Duka calls for return of land seized in collectivisation to small farmers

The chairman of the Czech Bishops Conference, Cardinal Dominik Duka, has called on the government to return land to small farmers without delay. In a statement, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in the Czech Republic said it was disrespectful to original owners and their descendants that property seized during the collectivisation of agricultural land under communism had not yet been handed back. He said lengthy bankruptcy proceedings involving the successors of collective farms were mainly to blame for the situation.

Author: Ian Willoughby