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Czech Republic

Prague Jewish community demands apology from populist party over concentration camp comments

The Prague Jewish Community has asked populist leader Tomio Okamura to apologise to the victims of the wartime concentration camp for Roma in Lety for trampling on their legacy.

Czech court sentences far-right politician for Holocaust denial

Czech far-right politician Adam B. Bartoš received a two-year suspended prison sentence for Holocaust denial, incitement to hatred and defamation of the nation, a Prague district court ruled this week.

Czech government buys pig farm at former Nazi camp in order to close it

The Czech government on Thursday said it had bought a controversial pig farm located on the site of a former Nazi camp for Roma people, paying millions of euros for the right to shut it down.

Czechs to place memorial instead of pig farm at site of Nazi camp for Roma victims

The Czech government will buy a pig farm now on the site...

New Czech leader rules out coalition with far-right party

The winner of the Czech general election Adrej Babis said on Saturday...

Faces of Holocaust victims projected onto Prague synagogue

Prague's Jewish Museum has launched a new project to honour the victims...

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