NATO press conference protesters released from police custody, Havel apologises for incident

Two men who disrupted a news conference concluding the NATO summit on Friday have been charged with breaching the peace. During NATO Secretary General George Robertson's closing speech, the men attempted to throw a tomato at Mr Robertson and shouted anti-alliance slogans in Russian. After security officials hauled the protesters out of the room, one of them said he was a Russian National Bolshevik Party activist. The two protesters were accredited as journalists. Both were released from police custody on Friday evening. Lord Robertson took the incident with humour, saying that the tomato had now become historic as it was thrown during a historic NATO summit. Czech President Vaclav Havel apologised to Lord Robertson after the incident.