Gospić is the administrative centre of Lika-Senj County in Croatia, now spotlighted as protests demand cleanup of illegally dumped hazardous waste threatening the region.
Protests in Zagreb reflect widespread anger at the Croatian government over delays in removing some 37,000 metric tons of buried hazardous waste near Gospic. Demonstrators call for a binding, rapid cleanup plan, water and soil tests, and a ban on new waste imports as investigations unfold.