In April 2009, then two-year-old Natálka Kudriková suffered burns on 80 percent of her body following an arson attack on her family home by neo-Nazis. The case caused a public outcry — and also led to an outpouring of support for her family; they were even given a new house to live in, purchased in part through donations from the public. Local media now report that the property has been under an execution order since December.

Despite a fall in numbers compared to the 1990s, extreme right-wing movements in the Czech Republic are becoming more discreet and sophisticated while at the same time widening their range of targets, a report commissioned by the Interior Ministry says, warning neo-Nazis and other groups may resort to terrorism. Their inspiration comes in the main from Russia (hardcore violence) and Italy (politics).

The Czech Bar Association (ČAK) board is to decide next week how to proceed in the case of Petr Kočí, an attorney representing a member of the far-right Workers' Social Justice Party (DSSS) who is reported to have attacked the impartiality and credibility of an expert witness due to his ‘Jewish origins,’ a move that prompted Constitutional Court chairman Pavel Rychetský to call for Kočí to be disbarred.

The trial of five young men accused of propagating Nazism and inciting racial hatred by posting videos containing Nazi symbols and music clips with neo-Nazi content on their Facebook pages has begun in the Moravian town of Kroměříž. If found guilty, the accused could face from three to ten years in prison. All of the accused have pleaded not guilty.