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Belgrade: Where you can literally see the air pollution
February 16, 2024
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Some people might think that the thick haze over Serbia's capital, Belgrade, is fog, but according to experts, it's actually smog. The city's 1.3 million residents breathe smog on a daily basis.
The situation gets worse in winter due to industrial emissions, traffic and the fact that many homes are still heated by fires.
Serbia's government has drawn up a plan to improve air quality by 2030, but many citizens doubt that much is going to change.
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