The EU is considering tighter environmental regulations on the mining industry in the lifht of the cyanide spill that contaminated rivers in central Europe . Margot Wallstrom, EU environment

The cyanide spill in the Danube, a major European river, on Monday have made concerned environmentalists blow the whistle on what they fear may prove to be the biggest catastrophe since Chernobyl -

Work crews pulled out tonnes of dead fish from the Tisza and Danube rivers even as Romania rebuffed compensation demands from Yugoslavia and Hungary for the gold mine spill that contaminated the

A burst of cyanide-laced water, that has flown into the Danube, killing everything in its path, reached the Yugoslav capital Belgrade on Monday, and was heading eastwards to where the Danube slices a

The Serbian agriculture, forests and water ministry has banned all use of Danube River water dowstream of Belgrade after contamination by cyanide, the Tanjug news agency said Monday, says

A cyanide spill that spread from Romania to neighboring countries will poison "the whole food chain" in the Tisa river for years to come, the chairman of Hungary's parliamentary committee on the

A cyanide spill that polluted a major European river will "poison the whole food chain" for years to come, a Hungarian environmental official said Monday.Zoltan Illes, head of Hungary's environmental

The Australian owners of a gold mine in Romania blamed for an environmental catastrophe in central Europe today again denied it had caused the widespread death of marine life. Tonnes of dead fish

Romania and Hungary began discussing compensation yesterday for a cyanide spill at a Romanian gold mine that has killed thousands of fish in a major river system. The spill has poisoned the

Serbia said Sunday it would demand compensation in an international court from those responsible for a cyanide spill that has contaminated a major river, destroying most quatic life. Romania, where