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Andrea Bučková, the Slovak Government Plenipotentiary for Romani Communities, personally monitored the course of the testing for COVID-19 conducted in selected Romani settlements in the spring of 2020. (PHOTO: Facebook page of Andrea Bučková - splnomocnenkyňa vlády SR pre rómske komunity)
Slovakia closes Romani settlement because of COVID-19, police and soldiers deployed
29.12.2020 10:51 full story
Germany reorganizes special military unit because some of its personnel are members of the ultra-right
11.7.2020 10:11 full story
Romani Union of Slovakia: Police brutality against children must be investigated by independent commission, the ministry could be biased
29.4.2020 15:42 full story
Slovak Govt Plenipotentiary for Romani Communities says she belives police brutality incident will be properly investigated, officer has been transferred
29.4.2020 14:55 full story
Czech Defense Minister unshaken by poll revealing extremism in the Army, sociologist says it reflects society
12.10.2015 7:53 An opinion survey among soldiers that discovered some Czech Army personnel hold extremist views also revealed some positive results, according to Czech Defense Minister Martin Stropnický (ANO). "The soldiers have my full trust and I stand behind the Army 100 %," he said after Chief of General Staff Josef Bečvář presented the findings of the survey to MPs on the Defense Committee in the Czech lower house on 7 October. full story
Czech police and soldiers practice protecting borders in case migration wave rises
3.10.2015 22:47 Czech Police officers and soldiers conducted joint exercises on 30 September at 06:45 CET to practice reinstating controls at the border with Austria. Czech Police President Tomáš Tuhý announced the exercises to the press shortly before they were about to begin. full story
Czech Deputy PM to meet with Defense Minister about scandalous internal Army survey leak
28.9.2015 18:22 Czech Deputy Prime Minister for the Economy and Finance Minister Andrej Babiš, the chair of the governing ANO movement, wants to meet with his fellow party member Czech Defense Minister Martin Stropnický to discuss the findings of an internal Army survey. Babiš announced the plan yesterday on TV Prima's "Partie" program. full story
Czech Army's own survey shows officers are racist, Defense Minister suspects a set-up
24.9.2015 18:19 According to internal materials produced by the General Staff of the Czech Army, aggression, racism, sharp disagreement of generals and soldiers with the Czech Republic's foreign policy and military position, and xenophobia are the main security risks now extant among the Army's officers and soldiers. Army psychologists based those findings on a survey of 816 employees of the General Staff. full story
Macedonia announces state of emergency over refugees
20.8.2015 20:10 Macedonia has declared a state of emergency at its northern and southern borders over an unprecedented influx of refugees heading across its territory in order to reach the European Union and plans to deploy the Army. Reuters reports that the Macedonian Interior Ministry announced the move today. full story
Czech Military Intelligence: Ultra-right lacks leaders, individuals still dangerous
Prague, 2.11.2014 19:39, (ROMEA) Ultra-right extremists in the Czech Republic do not have a leading figure capable of coordinating their activities. That is the assessment of the Military Intelligence service's annual report for 2013. full story
Czech Police arrest right-wing extremists who were arming themselves
Prague, 5.12.2013 17:26, (ROMEA) Detectives from the Organized Crime Detection Unit (Útvar pro odhalování organizovaného zločinu - ÚOOZ) arrested five men from the Bruntál and Olomouc areas at the end of November and charged them with possessing weapons without permits. During house searches the detectives found weapons, dozens of kilograms of gunpowder, explosives and ammunition, as well as ultra-right themed materials. full story