations.

>For weeks, the faculty has been under pressure to make a public statement regarding the Jadar project. A well-informed source told [nova.rs](http://nova.rs) that the dean had been firmly opposed to the faculty issuing a formal position on lithium mining, arguing that the institution was not specialized in that area.

>[Nova.rs](http://Nova.rs) reached out to the Faculty of Electrical Engineering for an official comment did not receive a response.

>The Serbian Parliament is currently debating draft amendments to the Law on Mining and Geological Exploration, submitted by 86 opposition MPs, which call for a ban on lithium and boron mining.