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Friday, November 18, 2016

Slovakia comes to grips with proudly neo-Nazi party

[FILE - In this file photo taken on Sunday, March 6, 2016, chief of the extreme right Kotleba - People's Party Our Slovakia (LS NS) Marian Kotleba arrives for a television debate after Saturday's parliamentary elections in Bratislava, Slovakia. The wave of far-right parties across Europe has been gathering steam from Greece to France and Germany. While most of the continent’s extreme forces have taken pains to steer clear of Nazi imagery, Slovakia’s answer to the trend celebrates it. Kotleba’s new party made news by launching patrols on trains in April in a reaction to a robbery blamed on a member of the Roma minority. Parliament banned such activities in October. (Vaclav Salek/CTK via AP, File)]BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The wave of far-right parties across Europe has been gathering steam from Greece to France and Germany. While most of the continent's extreme forces have taken pains to steer clear of Nazi imagery, Slovakia's answer to the trend celebrates it.


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