1. Skip to content
  2. Skip to main menu
  3. Skip to more DW sites
Live TV
Latest audioLatest videos
In focus
UkraineIsrael-Hamas war

Gold mine protests in Romania

Wilson, tomFebruary 3, 2012

In Romania, protests over a gold mine project have spread from the small town Rosia Montana where it's located all the way to the capital Bucharest. This week Greenpeace activists descended on the environment ministry to try to stop the plans for the mine from going ahead.

https://p.dw.com/p/13vmD

The project, which aims to use cyanide to extract hundreds of tons of gold, has also divided locals into two opposing camps - those who support it and those who fear it will destroy the area's tourist potential and its ancient archaeological remains. Tom Wilson went to Rosia Montana to hear both sides of the story.