Protest against US radar base goes ahead despite ban

Opponents to the deployment of a US radar base in the Czech Republic took part in a protest event in the centre of Prague on Monday evening despite the fact that it had been banned by Prague city hall. An estimated two thousand people took part in the protest march. Civic groups and associations who organized the protest say that the presence of a US radar base in the Czech Republic would harm the country's security interests and are demanding a referendum on the issue.