In the wake of attacks on the websites of the Association for the Protection of Rights for musicians (OSA), the Czech government, center-right Civic Democrats (ODS) party, and street demonstrations against the Czech Republic’s signature on the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement (ACTA), the Anonymous movement has been propelled to the forefront of media attention although the exposure has not shed so much light on its its functioning and aims.

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.

TOP 09 ministers walked out of Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting to protest insults to their party chairman, Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, 73, posted by Ladislav Bátora, an ultra-right adviser to Education Minister Josef Dobeš (VV), on his Facebook page. There’s no love lost between TOP 09 and VV, but the war of words might have fizzled had Bátora not made headlines over the Prague Pride gay festival.

While two-thirds of Czechs view foreigners as a “threat,” NGOs are working to change hearts and minds — also through their stomachs. With blogs, demonstrations, media training, Czech language courses and more, NGOs and volunteers try to change Czechs’ perceptions of foreigners by telling stories of their lives and cultures.