Boosted by political instability and a recession that has badly hit the country, polls show that the Hungarian far-right party Jobbik can reach the five percent required at the European elections to enter the EU Parliament.
Dozens of sexual deviants have been surgically castrated in the Czech Republic since 2001. The Council of Europe has condemned this operation along with local human rights activists who call it a "degrading treatment".
Alexis ROSENZWEIG 
