Industrial polluters indemnify farmers after landmark verdict

Ljubljana, 17 October - In what is a precedent in Slovenian case law, four major industrial polluters from the Zasavje region in central Slovenia have been ordered to pay over EUR 2m in compensation to 41 plaintiffs claiming major damage to farming.

Trbovlje. Lafarge Cement plant. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Trbovlje.
Lafarge Cement plant.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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