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Miss Slovakia

February 10, 2023 Published by: Roma Foundation

A young Romni student from Nitra is among the 12 finalists for this year’s Miss Slovakia contest.

She is twenty years old and, in addition to her studies, she is also an activist. “I am a member of the Roma Youth Leadership Academy, where we are currently preparing the third Congress of young Roma men and women. This event will be run under the auspices of the Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Roma communities,” she said.

V Miss Slovensko zabojuje aj študentka UKF v Nitre: Vanessa búra predsudky voči Rómom. In: Dnes24. 09.02.2023. https://nitra.dnes24.sk/v-miss-slovensko-zabojuje-aj-studentka-ukf-v-nitre-vanessa-bura-predsudky-voci-romom-429341

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Police Brutality in Košice

February 10, 2023 Published by: Roma Foundation

The very long story of the police brutality against Roma in Košice which started in 2009 and saw Roma who had sued the police being brought to court is finally coming to an end. The European Court of Human Rights who had condemned Slovakia in the process awarded 20’000 EUR to each of the Roma.

At long last!

V kauze brutálnej policajnej šikany Rómov v Košiciach rozhodol ESĽP, každý z chlapcov dostane odškodné 20-tisíc eur. In: 24 Hodin. 09.02.2023. https://www.24hod.sk/v-kauze-brutalnej-policajnej-sikany-romov-v-kosiciach-rozhodol-eslp-kazdy-z-chlapcov-dostane-odskodne-20-tisic-eur-cl783216.html

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Austria’s Burgenland

February 10, 2023 Published by: Roma Foundation

Austrian TV Station ORF Burgenland will start a new series on Sunday, February 12, 2023 as part of the TV folk group program “Romano Dikipe”. “In the footsteps of vanished Roma settlements” is the title of the series that investigates the situation of the Roma in Burgenland today. In each program, a different location is visited in order to talk to Burgenland Roma and Romnja about their lives, but also about the past. The reports are in Burgenland Romani, the language of the Roma in Burgenland, and have German subtitles throughout. The new series is based on the comprehensive historical work of the two Burgenland historians Herbert Brettl and Gerhard Baumgartner. The latter is also a studio guest on “Burgenland heute” on Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.

ORF Burgenland: Neue Serie über verschwundene Roma-Siedlungen im TV-Volksgruppenmagazin “Romano Dikipe”. In: OTS. 11.02.2023. https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20230210_OTS0012/orf-burgenland-neue-serie-ueber-verschwundene-roma-siedlungen-im-tv-volksgruppenmagazin-romano-dikipe