Far right party takes 14 seats in Slovakia elections

Mr Kotleba made headlines when he won the 2013 regional elections in Banska Bystrica, where he now serves as governor.

The term "neo-Nazi" is often bandied about, at times foolishly, to describe anyone with views slightly to the right of Marine Le Pen.

But Marian Kotleba is different - he was, once, literally a neo-Nazi.

Until recently, he dressed in a uniform modelled on the Hlinka Guard, the militia of the 1939-45 Nazi-sponsored Slovak State.