Czech Republic cooperating with its neighbours ahead of far-right march

Interior minister Ivan Langer announced on Wednesday that the Czech Republic would be cooperating with other countries ahead of an unauthorised demonstration planned by far-right extremists. The Interior Minister was responding to intelligence information, which suggests that extremists from neighbouring Slovakia and Germany are planning to attend the march. The Young National Democrats, a neo-Nazi group, lost a legal battle to march through Prague's Jewish Quarter on November 10, the anniversary of Kristallnacht - a Nazi pogrom which took place in 1938. Over 1,400 police officers will be deployed on Saturday to break-up any unauthorised demonstrations held by far-right campaigners. In a news conference on Wednesday, Mr Langer warned foreign citizens against violating Czech laws, and said that those who came to the country to do so on Saturday should expect 'a tough and uncompromising reaction from Czech security forces'.