Company to compensate fishermen over oil spill in Bilina

The company Unipetrol RPA is to compensate fishermen after a leak of oil products into the River Bilina last week killed a large number of fish. A representative of the Czech fishermen’s association said on Wednesday that a deal had been agreed on principle, though the exact value of damages caused had yet to be calculated. Pollution of up to 1,000 times the permitted levels was recorded in the Bilina, which is a tributary of the Labe, or Elbe.