Djokovic's Serbia hits back at Australia?
Serbian authorities have abandoned plans to build a controversial lithium mine, the prime minister said Thursday..
Rio Tinto an Anglo-Australian company set to invest $2.4 billion dollars in a lithium mining in Serbia just got got dumped by its government. Of course, it would be nice to think that it was poetic justice for the mistreatment of Djokovic but trouble with the project had been building for some time.
Of course, it would nice to think that it was poetic justice for the mistreatment of Djokovic but trouble with the project had been building for some time.
Protests against the mine had been building over weeks as the public made it known they were not happy with the impact it would have on the environment, despite assurances from Rio Tinto.
Critics say that the government was mindful of an upcoming election and that turned their hand.
But the Serbian government appeared to have made a dramatic U turn in turning down the project. Coincidence, that it was the same time Djokovic was detained, humiliated and expelled from Australia?
The Serbian government appeared to have made a dramatic U turn in turning down the project.
The project was not an insignificant investment for the Australians, and one wonders whether the treatment of Djokovic tipped the balance, leading to its demise.
Karma’s a bitch?