Monthly Archives: April 2024

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Warsaw University and Roma Migrations

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Inequalities in citizenship and the transnational mobilization of Polish, Czech and Ukrainian Roma in the face of the war in Ukraine will be addressed by an international team of scientists led by Dr. Kamila Fiałkowska from the Migration Research Center (OBM) of the University of Warsaw. Researchers will analyse the behaviour and situation of both Roma people fleeing the war in Ukraine and those who helped them in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The context of the research will be their social status as citizens, as well as prejudices against Roma that influence attitudes towards refugees.

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Slovakia and 8th of April

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The current Slovak President Čaputová commemorated International Roma Day. She stated that Roma students would very much like Slovakia to be a more tolerant country that can give Roma children a chance and accept them.

She invited Roma students from universities and secondary schools from all over Slovakia to the palace.

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe

Brno and Roma

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Miroslav Zubaj is a guide at the Museum of Roma Culture, which stands in the middle of the feared and prejudiced Cejl district. In the interview, he describes the history of the Brno Roma community, the roots of the problems there and the current situation of the locals, which is far from ideal.

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Brno: Celebration

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Several articles on the celebration of the 8th of April in Brno, Czechia.

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Croatia and April 8th

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The Čakovec Cultural Centre in cooperation with the Association of Roma in the Republic of Croatia “KALI SARA” has set up two outstanding exhibitions for the Međimurje audience on the occasion of the World Roma Day. The exhibitions and the motivation behind this cooperation were announced in the introductory part of the opening ceremony by Maja Grubišić, head of the Roma educational and cultural centre, noting that World Roma Day is celebrated in honour of the first World Roma Congress held in London in 1971, during which world Roma community defined its political and social position for the first time.

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe

About the Origins of April 8th

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Romea goes back to the origins of the April 8th celebrations: The first Roma World Congress in 1971 near London (April 7th to 12th). The Czechoslovaks were well represented at this first congress.

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Slovak Elections and Roma

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In one of the largest Roma housing estates in Slovakia, Lunik IX, Roma did not go and vote for the Slovak Presidential elections. People say they would have gone if there were Roma candidates.

Well, they missed an opportunity to express their views. That is a pity.

Europe

Journalism Award

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Excellence in Journalism Award is an award for ethical reporting on Roma and the fight against racism and anti-Gypsyism through the media. This award aims to promote a positive image of Roma and marginalized communities in the media, particularly with regard to women and children. It directly contributes to the European objectives of promoting an image without stereotypes and positive examples in order to drive a change in public perception.

 

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French Chronicle …

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Not much, but nothing good this week in the French press about Roma. An association that is being accused of preventing the closure of a Roma camp has been denied subsidies; a large police action against drug dealers and burglars in Nantes, focusing on a Roma camp; and near Toulouse, the closure of two illegal camps.

Italy News Western Europe

Mantova and Travellers

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An article about the open bills left by Roma and travellers in a camp in Maontova, Italy. Apparently, they left unpaid electricity bills, tapped illegally in the electrical system, did not pay the fees for camping etc. All this amounting to more than 400’000 euros.

Not good.

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe

Prague 3 and Roma

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Another article about Roma living in Prague’s 3rd neigbourhood. Roma feel safe in Prague 3, but they encounter prejudices in the commercial housing market. This was shown by the research of the city district among the local Roma population. A Roma counselor helps with the solution of specific problems and the support of Roma culture, a position that Prague 3 provides as the only district in the capital. Current advisor Veronika Polášková will continue in her role.

Europe

Conference

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On April 10th, a conference will be held in the European Parliament commemorating the 80 years of the Holocaust of the Roma.

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Bologna, Fashion, and Roma

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On Saturday 6 April at 8.30pm, in Bologna, the DumBO Workshop welcomes the ‘Rom (antico) Fashion Show’, a fashion show in which the designer of Sinti origins Noell Maggini will present a selection of his creations. Born in Prato, 29 years old, Maggini creates tailor-made couture collections and garments, which are designed, cut and made by hand.

“It will be my first fashion show in Bologna and I am very curious – explained Maggini – I brought my models to Florence at Pitti Uomo and to Milan Fashion Week, but Bologna is an important city for fashion, experimentation and new trends, and it is also the city where the Romani presence was recorded for the first time in Italy in the 15th century”. With ateliers and showrooms in Prato, the Maggini brand sells throughout Italy.

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