Bulgaria's environmental organizations have challenged in court the decision of the environment minister to grant a go-ahead to Dundee Precious Metals' plans for a big open-pit gold mine near the town of Krumovgrad. "The decision of the environment minister is not acceptable and does not protect the interests of the state, the society and the nature," according to the organizations "Balkans" and "For the Earth". They submitted...a joint complaint to the Supreme Administrative Court against the ministerial green light for the controversial project.