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Serbia, Journalists, and Roma

November 29, 2025 Published by: Roma Foundation

In light of recent developments in media, when it comes to insulting and belittling the Roma community, journalists and Roma activists in Serbia have initiated a meeting that would open a space for discussion with the most important institutions. The idea is to jointly review the current situation and find effective mechanisms for responding to the increasingly frequent cases of hate speech and discrimination.

Institucije i mediji za istim stolom: Održava se okrugli sto o medijskoj slici Roma. In: Telegraf. 24.11.2025. https://www.telegraf.rs/vesti/srbija/4220848-institucije-i-mediji-za-istim-stolom-odrzava-se-okrugli-sto-o-medijskoj-slici-roma

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Roma Theatre

November 29, 2025 Published by: Roma Foundation

The writer and journalist Luka Šteković, recently wrote “Theatre of the Valjevo Roma – The First Roma Theatre in the World”, published in the Great National Calendar for 2004 – Kolubara, edited by journalists Zoran Joksimović and Zdravko Ranković.

Luka Šteković’s text reveals the fascinating story of the Valjevo Roma Youth and its president, Čedomir Čedo Gračanin (1892–1956), a versatile talent who was a playwright, director and leading actor.

PIONIRSKI PODUHVAT ROMA SA BAIRA: VALJEVO DOM PRVOG ROMSKOG POZORIŠTA NA SVETU I PRVOG ROMSKOG DRAMSKOG PISCA. In: Kolubarske. 28.11.2025. https://www.kolubarske.rs/drustvo/pionirski-poduhvat-roma-sa-baira-valjevo-dom-prvog-romskog-pozorista-na-svetu-i-prvog-romskog-dramskog-pisca

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Roma “Money”

November 29, 2025 Published by: Roma Foundation

Slovenian spends around 20 million euros per year on Roma integration. Ther are officially around 10’000 Roma in the country. But, the journalist and president of the Roma Academic Club Sandi Horvat recently said in an interview that very few so-called of Roma money actually reaches Roma.

Kam gre 20 milijonov romskega denarja letno? In: Zanima. 27.11.2025. https://www.zanima.me/kam-gre-20-milijonov-romskega-denarja-letno/

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School and “Migrants”

November 29, 2025 Published by: Roma Foundation

Apparently, in the Maribor region of Slovenia, people are moving their children towards schools with less migrant children. The numbers are telling a more differentiated story: 9,400 students this school year, with 1,325 children from abroad. Most come from Bosnia and Herzegovina (488), followed by students from Kosovo (326), Ukraine (196) and Serbia (100). Individual students also come from more distant countries, such as Burundi, Bangladesh, Estonia and Sierra Leone.

What is clearly racist though is the next topic: Roma… “We have a lot of immigrant and Roma students,” explains Damjan Pihler, the principal of the Franceta Prešerna Elementary School. The number of Roma students in Maribor schools is around four percent and has not changed significantly in recent years. “This year, our school is attended by 27 Roma students and 30 children from abroad who are enrolled in a Slovenian school for the first time. We had the same number of immigrant students last year – that is, 60 children in two years whose mother tongue is not Slovenian.”

So basically, Roma from Slovenia are migrants …

Nekateri otroke vpisujejo v šole z nižjim deležem učencev priseljencev. In: Večer. 29.11.2025. https://vecer.com/v-soboto/nekateri-otroke-vpisujejo-v-sole-z-nizjim-delezem-ucencev-priseljencev-10398709