PRAGUE, Czech Republic, May 18 (UPI) -- Austrian anti-nuclear activists threatened to block border crossings with the Czech Republic if Vienna fails to sue Prague over nuclear plant safety.
Reacting to the threat by Austrian protesters to block all 16 border crossings, Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg told Prague's national television, "Knowing those (Austrian) loonies, they would continue holding border blockades."
Austrian activists have been staging protests at a border crossing. They said the Russian-designed Temelin nuclear power plant in southern Czech Republic, close to the border with Austria, could develop problems similar to the Chernobyl nuclear plant's disaster in 1986.
The Austrian government claims Czech authorities haven't met necessary safety conditions in the Temelin plant.
Friday, Austrian Interior Minister Guenther Platter said his government will ensure the free flow of people, vehicles and goods across the Czech border, the radio said.
Austria and the Czech Republic have been at odds since the Temelin plant was put into operation six years ago.
