11.02.2008 - Risk of terrorist attack growing-Czech government
According to the plan, although the Czech Republic has not yet become a site of any operation that can be described as a terrorist attack the risk of such an attack is constantly growing, Malikova said.
The Interior Ministry described the prevention CzechRep may limit Bulgarians, Romanians' access to labour market ...
Number of asylum applicants in Czech Republic drops in 2007 ... of the emergence of secluded refugee communities and radicalisation of their members as one of the key measures in the fight against terrorism.
The ministry also pointed to the need to improve communication and cooperation between the bodies dealing with the problem of terrorism, the police and secret services.
The Czech Republic should join international activities aimed at suppressing terrorism, especially within the European Union, the plan says.
According to Malikova, the document seeks to achieve the balance between repressions and prevention.
"All individual measures mentioned in the document put an emphasis on the balance of the two key values which are security and the freedom of individual," Malikova said.
The Security Information Service (BIS) civilian counter intelligence that deals with the issue of terrorism monitored the Islamic community living in the Czech Republic, according to its annual report for 2006.
However, the BIS pointed out that it was mainly persons arriving in the Czech Republic from abroad rather than foreigners living in the Czech Republic who could pose a threat of terrorism.
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(Ceske Noviny)
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