The Liechtenstein government has filed a lawsuit against part of the Czech Republic (ten times the current territory of the country).
According to the Financial Times, the government has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
The principality intends to take back the lands confiscated by Czechoslovakia after the Second World War on the basis of Benesh's decrees. In the documents, the princes of Liechtenstein were named employees of the Nazi regime.
Liechtenstein's Foreign Minister Catherine Eggenberger stressed that the annexation of lands remained an unresolved issue for the principality, as it affected issues of sovereignty. According to him, the smaller the country, the more important it is to protect its rights, and confiscation without compensation is unacceptable.
For his part, Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Martin Smolek said the ECHR would not accept the appeal because the events took place before the adoption of the European Convention on Human Rights. He recalled that the ECHR had not previously dealt with such issues.
The dispute between the Czech Republic and Liechtenstein over more than 2,000 square kilometers has been going on for more than 70 years. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were established only in 2009.