Daily Archives: March 24, 2025

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Irena Biháriová

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Irena Biháriová

Irena Biháriová, the former chairwoman of the Progressive Slovakia party and the first Romni to lead a parliamentary party in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. She entered politics in response to the rise of extremism to protect democracy. On April 6, she will speak at the unique ROMx event, which will present inspiring Romani personalities, their stories and visions for the future as part of the celebrations of International Roma Day in Prague.

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Commemoration

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Commemoration

On Saturday evening, Romani students during the BARUVAS meeting in Brno symbolically joined the memorial service for the victims of the tragic fire in the Romani settlement in Veľký Šariš, Slovakia. Each of the twenty-five participants lit a candle and together honored the memory of four small children and their great-grandmother who died in the night fire.

 

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Czechia: Baby Box

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Czechia: Baby Box

Many articles about a a Roma baby boy who was put in a baby box in Jihlava late Sunday evening. He was named František. In the 15 years of the Jihlava baby box’s existence, this is the fourth child and the 273rd in total, said the founder of the boxes, Ludvík Hess.

The boy was put in a minute before 10 p.m. and was wrapped in a red-blue-and-white checkered blanket, otherwise he was naked, said Hess. According to him, Roma children in a baby box are a rarity.

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