Commission to oversee development in area earmarked for US radar base

The government has set up a commission to co-ordinate development projects in the Brdy area of central Bohemia, Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said on Wednesday. Brdy is where the United States hopes to build a radar base as part of an international anti-missile shield. The government has promised to invest in the region regardless of whether the US base is built. Most local municipalities are opposed to the radar, as, suggest a series of opinion polls, are the majority of other Czechs. Parliament is set to decide on the issue in the early part of next year.