A regional court granted an injunction just one day before the final contract was slated to be signed, citing the need to handle a complaint filed by the French state-run nuclear company EDF

The Czech Republic announced a delay of a South Korean nuclear-energy project worth more than $18 billion after a lawsuit by Electricite de France SA temporarily blocked the signing of the construction contract.

A court in the Czech Republic has blocked the government from signing a deal with South Korea’s KHNP to build at least two nuclear reactors.