Tens of thousands of Croatians protest rubbish dumps brought in from neighboring countries

Tens of thousands of Croatians filled Zagreb’s central square to protest rubbish piles that are contaminating drinking water in the country’s central region.

The demonstrators voiced anger at the government’s failure to remove the waste. The rubbish had been brought into Croatia from neighboring countries, according to the headline framing.

The protest was called “March for Lika,” after the mountainous region at the center of the dispute. Reuters described it as one of the largest demonstrations held in Croatia in recent years.