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Today, 31 experts from countries including the United States, France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom, will meet to assess the problems concerning the reactor core tanks produced by the Dutch Group, Rotterdam Drydock. The tanks are installed in 22 nuclear power stations worldwide, including Belgium’s Doel 3, where power generation was suspended at the end of July after cracks were detected.
World’s nuclear experts hold emergency meeting on Doel 3 – De Morgen
Almost 23 years after the Velvet Revolution saw the end of communism in the country, senators have vetoed a government bill aimed at handing back church property that was confiscated by the regime. “PM Petr Nečas should already start to look for the 101 MPs necessary to pass the settlement with churches”, writes MF Dnes.
Stop! The Senate has blocked the path to restitution – Mladá Fronta DNES
France’s left-wing government remains hesitant over how to react to the riots in Amiens in the north of the country during the nights of August 13 and 14, which resulted in 16 police officers being injured and several buildings being set ablaze. The new administration appears to be struggling to distinguish itself from its right-wing predecessor on the fight against delinquency as well as on the issue of Roma migrants.
Amiens sends political shockwave – Le Monde
The new figures follow the release of a study by accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers. The banking sector is therefore “still the most important problem in Europe”, writes the daily.
More than €1 trillion in toxic credits in European banks – Der Standard
EU's peripheral countries will altogether have to pay almost €257 billion of debt, including interest, until the end of the year, with much of the sum owed by Italy and Spain.
Huge debts weigh on Europe – Rzeczpospolita
Since 1994, Europe’s most powerful economy has only invested €66 million in Moldova – nine per cent of investment in the former Soviet republic, worries the newspaper, in the run-up to Angela Merkel’s state visit to Chisinau on August 22.
Germans invest small change in Republic of Moldova – Timpul
The London Mayor Boris Johnson cashes in on the success of the Olympic Games to put pressure on PM David Cameron to be more bold over key issues. Speculation grows that he might challenge for the leadership of the Tory party after his term as mayor ends in 2016.
Boris on the runway – The Times
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