Defence Ministry issues manual to counter extremism in army

Defence Minister Alexandr Vondra has issued a manual to help soldiers and commanders counter extremism within their ranks. The publication has been in preparation for two years and describes the indicators of extreme right and left movements. The Czech Army has faced various problems with right-wing extremism in the past, namely with soldiers displaying Nazi symbols on their uniforms or on tattoos. In 2009, another soldier was found to have helped establish a militant racist group. The army says that it is carefully monitoring the number of extremists within their ranks, and that they are in decline.