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Radio Prague (Vysilani do zahranici CRo)
News MARCH 11th, 2003
Austrian court rejects compensation claims by Czech haulage firms
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A court in the Austrian town of Linz has rejected compensation claims
by four Czech haulage companies who say they suffered losses during
border blockades staged by Austrian protesters against the Temelin
nuclear power plant. Claiming that the delays caused by the protests
had limited their rights to the free movement of goods and people
across borders, the plaintiffs asked for a symbolic sum of 6,000 Euros.
The court rejected their claims saying that the border blockades were
staged in the "highest public interest", meaning the freedom of
assembly that is guaranteed by the Austrian Constitution.
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