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TEMELÍN The director of the International Atomic Energy Agency said that the Temelín nuclear power plant is safe, according to an Aug. 27 article in the Austrian newspaper Profil. Director Mohamed El Baradei, who lives in Vienna, said he does not have “the slightest fears” about the plant that is a source of tension between Austria and the Czech Republic.

EURO Government officials withdrew a proposal to fix 2012 as the date the country will switch its currency to the euro, the Euro weekly reports. A strategy released Aug. 27 cites poor public finances and an inflexible economy as the reason for the delay. No date has been set. The country had originally planned to adopt the euro in 2010 but couldn’t due to similar problems.
CORRUPTION Police accused five more people associated with the Defense Ministry of corruption in placing public orders, according to an Aug. 28 ČTK report. Ten people, including businessmen and ministry employees, are being prosecuted in the case. Police say the group was involved in criminal activities involving half a billion crowns in manipulated tenders.
 
DETAINED Iran wants to detain a Prague-based reporter indefinitely, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported Aug. 27. Parnaz Azima, a RFE/RL reporter who has both Iranian and U.S. citizenship, went to Tehran in February to visit her sick mother. Iranian officials confiscated her passport and told her she would be charged with spreading publicity against Iran, according to the Czech News Agency.
TROOPS More Czech troops will be headed to Afghanistan, Czech Chief of Staff Vlastimil Picek told Czech Television Aug. 26. About 70 soldiers will join the 225 already stationed there as the Czechs prepare to lead the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Loghar, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of Kabul. Parliament has yet to approve the plan.


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