A layer of waste covers Serbian lake as the Balkans loses its battle with pollution

Cranes and building machinery were sent to a lake in Serbia last week to clear a thick layer of waste covering its surface. Tons of floating waste have accumulated at the foot of the Lim River hydro-electric power plant on the Potpeć Reservoir in southwest Serbia following heavy rains earlier this year. The islands of rubbish … Read more

Serbian man in Calais offers to smuggle undercover reporter into UK

This is the dramatic moment a Serbian people smuggler offered to take an undercover reporter posing as a refugee across the English Channel for £2,750. The reporter told the smuggler, who calls himself Marko Hooman, during a meeting in a cafe in Calais that he had family in Birmingham who ‘have money’.  Hooman said he … Read more