As was reported here exactly 8 years ago the folks south of the border in the Czech Republic owe a little something to Poland. Maybe the day is close at hand for the pay-off.
The Czech Republic is planning on returning a little over a square mile of land to Poland, to solve a long standing territorial dispute. In the 1950s the Soviet Union ordered the Czechoslovak – Polish border to be straightened up so that it would be easier to patrol.
Czechs initially made an offer of financial compensation to Poland, but Polish stubbornness rejected monetary compensation. The Czech government is now waiting for their Polish counterparts to examine the land being offered in the deal, although the exact location of the land has not been disclosed. (That in itself sounds like typical Soviet tactics)
Residents from the village of Bila Voda, are butting up a fuss. Although locals don't object in principle to returning land to Poland, they're unhappy with the scale of the proposed changes to their territory, and the methods of the Czech government in carrying out the transfer of land.
Formally, it's government land. But it's also the source of drinking water for Czech villagers. Some land, which the villagers had previously agreed to hand over was not in use, but areas which the government now wants to hand back are located close to settlements and are actively used by farmers, who have leased tracts of territory and in one case, even received a grant from the EU for land development.
Additionally, says Kocian, the building of housing developments is already underway in the village of Mikulovice, in Javornik the areas are used for sport and recreation, and sewage works and water supply are located in Vidnava, all of which will have to be compensated.
The cost to demarcate the borders again, issue new maps, issue new land surveys and other odds and ends will be more expensive than if the Czechs would just purchase the small plot of land.
Maybe it's just the principle and not the practical that is most important.
Damn those Soviets in the first place for causing this mess. If Poland were run by a madman like Putin... like the Crimean... take what you think is yours by brute force. Obama and the leaders of the western world just sit on their dupki.
The Czech Republic is planning on returning a little over a square mile of land to Poland, to solve a long standing territorial dispute. In the 1950s the Soviet Union ordered the Czechoslovak – Polish border to be straightened up so that it would be easier to patrol.
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Czechs initially made an offer of financial compensation to Poland, but Polish stubbornness rejected monetary compensation. The Czech government is now waiting for their Polish counterparts to examine the land being offered in the deal, although the exact location of the land has not been disclosed. (That in itself sounds like typical Soviet tactics)
Residents from the village of Bila Voda, are butting up a fuss. Although locals don't object in principle to returning land to Poland, they're unhappy with the scale of the proposed changes to their territory, and the methods of the Czech government in carrying out the transfer of land.
Formally, it's government land. But it's also the source of drinking water for Czech villagers. Some land, which the villagers had previously agreed to hand over was not in use, but areas which the government now wants to hand back are located close to settlements and are actively used by farmers, who have leased tracts of territory and in one case, even received a grant from the EU for land development.
Additionally, says Kocian, the building of housing developments is already underway in the village of Mikulovice, in Javornik the areas are used for sport and recreation, and sewage works and water supply are located in Vidnava, all of which will have to be compensated.
The cost to demarcate the borders again, issue new maps, issue new land surveys and other odds and ends will be more expensive than if the Czechs would just purchase the small plot of land.
Maybe it's just the principle and not the practical that is most important.
Damn those Soviets in the first place for causing this mess. If Poland were run by a madman like Putin... like the Crimean... take what you think is yours by brute force. Obama and the leaders of the western world just sit on their dupki.
posted by Denny @ 9:53 PM
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