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Ukraine: Condemnation

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Ukraine: Condemnation

Three perpetrators of the brutal attack on a Roma camp in Lviv in 2018 were sentenced to prison after seven years. The Sychov District Court sent two attackers to ten years in prison, the main organizer received a sentence of ten years and 6 months. The verdict is not yet final. The European Roma Rights Center (ERRC) reports.

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Lety Commemoration

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Lety Commemoration

Two articles on the commemoration in Lety last week end. Both stress the fact that hatred against Roma is on the rise again.

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Lety Museum

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Lety Museum

The Roma and Sinti Holocaust Memorial in Bohemia was opened in Lety by the Museum of Roma Culture last April. According to the museum’s director, Jana Horváthová, the memorial’s indoor exhibition was visited by about 10,000 people in its first year of operation last year. And she emphasized that among them were numerous school trips.

“But the Museum of Romani Culture cannot function alone in this matter (education). A national education policy is essential. It is absolutely essential that the topic of Romani history and culture be included in the framework educational programs, that it be taught in schools at least from the second level (elementary school). It is not yet,” said Horváthová.

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Slovakia: Municipal Work

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Slovakia: Municipal Work

The Slovak ministry of Labour wants to push for so-called “activation work” for long term unemployed. This means doing some menial jobs for municipalities, and, according to statistics, only 1 to 2% of people in this scheme find a job afterwards.

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Roma in Resistance

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Roma in Resistance

“One of Us. Roma and Sinti in the Resistance” is a podcast against anti-Gypsyism, proposed by the Carta di Roma Association and the Human Rights Foundation.

The document intended for students and addresses the issue of anti-Gypsyism to counter stereotypes that dehumanize an entire community and to remember the Roma and Sinti who fought for liberation from Nazi-fascism. “They did not fight for a homeland that discriminated against them,” explains Danilo De Biasio, author of the work, “they fought together with other Italians to bring back democracy.”

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Lety: Commemoration

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Lety: Commemoration

The traditional commemorative ceremony honoring the memory of the Holocaust and its Romani and Sinti victims took place at the site of what was previously called the “Gypsy Camp” in Lety u Písku on Sunday, may 11th.

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Kosovo and Roma

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Kosovo and Roma

A report by the Voice of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians, titled “Assessing Behavioral Change in Journalistic Reporting on the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian Communities,” highlights significant progress in the way Kosovo media report on the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities.

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Transcarpathian Ukrainian Roma

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Transcarpathian Ukrainian Roma

For once, quite a good article on Roma in Ukraine and specifically in Transcarpathia. While they obviously do not know the various Roma communities, (Servi, Xaladytka, Polska, Kirimlides, Ursaria, Kalderaša, Lovara, etc.) they know that they are different with different histories and issues.

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French Chronicle …

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French Chronicle …

An interesting article about a professor in France stating “they are not nomads”. Pretty much everyone knows that, except for France …

Other than that, Roma from a closed camp still have no permanent abode, and two articles on dogs. One where apparently dogs were drugged by Roma for begging, and the other, the case of a dog stolen by a Rom.

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Lety: Commemoration

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Lety: Commemoration

On Sunday, May 11, 2025, at 12 noon, a traditional commemoration of the Roma and Sinti Holocaust victims will take place in Lety u Písku, which will take place at the site of the former so-called gypsy camp. The annual gathering commemorates the tragic fate of hundreds of Roma men, women and children who were deported from this place to extermination camps. The commemoration will also be possible to watch live this year thanks to the first Roma internet television, ROMEA TV, which will offer a live broadcast from the site.

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Children’s Music

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Children’s Music

Čeky Čháve Čhavorenge is the title of the third album by the Roma band Lomnické čháve and Marián Čekovský. It is an album on which children and their parents will find children’s rhymes set to music in Slovak and Romanes. Manager Tomáš Slebodník says how this whole project came about.

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Šutka: Femicide

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Šutka: Femicide

The Roma Association for Women and Youth “LULUDI” expresses serious concern about the premature reaction and lack of measures to protect a Romni who was a victim of domestic violence by her partner despite the fact that she reported it several times at the local police.

News Eastern Europe Poland

Krakow: Celebration

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Krakow: Celebration

The Krakow somewhat belated celebrations of International Roma Day are taking place today place at the Multicultural Center at ul. Zabłocie 20. The program includes a debate, workshops, tasting of traditional dishes and a concert by Marek Balog – an outstanding Roma artist.

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Lublin on Roma Integration

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Lublin on Roma Integration

On May 5, 2025, the Municipality of Lublin concluded agreements with the Voivode of Lublin to implement tasks under the “Social and Civic Integration Program for Roma in Poland for the years 2021-2030.”

The projects plans to increase the social integration of Roma and non-Roma children through participation in a joint holiday trip to summer camps in 2025 and to purchase school materials, textbooks, and sports articles for Roma children.

Whether this is enough for integration remains to be seen…

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Politics in Czechia

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Politics in Czechia

The umbrella platform of Roma and pro-Roma organizations RomanoNet and the civic members of the Government Council for Roma Minority Affairs sharply condemned the behaviour of Marek Cavali, the candidate of the STAČILO! movement in the Ústí nad Labem Region, who, according to the media and witnesses, has been threatening, insulting and dishonouring his opinion opponents for a long time. His behavior is being responded to by a joint statement from almost two dozen Roma organizations and individuals, according to whom Cavali’s actions create an atmosphere of fear and damage trust in the public representation of the Roma.

Bad, that this has no consequences…

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Everest …

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Everest …

Gennaro Spinelli, an Italian Roma activist and artist, raised the Romani flag at the base camp of the Everest on April 30th. He gave an interview to Romea.

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