Daily Archives: September 1, 2018

The Prime Minister wants to negotiate with the Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Government for Roma Communities on how to improve their employability in the labour market.
The situation in companies is critical because they have a problem with labour shortages. According to the Prime Minister, it will be necessary to find some incentive system for companies who employ Roma and keep them working for more than 12 months.

– Pellegrini odmieta tvrdenia o koaličnom spore pre dôchodkové stropy. In: Aktuality. 28.08.2018. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/618462/pellegrini-odmieta-tvrdenia-o-koalicnom-spore-pre-dochodkove-stropy/

A sad tale of the sole source of water – a well – in a Roma shantytown which was polluted, essentially because some of the “dry toilets”, i.e. a hole in the ground got flushed by heavy rains.
An all too common story in Slovakia.

– Pitnú vodu pre Rómov v Nováčanoch má zabezpečiť automat na čipové karty. In: Hlavne Spravy. 30.08.2018. https://www.hlavnespravy.sk/pitnu-vodu-pre-romov-v-novacanoch-ma-zabezpecit-automat-na-cipove-karty/1506928

The story of a Slovak Roma who was also a US paratrooper and a member of the Intelligence Service and member of the Slovak underground who fought against the Germans.

– Slovenský Róm bojoval v SNP ako americký výsadkár. In: Aktuality. 29.08.2018. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/618509/slovensky-rom-bojoval-v-snp-ako-americky-vysadkar/