Czech far right activists block Austrian-Czech border crossing

Around a dozen followers of the Czech rightist National Party blocked the Czech-Austrian border crossing Wullowitz-Dolni Dvoriste on Saturday morning, not allowing vehicles with Austrian licence plates to enter the Czech Republic. The nationalists' protest is a reply to the frequent blockades of Czech-Austrian border crossings by Austrian opponents of the Czech Temelin nuclear power plant. The protest had been deliberately timed for Saturday morning when many Austrians drive to the Czech Republic for shopping. The activists said the protest is to highlight what they call "Austria's interference into Czech affairs and the reluctance of the Czech government to take immediate steps". Austrian activists say Temelin, situated some 60 km from the Austrian border, is not safe and that the Czech Republic breaches agreements the two countries signed on the plant.