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organizations have called on the authorities to stand up to growing
extremism in the country, and are planning a nationwide protest to step up
public opposition to the neo-Nazi movement.
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Current AffairsWill the government’s proposals to stamp out extremism work?
In light of this weekend’s march in Ústí nad Labem, and Saturday's
violent attack on a Roma family in Vítkov, the government has pledged to
do more to stamp out extremism in the Czech Republic. On Monday, outgoing
Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek said that the government would employ two
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Current AffairsÚstí shop windows boarded up for first time since 1938 as neo-Nazis plan march
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is going ahead after the city council exhausted all legal avenues to stop
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