Near 70 percent state-owned Czech electricity giant ČEZ says it is willing to test out whether a partner could be found for the estimated Kč 150 billion–Kč 200 billion tender to add two new nuclear reactors to its Temelín site. If the path seems promising a tender for a partner could be held once the constructor had been chosen in 2013.

Prague-listed power major ČEZ is set to lose up to Kč 10 billion over the next three years from its investment into the Albanian power distribution company as a result of a 91 percent hike in tariffs imposed by the government in Tirana, non-payment of bills, and loses from the network, the Czech daily Lidové noviny (LN) reported Wednesday.

Jan Stráský didn’t look back after becoming director of the Šumava National Park in February 2011, skirting or violating environmental rules and ecological good practice wherever possible, according to his opponents. For his clear cut performance which left the field far behind he has been chosen as the Czech Republic’s top anti-ecologist for 2011.

The Czech energy regulator says it has faced a flood of complaints about unethical practices from energy companies in the first quarter of the year. It has called on company managers to explain, including some of the biggest power companies in the country, and is threatening to get tough if the abuse goes on.