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the country for eight years. The clashes erupted in the town of Litvínov
on Monday, when some 600 neo-Nazi skinheads tried to march on a housing
estate inhabited by members of the Roma minority. But the sight of local
people cheering on the skinheads and urging the police to let them attack
their Romani neighbours has led some to warn of a looming ethnic conflict.
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Current AffairsNeo-Nazis gather in rainy Hradec Králové after rock concert banned
Around 300 neo-Nazis gathered in the eastern city of Hradec Králové on
Saturday, holding a brief demonstration in one of the city squares before
dispersing. They had hoped to attend what had been dubbed a “political
cultural” event in the Hradec’s outdoor cinema, but in the end the city
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Current AffairsWorkers' Party files criminal complaint for being featured in Interior Ministry's extremism manual
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distributed to police stations around, the country to help the force
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of symbols and introduces police officers to whether their use on clothes
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