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Current AffairsZeman, Schuessel emerge from bull ring with Temelin compromise
The prime ministers of the Czech Republic and neighbouring Austria met late
into the night on Tuesday for talks on the controversial Temelin nuclear
power plant in South Bohemia. Temelin has proved a constant irritant to
relations between Prague and Vienna over the past few months, and the
dispute escalated sharply in October when the Czech Republic activated
Temelin in spite of Austrian fears over safety. But the two prime ministers
emerged from Tuesday's meeting with something that looks like a compromise.
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Current AffairsVienna withdraws opposition to environment chapter
Now some good news for the Czech Republic's quest for EU membership. On Monday, Austria withdrew its opposition to the environment chapter necessary for EU expansion talks with the Czech Republic. Prague was forced to cancel EU accession talks on energy and the environment two weeks ago, due to Austria's boycott of both chapters over its opposition to the Temelin nuclear power plant. spoke to Daniel Kapp, the spokesman for the Austrian Environment Ministry, and asked him to give us the reason for this sudden change of heart from Vienna:
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Current AffairsCzech prime minister postpones meeting with Austrian chancellor
On Wednesday, Czech Prime Minister Milos Zeman announced that he had postponed an upcoming meeting with Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel. This came in reaction to blockades of Czech-Austrian border crossings by environmentalists who are protesting against the Temelin nuclear power plant. has this report: More
Current AffairsAustrians blocking all fifteen Czech-Austrian crossings
On Thursday last week, Austrian anti-nuclear activists recommenced their blockades of border crossings on the Czech-Austrian border in protest over the Temelin nuclear power plant in South Bohemia. As of Sunday afternoon all fifteen border crossings between the two countries were completely impassable. The demonstrators claim that Temelin was put on line without the completion of proper safety checks, and want it shut down for at least six months in order for these checks to be carried out. According to members of the Austrian initiative Stop Temelin, they are ready to continue their blockades until Thursday. As with previous blockades, this has severely strained Czech-Austrians relations. Earlier, talked to Kerry Skyring of Austrian International Radio, and asked him how realistic is it that the Austrian demonstrators will achieve their aims with the blockades?
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