Author Archives: Roma Foundation

Hungary

Again!

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Again!

On Saturday 28th March, an estimated 1000 supporters of Mi Hazánk Mozgalom (Our Homeland Movement), and members of its affiliate paramilitary groups marched in the village of Kálló, in what the party’s chairman László Toroczkai billed as a ‘pro-order’ demonstration.

They had already done so on March 13th, but were prevented by the villagers. Now they were protected by the police.

And in another fact, the Minister of Construction and Transport, Kjanos Lázár, held a forum in Úrhida, Fejér County, where his usual arguments about protecting sovereignty eventually led to the conclusion that Fidesz should cooperate with Mi Hazánk in this regard.

Bad.

Bulgaria News Eastern Europe

Sliven and Elections

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Sliven and Elections

The Chairman of the National Assembly of the BSP Krum Zarkov met with residents of the Roma quarter “Komluka“ in Sliven. Dozens of questions, remarks from the field and the active participation of people turned the conversation into an open and tense dialogue on the real problems of the community.

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe

April 8th in Prague

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April 8th in Prague

President Petr Pavel and Eva Pavlová will receive Roma community leaders at Prague Castle on the occasion of International Roma Day. According to information from the Romea.cz server, a total of 20 Roma men and women are expected to attend. Almost half of them are graduates of the educational program Supporting the Social Inclusion of Roma through Community Development and Entrepreneurship, which was implemented by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. The three-year program involved 80 participants from 11 regions of the Czech Republic. The names of the specific participants have not yet been published.

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe

Condemnation

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Condemnation

The Regional Court in Ostrava has sentenced a group of three men and one woman, who according to the indictment were led by 23-year-old Enrico Pešta, known as the Roma rapper Hard Rico. He was sentenced to four years in prison for robbery and extortion and must pay two million crowns. Two other defendants were sentenced to five years in prison, and Hard Rico’s former girlfriend was sentenced to three years in prison.

Europe News Eastern Europe Slovenia

Roma Foundation for Europe

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Roma Foundation for Europe

The Roma Foundation for Europe, headquartered in Brussels, is part of the Soros Foundations for an Open Society and implements various programs across Europe in support of the Roma community – it supports children and young people in education and extracurricular activities, young families in self-employment and job creation, protects Roma communities from abuse for political purposes and encourages political activation, and also invests in the preservation and development of Roma culture and language. It has not been present in Slovenia so far because it seemed that there was no need for it – because Slovenia is a sufficiently developed country with a small enough Roma population to be able to solve the problems on its own. Jovanović says today that this opinion was clearly erroneous.

Germany News Western Europe

April 8th in Germany

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April 8th in Germany

Berlin, Nurenberg, and Munich will hoist the Roma flag on their city halls.

Bulgaria News Eastern Europe

April 8th

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April 8th

Students from the Veliko Tarnovo region will celebrate International Roma Day – April 8. The event in the old capital will be held on April 3 /Friday/ at 2:00 p.m. at the Petko R. Slaveykov Regional Library. The main highlight of the program is the presentation of the book “The House of the White Swan” by the Roma writer, teacher and educational mediator Atanas Atanasov – Vakavliyata. Guests will have the opportunity to meet the author and get acquainted with his work, dedicated to the life, identity and values ​​of the Roma community.

Bulgaria News Eastern Europe

Integration

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Integration

The Dobrich Municipality (Bulgaria) reported on progress in the integration of Roma communities. During the meeting, the results achieved from the implementation of the ROMACT approach were presented, as well as the main challenges faced by the municipality in the integration process.

Bulgaria News Eastern Europe

Bulgaria and Crypto

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Bulgaria and Crypto

$5,000 was the initial minimum contribution for the victims to join the powerful fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme that was broken up by the “Economic Police”. The scheme targeted minorities and was run by a 48-years old Rom from Plovdiv.

Bulgaria News Eastern Europe

Bulgaria, Elections, and Roma

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Bulgaria, Elections, and Roma

Police raided a financial house (sic.) in the Roma neighbourhood of Fakulteta in Sofia, where a list of names and amounts was found besides six thousand Euros in cash. The police is suspecting election bribery and arrested several persons among which Kiril Kirilov, a know murky figure often called the Japanese.

