Slobodan Lala Berberski

May 28, 2026 Published by: Roma Foundation

A festival is now celebrating him. Slobodan Lala Berberski was born on October 20, 1919 in Bečkerek, today’s Zrenjanin, where he completed elementary and high school. He began studying law, but as a member of the Communist Youth League of Yugoslavia, he was arrested in 1941. In 1941, he joined the People’s Liberation War of the people of Yugoslavia. He was a Romani writer and the first president of the World Roma Organization bweing elected as the first president of the World Roma Organization in the famous 1971 london meeting.

Festival romske kulture – „Slobodan Lala Berberski“. .In: Vojvodjanski. 26.05.2026. https://www.vojvodjanski.com/rtvsantos/kultura/2026/05/26/festival-romske-kulture-slobodan-lala-berberski

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Reactions to the Roma “Thieves”

May 28, 2026 Published by: Roma Foundation

Following the statements of the editor of the Serbian TV and paper “Informer”, Dragan J. Vučićević, who stated that trains stopped on Saturday because “Roma blockaders” stole copper cables, Roma representatives reacted.

The Democratic Union of Roma Strongly Condemns the Shameful and Offensive Statements Linking the Roma People to Crime and Copper Theft, Made in Public by Dragan J. Vučićević and Media Under His Control.

The President of the Democratic Union of Roma, Salih Saitović, stated that it is unacceptable that in the 21st century, an entire people is collectively insulted, humiliated and targeted for the sake of political showdowns and raising tensions in society.

The Roma Party has demanded an investigation into the responsibility of Informer TV editor Dragan J. Vučićević for hate speech and announced that, if no one reacts, it will internationalize the Roma issue in Serbia.

Romska partija: Ako se ne bude reagovalo na Vučićevićevo vređanje Roma, tražićemo pomoć sveta. In: 021. 24.05.2026. https://www.021.rs/info/srbija/444351/romska-partija-ako-se-ne-bude-reagovalo-na-vucicevicevo-vredjanje-roma-trazicemo-pomoc-sveta
Romske stranke optužile Vučićevića za “govor mržnje, stigmatizaciju i kolektivno targetiranje”. In: N1. 24.05.2026. https://n1info.rs/vesti/unija-roma-srbije-optuzila-vucicevica-za-govor-mrznje-stigmatizaciju-i-kolektivno-targetiranje/
Demokratska unija Roma najoštrije osudila izjave Vučićevića glavnog i odgovornog urednika Informera kojima se vređa romski narod. In: Jugpress. 25.05.2026. https://jugpress.com/demokratska-unija-roma-najostrije-osudila-izjave-vucicevica-glavnog-i-odgovornog-urednika-informera-kojima-se-vredja-romski-narod/

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Roma “Thieves”

May 28, 2026 Published by: Roma Foundation

The editor of the Serbian TV and paper “Informer”, Dragan J. Vučićević, stated that trains stopped on Saturday because “Roma blockaders” stole copper cables created a few heated reactions. Roma representatives were aghast (see our other post).

But the Serbian Information Minister Boris Bratina is defending Dragan J. Vučićević and Informer, a paper that was banned two days ago in Montenegro for promoting hate speech and denying the national identity of Montenegrins.

Informer banned again in Montenegro. In: Vreme. 25.05.2026. https://vreme.com/en/vesti/informer-zabranjen-crna-gora-govor-mrznje/
Bratina defends Informer: “Extinction of media freedom”. In: Vreme. 27.05.2026. https://vreme.com/en/drustvo/bratina-brani-informer-gasenja-slobode-medija/