SHOTLIST Glogovac 1. Wide of truck unloading black slag 2. Various of inspectors at NewCo Ferronikeli factory compound 3. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Vehbi Ejupi, Environmental Inspector: "Ferronikeli did not implement the dynamic of investment in the protection of the environment, more precisely in the instalment of the instruments for the permanent monitoring of the environment within the Ferronikeli technological compound." 4. Mid of inspectors 5. Close up of shoes covered in shiny black slag 6. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Vehbi Ejupi, Environmental Inspector: "It pollutes the water, there is a river here, and the air. And it generally has a very bad effect on the entire ecosystem." 7. Wide of factory spewing fumes Pristina 8. Wide of government building in Pristina 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dardan Gashi, Minister for Environment and Spatial Planning: "There have been a series of explosions in the last couple of months. We have been there, we have visited, we thought we had an agreement that they would no longer do what they do at night which is they turn off the filters. They exceed the levels that they have to put in the smelter, meaning the tonnage that they melt, they have certain levels that they are not allowed to exceed, they do in order to speed up export levels, I mean to increase, sorry, export levels, and this to the damage of the environment and to the risk of the workers." 10. Cutaway of interview 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Dardan Gashi, Minister for Environment and Spatial Planning: "Every year it exports three times more than it paid for the purchase of the company, so we expect that a company that makes such a good profit to also invest in environmental protection and in the protection of labour. And they don''''t usually do to the satisfactory level. And after 12 years after the war and three years after independence, and with some wealth coming into the country, we also need to begin to take care about the environment and the health of our people." Glogovac 12. Close up of running river water 13. Inspector measuring pollution levels 14. Close up of inspector taking down measurements Pristina 15. Pan to Kosovo''''s Hydro Meteorological Institute building 16. Mid of lab worker with test tubes 17. Close up of lab worker with apparatus throwing flame in background 18. Close of test tubes with blue liquid inside 19. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Syle Tahirsylaj, head of Kosovo''''s Hydro Meteorological Institute: "We must have no mercy, we must speak out against these polluters and work just as the inspectors who have the competence to act upon these polluters are working. I hope and believe that this will happen, and whether they like it or not, they are obliged to respect the rules and at the same time lower the level of pollution to the maximum allowed levels." 21. Close up of computer screen with various data readings 22. Exterior, mid of wind measuring instrument STORYLINE Kosovo is cracking down on companies it accuses of polluting the environment in one of Europe''''s poorest regions in a bid to reverse decades of damage to the environment. The authorities have filed charges of polluting the environment against a cement factory and a nickel producer, Kosovo''''s largest exporter and one of the biggest investors in the struggling country. NewCo Ferronikeli, owned by Dutch-based international mining and metals company Cunico Resources NV, is accused of failing to record emissions and provide protection for its workers. In the town of Glogovac - some 40 kilometres (30 miles) west of the capital Pristina where the nickel company is located, environment officials, like Vehbi Ejupi, recently met with the company''''s management and looked for breaches of the deal. You can license this story through AP Archive: www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/a0f054c96f000febbbdceca3405548eb Find out more about AP Archive: www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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