Neo-nazis in the czech republic....

This is somewhat worrying...

Around 150 right-wing extremists, including some from Germany and Slovakia, gathered for a meeting in a restaurant in the Czech city of Brno, it was reported yesterday.

According to an independent monitoring organization, police did not intervene owing to the "private character" of the meeting, which occurred Saturday night.

During the gathering, which included a concert, anti-Semitic propaganda was reportedly read aloud. Police, however, said there was no evidence that laws were broken.

Czech Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda expressed concern about the increasing number of international meetings of right-wing extremists, especially in regions of the country bordering Germany.

"I hope and wish that the Czech Republic does not become a melting pot for neo-Nazis," Svoboda said in Prague.

In late March, around 400 mostly German skinheads met in Jablonne v Podjestedi at an event just across the border from the German state of Thuringia. A police spokesman at the time said the gathering had produced no reason for the about 100 police on hand to take any action.