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe

Vera Bila

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Vera Bila

Věra Bílá, who was born on May 22, 1954 in Rokycany as one of Karol Gini’s six children, was a phenomenon of Romani music at the turn of the millennium. She sang for Bill Clinton at the White House, filled the Paris Olympia and was on her way to becoming the most famous Czech singer in the world. However, her career was later affected by the deaths of her husband, son and gambling. In March, we commemorate the seven-year anniversary of her death.

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe

Jakub Jarý

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Jakub Jarý

Jakub Jarý’s life journey proves that if a person really wants to, he can overcome obstacles that may seem insurmountable to others. He is now a medical doctor in Czechia.

Even though he comes from an excluded locality and grew up in a working-class family, he was set up from the beginning to want to fight for a better life. As he himself says: “No shortcuts will help and in the long run they will not bring anything good, I am convinced of that. If young people want to live in better conditions than the ones they grew up in, they can only achieve this through diligence and work.”

News Eastern Europe Poland

Romani Pupils

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Romani Pupils

An article about Romani pupils in Polish schools. It says that for a Roma child, the threshold of school is often a threshold to a completely different linguistic world. In homes, especially in groups like Polska Roma, which cultivate a stronger tradition, the first language is Romani. It is an intimate, homely language, acting as a guardian of identity. At school, students must rapidly adapt to Polish grammatical structures to master reading and writing, which represents a tremendous cognitive effort.

Well most of them are bilingual… So not sure about that statement.

News Eastern Europe Slovenia

Competition

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Competition

The Slovenian Office for Nationalities has announced a prize competition for diploma, master’s and doctoral theses on Roma topics. The purpose of the competition is to encourage research activities of undergraduate and postgraduate students in the field of Roma topics and to raise awareness of the need to effectively address the challenges of social exclusion and poverty of members of the Roma community, prevent antigypsyism and discrimination against Roma, promote the inclusion of members of the Roma community and their participation in the design and implementation of solutions with the aim of building trust and preserving Roma culture and identity.

Latvia News Eastern Europe

Lithuania and Roma

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Lithuania and Roma

The Department of National Minorities under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania has appealed to the State Language Inspectorate, the Chancellery of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, the Ministry of Culture, and the Main Commission on Official Ethics to evaluate the public statements made by the head of the State Language Inspectorate regarding the use of the words “Negro” and “Gypsy.”

Well, it’s about time …

Moldova News Eastern Europe

Education and Roma

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Education and Roma

On Thursday, March 25, over 30 young Roma from across Moldova, members of the Young Roma Network of the Republic of Moldova, presented the “Young Roma Manifesto”—a document outlining clear educational priorities. These include ensuring equal access to quality education, supporting students from vulnerable backgrounds, and continuously developing educational policies tailored to the needs of Roma communities. Thousands of teachers participated in public discussions on the concept of school subjects. During the event, held at the Ministry of Education and Research, young people highlighted the positive impact of specialized educational programs, especially scholarships for academic achievement, intended for Roma students in lyceums, vocational schools, and universities.

Netherlands News Western Europe

Theatre in Netherlands

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Theatre in Netherlands

Hornemann Memorial Centre hosted the theatre performance ‘Rugzak vol Wantrouwen’ on Saturday, March 28. The performance highlighted the history and the lasting impact of the past on Roma and Sinti. It is a narrative theatre performance in which stories, music, and dance come together.

‘Rugzak vol Wantrouwen’ shows how events, particularly during and after the Second World War, have left deep scars on the Roma and Sinti community. At the same time, the performance emphasizes the strength and resilience of this culture.

News Eastern Europe Serbia

Serbia and Child Marriage

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Serbia and Child Marriage

A round table presented the results of the analysis of the project “Roma Women’s Activism in the Protection of Roma Girls from Violence Caused by Child Marriages”, which aims to reduce the rate of child marriages among the Roma population, and the 10 cities covered by the project, including Vranje, which has the highest rate of child marriages.

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