ROB CAMERON

A 16-year-old girl Scout pictured standing up to a far-right skinhead has told the BBC she was not afraid of neo-Nazis and wanted more young people to stand up to fascism. Lucie Myslikova, a film and animation student from the Czech city of Brno, was captured in her uniform confronting a shaven-headed demonstrator.

The story of the late Nicholas Winton, the British stockbroker who helped save hundreds of mostly Jewish children from the Nazis, has been immortalised in books, documentaries and films – most recently One Life. In 2011, Sir Nicholas was in Prague to attend the premiere of the film Nicky’s Family, and to meet some of those he had helped to save.

The Czech police force has come under fire for writing numbers on the arms of migrants at Breclav railway station. Some said the images were reminiscent of the Holocaust, when prisoners at Auschwitz were systematically tattooed with serial numbers. But the Czech authorities appeared unaware of the visual connotations, and said they were simply administrative.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is defying EU officials in the migrant crisis – and may win re-election on Saturday. Slovak voters will decide whether to give his Smer party another four years in office. Fico told a crowd of supporters in a packed sports hall in Bratislava he would not “bring one single Muslim to Slovakia’ as part of an EU quota system.

By the time Ai Weiwei unveiled his epic ‘Law Of The Journey’ at Prague’s National Gallery, Europe’s refugee crisis had largely disappeared from the front pages. But the flow of people continued, and with it opposition – especially in Central Europe – to providing shelter. The Czech government’s attitude, the artist said, was unacceptable, “because it’s morally wrong.”

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent millions fleeing across the country’s western borders – including to Slovakia. Some were passing through, on their way to stay with friends and family further west, but many had nowhere to go – and no idea when they would be able to go home. And among the great tide of exhausted and disoriented people were thousands of foreign students.