Interior Minister criticizes right-wing paramilitary unit

Interior Minister Ivan Langer said on Monday he considers the paramilitary unit recently established by the far-right National Party "personally unacceptable" and said the police would keep a sharp eye on its activities. The establishment of this right-wing paramilitary unit has also sparked criticism from the country's next-door neighbour Slovakia. Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic said in an interview for Slovak Radio over the weekend that he was greatly concerned by this development and what he called "Prague's lack of response to it". He said such a unit could fuel extremism in Slovakia.