Rába River in Hungary is still foaming despite the Austrian promises
By Linda on Wednesday, February 6 2008, 11:01 - News from Hungary - Permalink
February 6, 2008
Austrian authorities are not honoring the bilateral agreement signed last summer on cleaning up the Rába River, Environment Minister Gábor Fodor told reporters in Szentgotthárd on Tuesday. Our patience is at an end, he declared.
Pollution is continuing to flow along the Rába because the Wollsdorf tannery has not upgraded its technology to reduce pollution emissions, as promised, Fodor said, unlike other tanneries in Jennersdorf and Feldbach.
Fodor remarked that Austrian authorities have failed to disclose any information neither about the expected pollution nor about what measures they had taken against the polluters, contrary to an agreement signed last summer. He said he will take up the issue with his Austrian counterpart.
On another matter, Fodor vowed to turn to the EU if an Austrian waste incinerator is built near the Hungarian border.
Last May, President of the Republic László Sólyom described Austria's 6 year long negligence to halt the pollution on Raba as intolerable and cynical. He also underlined that this long lasting incident damages the bilateral relationships.
June 12 2007, Greenpeace activists inundated the entrance of Boxmark tannery with foam in order to demand the end of pollution.
Agrimald
Andris
attila
Csacsillus
Evi
Esztu
jj
Juditsch
Linda
lorant
Nori
Oosi
verus
Comments